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Binding: ElectronicsBrand: Eton Color: Black EAN: 0750254803345 Label: Eton Manufacturer: Eton Model: FR500 MPN: FR500 Publisher: Eton Studio: Eton Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: When your outdoor adventures take you off the grid, you need a device that can fill multiple needs. The American Red Cross FR500 is a compact unit that you can toss in your rucksack and take anywhere. It functions as an AM, FM, and shortwave radio with NOAA weatherband. It also has a flashlight, an emergency beacon, and an emergency siren. Plus, you can use it to charge your cell phone or MP3 player. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Design is a little strangeOur radio arrived non-functioning. The indicator lights turned on, and all features except the radio worked. After about an hour of trying to get it to work, we banged on it and that fixed it. I have no idea how that helped. I find the design of the multifunction knob and the band selecting knob to be quite strange...they are the silver tubes in the cutouts in the picture. Not very intuitive. The solar panel is built into the top of the handle...where you would be holding it if you were carrying ... Read More Rating:  - not satisfiedI was not satisfied with this product. I had great difficulty in getting any of the functions to work. After charging in the sun via the solar panel, functioning didn't last long. Charging via electrical outlet didn't work either. Rating:  - Emergency necessityTHe FR500 is exactly what you need during a power outage and/or bad weather conditions. I registered with Eton and received my phone adapter within 2 weeks. it picks up all local weather reports and is so light that I carry when I take the kids out for a walk in the stroller. Rating:  - Best of its KindI've spent the whole day and late into the night testing the Eton FR500 Solarlink and I am impressed. No, it is not comparable to my Grundig Sattelit 800 Millennium that now sells USED for over $600.00 - and weighs 14lbs without the batteries. Grundig/Eton has united their minds to produce (or reinvent) a really decent quality emergency radio - the FR500 Solarlink. Housed in a sturdy, mar-resistant and water resistant case, this radio is well protected and easy to operate. Getting a weather ... Read More Rating: - Pretty Good RadioI bought this because it was featured on Good Morning America. Gotta trust Sam Champion! The first radio had a broken solar panel when received. Communication with Amazon.com, returning the broken radio and obtaining the replacement was fast and easy. The radio sounds just fine and the features seem to work. I think the instruction booklet is hard to use because of the size of the illustrations and some of the explanations are minimal. I am trying to ... Read More |
