Grundig FR200 Emergency Radio
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Customer Review: Price/performance winner!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am in emergency communications, live in Florida, and I know price/performance when I see it. Right after giving this radio a shake-down cruise that would be expected of any good transistor radio -- I did one thing -- I bought more of them for my ham radio friends.
The light is an LED, so worries about it burning out are out the window. No one knows the lifespan of an LED, because they have only been in general use since the 1970s!
Whoever designed this really thought it out. I would tend to write off the one-star reviews and hesitate not. Especially for the price -- this emergency radio has no equal for the price as of November, 2004.
Customer Review: Hey, I Forgot To Complain...
Summary: 5 Stars
...because I gave this to my husband at Christmas 2005. I gave it to (us) as a gift in our coastal power outages in eastern North Carolina. I'm going to have to buy us a spare since he uses this as his barn radio every weekend. It cranks easily, has stood up to clumsy use and exposure, and brings in NPR from 75 miles away very clearly. In reading other reviews, it may work better in areas with less tower-power competition. Where we are, it is a wonderful rural hurricane radio in case you run out of batteries.
I confess that we are Grundig fans.
If I were still living in a city, I'd test drive other items. But, we have been happy.
Customer Review: Great little radio
Summary: 5 Stars
I was given this radio several years ago to complete my emergency kit. I think for the price it cant be beat. Overall I'm very satisfied with this little radio. I ended up putting it my bathroom to listen to. What really surprised me is the battery life. It's plays for 30 minutes every morning, and I have yet to change the AA batteries. Its now been in there for over a year and its played loud enough to hear over the shower. It may not have the most precise tuner, but I've never seen anything battery operated last 12 months without charging. That feature alone is worth the price in my opinion. The battery crank and LED light is just a great bonus.Customer Review: Great for the money and purpose
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not sure how anyone can complain about this simple & inexpensive unit. It is a basic audio and light tool for emergency use. I live in a very rural area and both FM & AM work great. Obviously the SW receiver won't compete with my high end Grundig radio, but then again this was $500 cheaper! It picks up major SW frequencies fine at my location.
Bottom-line: this is a good small emergency radio. Hand charge system works great and the light is pretty good for its size. I plan on giving a few as gifts now that I have mine. The unit is exactly what I expected it would be.
Customer Review: Best Analog Portable Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I first bought the DX-398, and the cheap B and H shortwave radio. And when I bought this radio from somewhere, the reception is excellent for shortwave DXing. I normally use this radio for in the car shortwave DXing, and also for band checking to see with bands to listen to. Also the FR-200 has
got great AM radio reception, but the FM reception is OK for 39.99, but it could improve. Still it is a great radio, and never overloaded yet, except on FM. In other words this is a great AM/SW portable radio, that beats my other boombox radio
back in the 80's.