MMR-88 AM/FM/Weather+Alert Emergency Radio. Solar/Hand Crank/USB/Flashlight, Siren, Smartphone Charger yellow

This a nice small radio. It works well and sounds better than you would expect from the size of it. The crank will charge a dead battery to operate the radio quite a few minutes with just a couple minutes cranking. The solar charger works but no where near as fast as the crank and it needs a lot of direct sunlight outside. Not the dash of a hot car left in the parking lot. That is too much. The radio will only take the supplied rechargeable battery, no off the shelf alkaline AA or AAA or whatever will work. There is no AC recharge option supplied but they do supply a USB 2.0 Mini-B 5 Pin to USB 2.0 Type A cable. You cannot use a regular USB type A to type A cable. The USB Type A port on the radio is only used to charge a cell phone or other USB device from the radio it that device and not to charge the radio itself. That way you can crank charge or use the radio's battery in order to charge a cell phone in an emergency. The charging port for the radio battery is the mini-B USB 5 pin only. If the charge light, lights up you know you have it connected properly. You can easily obtain, or more likely already have a cell phone AC adapter that the USB regular Type A connector can plug into. Any AC or USB port that the supplied cable can plug into is fine. Reception is ok but weather channel (FM) and FM seem to be a bit weak. AM I am not sure of as I have not tested it yet. Then again this is an emergency radio and it is sufficient for that. Switching between weather alert mode and regular operation can be a bit confusing if you do not use this all the time. Setting the presets and using them is somewhat the same. All and all I really like this small radio, it is great for what it is designed to do and the price. Two hints: (Yes these are my pet peeves. Lol) 1. This should be common knowledge but I find that too many people don't get it. The metal extendable antenna is only used for FM and the weather channels, which by the way are also FM. The AM radio antenna is inside the radio and "tuned" by physically turning the radio itself. This is true for almost all AM/FM radios. 2. AM radio is very, very susceptible to any electrical impulse interference, like computers and pretty much anything electronic. Move the radio away from these things in order for it to work well. 3. Please do not collapse the extendable antenna from its weakest point which is the top. Grab the first bottom extended section and push each section at a time into the very bottom section, this will prevent you from joining those with the bent and broken antennas.

First off, this radio has great reception on all bands, AM, FM and Weather. All local AM stations with reasonably strong signals come in great during the day and many of the big wattage stations within 700 or 800 miles come in at night. FM and Weather stations also come in without issue, helped by a good sized telescopic antenna. The sound is pretty good, but the small speaker works best for news, talk & sports broadcasts. The crank handle seems more substantial than other emergency radios that I've had and the solar panel keeps the relatively small LiOn battery charged when placed on a windowsill. About that battery... I don't disagree with other reviewers that a larger 18650 battery would be better than the included 18350, but the solar panel could take a few days to fully charge a battery that size, whereas the 18350 can solar charge in a day. In addition to the hand crank and the solar panel, this radio can be charged, and played, via an AC outlet by using a standard phone charger with a micro USB cable. This charging option also allows the use of external power banks that many people use as emergency back up for their smart phones. Anker and EasyAcc make several highly rated power banks. A CR123 would also work in a pinch, but the solar panel would have to be covered to prevent the radio from trying to charge the CR123, which could cause damage. As you can see, a lot of charging options in case of a power outage or emergency. For emergencies, there is a weather alert setting, but it has to be activated to work. The flashlight is functional, with a strobe setting to draw attention, if needed. There is also a USB out port which will allow for smart phone charging (but perhaps just a partial charge). All in all, a great little radio that you will enjoy while listening to the news or a ballgame, but which will also be very useful in an emergency.

El radio SANGEAN MMR-88, es un excelente artículo de calidad, que me gusta?, todo!, las tres vías de carga, solar, manivela y USB, evitarán que te quedes sin música! el radio es FM y AM, cosa que la mayoría de los radios ya no incluye la AM, está fabricado con un plástico muy resistente, me gusta que tenga lámpara y que el display se ilumine por ejemplo para ver la hora y después se apague después de 15 segundos. Puedes escuchar el radio dos días seguidos de 8 horas cada uno sin recargar la pila, dejándolo a los rayos del Sol para que dure mas la carga. El único detalle que me decepciona es que al subirle todo el volumen..... no es suficiente!!!, solo llega a 30 puntos, manejó un camión muy silencioso pero el ruido del tráfico y de la conducción hacen que no se oiga muy bien que digamos. Tiene muy bajo el volumen Máximo. Saludos.

Good unit. Well made and the sound is excellent! The battery life is average but a better quality battery replacement is easy. I do like that the battery itself is easily ejected and replaceable. No complaints with this radio. Very happy!

All functions appear to be working perfectly. Straightforward station preset programming (Comes with a very helpful instruction booklet). Charges efficiently in USB wall socket and receiver seems perfect for its intention. Clear reception from our rural area and captures all relevant radio stations. I am pleasantly surprised with the more than adequate sound quality. Didn't expect it to be as good. I'm sure it's even better with ear phones which I haven't tried yet. Seemed no need as speaker is just fine. :) Size and weight (400g) make this so light and it's also pretty compact, that every car or backpack should have one and of course every home! Great addition to your motor home if you are fortunate enough to own one. Would be great if our Government subsidised these radio units for every home. Delivered days ahead of schedule so over all, very impressed!

Excelente producto, funciona la carga solar muy bien, la carga via USB tambien, si agarra todas las estaciones de Fm y Am Locales. Gracias

Nous avons cette radio depuis maintenant près d'un mois. Elle sert régulièrement alors que l'achat était prévu pour les urgences, pannes etc. Le son est d'une qualité impressionnante pour la taille. La capacité de charger ses appareils mobiles et la dynamo sont des point important sur la route. Le coût est le seul bémol, mais on rachèterait!