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Light weight and easy to figure out. Everything is clearly marked. The radio and volume dial have a raised line that points to your levels, but it was difficult to see so I took a bit of silver nail polish and painted them so you can see them better from a distance. This was an easy fix! I purchased an Eaton for 80.00 and was so disappointed that I was reluctant to try a 20.00 radio (knobs didn't tell you what they were for and everything was a struggle to adjust). But this radio was probably the best purchase of the year! When you use the wind-up feature it will hold a charge for a long time. Same with the solar. Together you will never need batteries.
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This little guy is definitely worth it. I have had it for over a year and it's still working great! The sound is good enough for what it is. The solar feature always works even when I haven't put it in a window sill. In fact, it has been sitting in my BOB and I just took it out and without being in the sun for 10 days is working perfectly. Flashlight works and have never had any problem with it. The only con I would say is that the port to charge a phone has never worked. Everything else works perfectly...
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Have only had the KA332W for a few days now, but will share a few first impressions. Being a Ham/SWLer/DXer, am generally more critical of radios than most. My main reason for getting this in the first place was because it looked like it might be fun to play around with and check out the capabilities of a modern "energy miser" type device. One of the best things it has going for it is that you can run it in a pinch without batteries by cranking the generator, which appears to work pretty well. The solar cell seems to deliver charge efficiently too since putting the radio under a 20W florescent bulb causes the charge indicator LED to light up brightly. The flashlight on the side is plenty bright too, and on par with a couple other crank flashlights I own. Now for the radio. One of the first things I noticed was that if you're not in a well lit area, it is difficult to see the frequencies on the dial. They are small and hard to see without looking very closely, and if you're in the dark will just have to tune it by ear. Along with the small dial is the small tuning knob. The tuning on both AM and FM is TOUCHY, but can be gotten used to. Thanks to the receiver's DSP it's all or nothing, meaning that if you're tuned right spot onto a station's channel it will come in clearly, but as soon as you move a little off the channel is cuts out completely. This effectively results in somewhat decent channel separation (selectivity), but with the tuning knob being small and touchy you have to learn to tune it very carefully or you might easily skip right over a weak station. The tuning LED indicator lights up solidly when tuned in correctly to a strong enough station. To its credit, the radio appears to be quite stable and doesn't display any drifting off frequency once tuned in. The radio wasn't subjected to any temperature changes though, so don't know how that might affect drift. Living in a metro area, there was no problem picking up the local NOAA weather station about 18 miles away at full quieting with the antenna collapsed. On FM band starting at the bottom of the dial and working up, found a plethora of surrounding area FM stations. Unless really familiar with the station though, would have to wait for ID to know exactly what frequency it was tuned to. Sensitivity on FM seems to be very good, and the antenna doesn't need to be extended for receiving most local stations. The audio quality, while a bit on the tinny side, is actually not too bad considering the small speaker, and sounds like the radio's body cavity may be helping by acting as a resonator of sorts. While not ear piercing, volume can be turned up to a surprisingly loud level, but distortion and scratchiness are noticeable at its max limit. Come evening after dusk switched to the AM band to see what sort of DX (distant stations) could be received. Starting at the bottom of the dial and working up, came across some country music that turned out to be coming from WSM in Nashville. Several other stations I was able to positively identify were WJR, WSB, WHAS, and WLAC. From this location any decent AM radio should be able to pick up those stations when skip conditions are favorable, and I would say this receiver's AM sensitivity is OK, but not outstanding. For listening to local AM stations it is quite adequate and does well. Many other reviews mention how small the KA332W is, but it is large enough that I wouldn't want to carry it around in a pocket unless I knew beforehand that it would be needed. If I were to suggest any changes to this device, this first would be to give it a slightly larger dial and tuning knob. The second would be perhaps a larger ferrite antenna for hotter AM reception. Other than that, I would say that overall this appears to be a rather nicely designed device that possesses some fantastic technology, and has a unique "personality" of its own. For the price ($20) which I thought was quite reasonable, I consider it to be a good purchase. Update: Spent more late night time with the radio and tried plugging in some good Sony earbuds I use with an ipod. What a huge difference that made, and the audio on both AM and FM is very good with the volume knob at its minimum setting. Turning it up from minimum makes it too loud though while using earbuds! On AM logged WCBS, WABC, WBZ, KMOX, CKLW, WRVA, WWL, WCCO, and several others. Couldn't tune in KOA on 850 though with WHAS 10khz down on 840 coming in so strongly. Nope, it's not nearly as good as my CC-SWP for pulling in weak AM signals, but it's still pretty good considering that it's an inexpensive emergency/survival type device that you don't have to put any batteries in. Still haven't had to put it on external charge, and just let it sit under a florescent bulb which is on most of the time anyway. Despite its quirks, it does work well for what it is, and the more I play around with it the more I'm liking it. Am looking forward to seeing how well it withstands the test of time.Read full review
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This is a great, lightweight emergency radio, flashlight combo. The sound is amazing, and you can hand crank it with no batteries necessary. You can even use it to power your iphone.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Good: small, light,portable with lanyard; excellent reception; solar charger works great, windup charger works great, can also run on batteries or from wall socket(adapter not included). Includes weather,Am & FM stations. Includes a solar charging indicator light. Bad: the speaker is not real loud but can easily be heard, however this conserves power in an emergency. Overall, this is an excellent radio at a bargain price.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
