American Red Cross FR400 Emergency Radio, White | List Price: $80.00
Discount Price: $46.99
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Brand: Eton
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Emergency radio with water resistant housing
- Endorsed by the American Red Cross
- Hand crank can be used to recharge the built-in battery
- Tunes AM/FM, seven NOAA weather alert channels, and TV channels 2-13
- Features emergency lights, plus a flashing beacon mode; cell phone charger
Poor Customer Service [Posted on 2008-10-24]
I bought a smaller Eton/Red Cross emergency radio/light. The unit came with a postcard to mail away for an adapter to fit your cell phone, so you can charge it in an emergency using the hand crank or solor panel. Weeks went by, nothing... Months went by, nothing.... Repeated calls (always got an answering machine), left details.... nothing. I am still waiting. I will say the unit works well, but I purchased it mainly for the cell phone charger, and without their custom phone "power tip" you're up the creek.
Poor Design [Posted on 2008-11-20]
Overall I'm unimpressed with the radio. Despite it being water resistant, the unit cannot be exposed to rain or moisture...(??). The battery cover is flimsy and does not close well leaving gaps for moisture to get in (so much for being water-resistant).
The controls are poorly aligned and placed. The OFF selection for the radio and light are located in the middle of the dial selection and are misaligned so that it's unintuitive how to turn them off. Moreover when you try and put the radio into its tiny carrying sack with not much room, invariably one of the knobs is pushed and the light or radio goes on...
Radio reception is good. I just hope that if you're in an emergency situation, it's a dry one...
Great Gift [Posted on 2008-11-22]
We purchased this as a gift for my son. We own one and it came in handy during the last storm when we were without electricity for 4 days. Everyone should have one of these for emergencies. As "stuff" happens. This is a great wedding gift too or Christmas.
Good idea for emergency preparedness [Posted on 2008-12-21]
I ordered the radio as a Christmas gift. It arrived in good shape and in a timely manner.
cool radio [Posted on 2009-01-07]
I bought this for my boyfriend for Christimas who loves the outdoors. I asked him what he wanted and this is what he chose. When he got it he was happy with it although he hasn't actually used it yet but I'm sure he will love it!!! Amazon is awesome!!! I also found MY Christmas gift on Amazon. Always satisfied with your services and website!!! Thanks again.
-Valdez from Colorado
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