Eton FR400 Hand Crank Radio and Power Generator (Red)
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Customer Review: Can't pick up stations
Summary: 2 Stars
It has wonderful features, but I was unable to pick up my two local NPR stations! We tried and tried, and though we are not more than five miles from one of our local stations, there was absolutely no reception. Perhaps it was just a lemon, because I haven't read this criticism anywhere else. I may try another one, because other than that I thought it was great. Eton FR400 Hand Crank Radio and Power Generator (Red)Customer Review: Doesn't work
Summary: 2 Stars
I really wanted this radio. I like the looks of it, but I had a couple problems with it. At first it wouldn't charge. I could use the batteries and pick up a weather channel. Eton sent me a new rechargeable battery, and it didn't work either. Then I realized that the connector was loose. Then the charge held, but now I couldn't pick up a weather channel. Not even static. The radio looked good, customer service was great, but the radio was not. I'm afraid to buy another.Customer Review: Missed the lemonade, from this lemon !!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Eton FR400 Hand Crank Radio and Power Generator (Red)
Grundig was the TOP-OF-THE-LINE, in radios.... From the other reviews it appears that I must have received a lemon, from the bottom of the basket.
After the recommended A/C charging time, the radio played about 15 minutes. After charging, a second time for 24 hours, it played about 1.5 hours before going stone dead.
When it did work, the stations failed to come in clearly or distinct. BIG BUMMER, all the way around !!!! How much fun it was to be camping, during a rainstorm, with NO light, or radio.
The topper is that the cell phone charger failed to arrive before we left on a camping trip. As of this date, it is still conspicious by its absence.
Grundig, where did your quality workmanship disappear ????
Customer Review: Charge doesn't last, and adapter doesn't fit - DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I was really excited about this Eton hand crank radio. However, I soon realized several problems:
#1-It says to crank it at the speed of two revolutions per second for 90 seconds, and the charge should last 30 minutes. Actually, the charge only lasts 10 minutes.
#2-The cellphone adapter that the company sent me fits into my cellphone, but does not fit into the radio! This renders it totally useless as a cellphone charger.
#3-FM channels get all staticky once you set the radio down. It seems that if you're holding the radio, your body acts as an antenna but once you go away from it, it instantly gets all this static.
To sum it all up, let me just say this -- great idea, peeps, but poor execution.
Customer Review: internal battery doesn't hold a charge
Summary: 1 Stars
i wound the crank at a steady pace for 5 minutes each time i have tried to use it. it worked twice for about 30 minutes each time, and now it doesn't hold a charge for more than 15-20 seconds.
it still works if i plug it into the wall or if i put batteries into it but the advertised emergency use of the hand crank generator is of no use at all. this renders it no better than any other radio for emergency use.
it is quite a bit more money than other radios of similiar quality(meaning cheaply built).
i would not purchase this radio if i had it to do over.