Emergency Hand Crank Radio, FORNORM Solar Radio 2000mAh Power Bank Wind Up Radios with Phone Charger and 4 LED Reading Lamp, AM/FM/7 NOAA, 4 Power Methods, Green

Very versatile radio/ power bank, which is a prepper's dream because of the added functions of solar, hand-crank, battery and usb charging. Sound is excellent for a radio of this price. I'd rely on this when SHTF.

Tough little radio (so far). Grandson loves it - reading light as well as torch; solar panel and hand crank (plus batteries if needed); easy to tune and keeps stations. Aerial very lightweight but fine if careful. Not sure about use as phone charger - hard work for small gain but poss useful in emergency (certainly better than nothing)

This really isn't a bad unit. It's quite rugged, and designed for purpose. Ok, the radio comes out of a really small speaker and the volume isn't fantastic but it's an emergency radio and it does its job. It has a decent enough adjustable beam spot light, a small flood light, it can take 3x AAA batteries for backup, it has quite a stiff hand crank which makes it difficult to crank for a very long time and it has a small solar cell. Would I buy it again? For this purpose, yes.

This is a nice little radio until it needs recharging. Then it is a waste of money. Ours worked until the battery went flat and all attempts to re charge it were unsuccessful. unfortunately this did not happen until after the period when we could return it.

Great solar radio, easy to tune in, very good sound. Unable to comment on battery life at the moment as I am still using solar power alone which was exactly what I'd hoped for, so have given it will be 5 stars.

Like the 4 optional charging methods that should mean you need never be without being able to listen. Small and compact makes it easy to take with you.

The write-up about the product claims that it's an emergency charger for your phone. It's not. I tested it with three new AAA batteries, with my phone on 78% (because the instructions said that it wouldn't do a full charge). The batteries drained completely, and the phone still wasn't at all more charged than it was going in. I decided to try turning the phone off to see if that would help, but it didn't. When I turned the phone back on a couple of hours later, the charging icon still showed as charging, but the phone was at 70%, and the new batteries were completely dead. So, if you need an emergency charger, this ain't it. It's a good torch, and an adequate (barely) radio if you're in an area where you usually get strong signal. I wouldn't count on it if you're out in the wilderness. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for anything but a torch, and you can buy a torch that's just as good for £3.

Have just used this over the weekend camping. Required no batteries at all - just a quick wind up on the first morning and the solar powered. Was played continuously for about 5 hours in the afternoon (out in the sun), then for another couple of hours at night. Still worked perfectly the following morning with no more winding and not in the sunlight either.Radio looks to be robust for outside use and for chucking in a rucksack for camping trips. Just remember to push the arial in as this could snap off if not stored correctly. Sound quality is pretty good for a small radio. Volume easy to control and tuning was easy as well. Didn't really need the aerial either.Very impressed so far and would definitely recommend a purchase.