Eton FR400 Hand Crank Radio and Power Generator (Red)
by Eton
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Customer Review: still waiting on phone charger
Summary: 4 Stars
Great little product. Have not used it enough to test the battery life yet. Still waiting on the phone charger. It required sending in a card with the model of my phone. Would have made more sense to have a cigarette lighter receptical for this purpose so it could be used for more than just a phone charger.Customer Review: Eton FR400 Hand Crank Radio and Power Generator (Red)
Summary: 4 Stars
This works fine - got it in the time promised. The only difficulty is that there is not much of an instruction manual.Customer Review: It's the Little Things That Raises Questions
Summary: 3 Stars
It's the little things that define the quality of a product. Having just received the Eton FR400 I can't attest to how well it will work under emergency conditions -- which is, after all, why one buys something like this. But there's a few little things that make me nervous about its quality and design.
The plastic strikes me as cheap. How will it stand up to getting knocked around?
The case is a textbook case of poor design. It fits the radio so tightly that it turns on switches when you insert the radio -- if you can get the radio into the case. Plus there's no room for the AC charger. This may sound peevish, but it's this kind of poor craftmanship which can be symbolic of a short sighted company. What good is a case if it's a pain to use? What good is it if it turns on features that drain the battery? What good is it if you can't carry accessories that comes with the radio?
And the key question, how good is a company that puts out a product so poorly designed? Was Eton trying to cut corners? If so, where else did they scrimp? Did anyone test the case before manufacturing it? If so, what kind of standards do they have?
Bottom line: the device has all the features listed here, but their execution makes me wonder if it was worth getting.
Customer Review: Crank PRoblems
Summary: 3 Stars
I really liked this little radio. Case is rubberized and the size is OK. The problem occured when the crank fell off! After talking with Eton, they recommended that I send it to a repair facility that has a set charge of $40.00 for repair. This is for a $50-00-$60.00 dollar radio. Although the warranty had expired, I wish Eton would have been a little more aware of this problem. They said that they had "no idea" why this happened. Would love to rate it higher but the plastic crank is a big issue, especially since I purchased the item for this feature!Customer Review: Decent Product
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a good radio and I was glad I had it when my power was out for 9 days during hurricane Ike. However, I thought the sales description said you could pick up the audio of 13 local TV stations and that is not the case so that part was disappointing during the hurricane and I would have preferred TV news audio to radio news.