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A compact emergency radio that runs on a hand crank, solar panel or built-in rechargeable battery, with AM/FM, NOAA weather band and an SOS alarm. At 0.58 lb it is light enough to keep in a go-bag or glovebox. It covers the basics for power outages and storms, but its small solar panel and short crank runtime mean it is a backup rather than a primary radio. Rivals in this class add features like a flashlight, reading lamp or phone charging; check which of those this model includes before you rely on it.
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Lowest price we've seen: $19.99 on Nov 10 at eBay. Tracked across 2 stores since Nov 10.
Owners rate it 4.2 out of 5 and mostly treat it as a cheap insurance item for outages and storms. They like that it works without batteries and picks up weather band, but several find the crank and solar charging slow and the sound thin.