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The Kaito KA500 is a portable emergency radio with AM, FM, shortwave and NOAA weather bands, plus a built-in flashlight and reading light. Its main draw is five power sources: a rechargeable Ni-MH battery, a hand crank, an adjustable solar panel, an AC/DC adapter and USB. It suits preppers, campers and households that want a radio that works when the grid fails. Compared with simpler crank radios, it adds shortwave and a solar panel that tilts 180 degrees, but it is bulkier and its crank and solar charging are slow. Owners value the redundancy more than the audio quality.
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Owners treat the KA500 as a dependable backup radio for outages and camping. They like the multiple power sources and weather bands, but many find crank and solar charging slow and the speaker sound thin.
The Kaito KA500 is a multi-function emergency radio. It receives AM, FM, two shortwave bands and seven preset NOAA weather channels. For weather alerts, the switch tunes to a NOAA channel without scanning.
It runs on five power sources: a built-in rechargeable Ni-MH battery, a dynamo hand crank, a solar panel, three AA batteries, or an AC/DC adapter or USB cable. The hand crank works even with no batteries installed. The solar panel adjusts through 180°. The battery pack is replaceable.
A 5-LED reading lamp sits under the solar panel, and there is a built-in flashlight. The USB output can charge a cell phone or small electronics using the hand crank. The design is compact and lightweight.
