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Holistic Guidance - Grundig FR200 Emergency Radio (Red)
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List Price: $50.00
Our Price: $39.95
Your Save: $ 10.05 ( 20% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Eton
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Batteries: 3
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Eton
Color: Metalic Red
EAN: 0750254412547
Feature: Emergency radio is built to handle the elements, as well as a power outage
Label: Eton
Manufacturer: Eton
Model: FR200R
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Eton
Studio: Eton
Variation Description: Metalic Red
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Emergency radio is built to handle the elements, as well as a power outage
Hand crank can be used to recharge the built-in battery
Tunes AM/FM and 2 shortwave bands, including weather radio
Tuning knob features a superimposed fine tuning control knob
Features a white LED emergency light
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Editorial Reviews:
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Be prepared for emergencies with this self-powered, battery-free radio– featuring AM, FM and even shortwave frequencies.- 60 turns of the crank gives you 60 minutes of battery-free power
- 4-band tuning: AM/FM/SW1/SW2
- Fine tuning control allows you to pinpoint every signal
- Built-in emergency light
- Built-in DC jack and earphone jack
- 2.5" speaker
- Runs on 3 AA batteries (optional)
- Heavy-duty, splash-proof ABS construction
- Fold-away crank handle
- Soft, nylon carrying case
- 1-year manufacturer's warranty
To help you in extra-tough situations, a built-in emergency light helps you find your matches, candles or lantern until the power comes back on. Features a durable, splash-proof ABS shell.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: FR200 is a good radio
Comment: Smaller then I had imagined but good sound. Need a power supply (adapter) if you are going to listen to it regularly. One model comes with an adapter if you can find it. Sturdy radio, sound is good, battery life seems good also.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Grundig is a good radio, but I wanted weather channels also.
Comment: This is a very handy, size, radio with great reception. The only drawback is that it does not have weather channels as I thought it did when ordering. Very good for price but I would opt for an all in one, which would include SAMI weather channels, if doing again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good but not great
Comment: The reception is strong and clear on AM and FM, but virtually non-existent on shortwave. That's fine, because I didn't plan to use the shortwave feature anyway. Build quality is average.
The dynamo crank is cheap and I suspect it will break at some point. Following directions EXACTLY (90 seconds vigorous cranking, no flashlight, low volume), I was able to achieve between 20 - 30 minutes of use time. Nowhere near the 40 - 60 minutes specified.
I got mine on Ebay for $27.95. That's about what it's worth. It will go into my emergency kit and who knows, maybe someday I'll be glad I have it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Tried and tested during Hurricane Ike
Comment: I've had the Metallic Blue Grundig FR200 radio since 2006, as part of our Hurricane Preparedness Kit. I live in Houston, and finally got to test this emergency radio when Hurricane Ike hit 11 days ago. Still have no power at home, but this radio has great reception; the LED lamp is bright and illuminates our family room. Running on AA batteries, it keeps us abreast with what's going on the past 11 days.
Customer Rating:
Summary: 3 Years & Still Going Strong
Comment: I received this (in brown) as a Christmas gift for weather emergencies; three years later it's still working great, with impressive radio life from minimal cranking. I live in a tornado-prone area and was delighted to receive this as a gift from my brother and sister-in-law. The radio reception is excellent in my area (South Central Wisconsin) and I easily get 45 minutes to an hour of reception with less than 60 seconds of cranking. It also holds a charge for long periods of inactivity -- I turned it on after 6 months of no use and immediately received a perfectly acceptable signal on our local NPR station, even without additional cranking.
A few months ago for "Earth Hour" I was fiddling with it on a lark to see if it really received shortwave. China Radio International and Radio Havana both came in quite well -- the same quality as I get on my Sony ICF-33W and Grundig YB400, when those radios are operated on battery power without an external antenna. I don't know that I'd buy this for shortwave radio specifically, but I was pleased nonetheless.
We will probably upgrade in order to receive the TV bands, which are not available with this model. The reason for this is that our "local" radio stations don't carry much weather info during tornado warnings so we really need access to the TV bands -- although I'm not sure if they'll still work when the stations go digital in 2009.
Overall this radio has exceeded my expectations and proved durable and long-lasting. Highly recommended.
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