Emergency Radio,5000 NOAA Weather Radio with AM/FM/NOAA/SW,SOS Battery Operated Radio,5 Way Powered Emergency Hand Crank with USB Charger, Flashlight, Reading Lamp, Headphone Jack for Outdoor

Very reliable "weather" alert radio with multiple bands am, fm, NOAA stations and SW. Sound is great. Antenna extends and swivels for better reception. Flash light is bright. Reading lamp is bright and easy to use. All functions are easy to use and reliable. I highly recommend this "emergency" radio.

I plan to get a lot if use out of this product, and the quality seems up ti the task.. I do a lot of camping, and as my storage shed, I frequent day and night, has no electricity, this will come in handy. But, the main reason I bought it is to keep my 18 yo blind chihuahua entertained, while waiting for me in my truck, without running down its battery. She rocks out! Her favorite is Led Zeppelin.

The CR1009Pro does and has basically all the things you could cram into an emergency radio like this. Except USB-C.Shortwave radio, a headphone jack, a 5000mAh battery, 3xAAA battery backup, a nylon carrying handle, a replaceable battery and a digital radio tuner may be difficult to find on other radios, especially in combination. And it has a backlit LCD display that shows battery level, frequency, time and whatever else.Has a flashlight at the front with a low/high mode, and a reading light at the top, also with a low/high mode. They're decent enough. Same goes for the speaker. This is for listening to the radio, not throwing a hootenanny and/or shindig.It of course also has AM and FM radio, a solar panel and crank for emergency power, and a USB out for charging stuff. And an SOS button that makes a red light at the front flash and the speaker emit an annoying noise. Has NOAA WX weather radio alert stuff, which I presume can be useful for people in the US.The antenna is about 24cm. Could probably be longer to increase the chance of better reception. Reception under circumstances beyond just sitting in my home, is not something I've tested, but I'm not too confident. Seems kind of touchy, but it might be fine.One thing I've found to be questionable is how well the included battery holds a charge. Don't know if this is normal for this type of battery (2170 li-ion), but I charged the thing fully, put it in a closet for around 7 months, and now it's completely dead. Seems like unwanted behavior for a product like this. I missed or forgot this information, but noticed now that the manual implies that with power off, the battery will gradually discharge until completely empty and puts that number at 6500 hours. Don't know when exactly my battery got depleted, but I took it out of the closet at roughly 5000 hours.So do keep in mind that you can't just put this radio in storage and expect it to be ready, you will need to occasionally check up on the battery and charge as necessary. I'd want to do that maybe once every two months.And it does not seem to want to turn on with only the 3xAAA backup. Tried putting in fresh batteries and nothing. Either the backup in my radio is busted or it can only switch to it if the radio is on when the main battery runs out. Maybe an area that could be improved in a future revision.UPDATE: Roughly a month after charging it until it told me it was fully charged, I turned it on to check the battery level and it's now down to 3 bars.

This does exactly what it says and offer multiple charging options and multiple communication channels.

Front panel usability -- Great. Easy to see and use. That's what sold it for me.Not so great -- Eats the 5000 mAh internal battery within several days, powered off. Then drains the backup alkalines as well/worse. Instructions poorly written, difficult to comprehend.Worse yet -- The receiver performs poorly on all bands. Weak receiver means no radio, the key issue. Waste of money. Too bad.One small plus -- Looks nice on my desk.EDIT -- New title -- What A Difference!What happened? I contacted Customer Support, who promptly offered me an exchange, and that arrived the next day.Out of the box, turn it on, and ... WOW! Signals galore on AM and FM -- indoors. (First radio found few stations even outdoors.)I have not yet tried on Shortwave, but that is not important here because I have other radios with that capability.Battery -- As yet unknown on the replacement radio. However, I think the issue is in the Weather Alert function.. Default is Always On, but it can be set to watch for shorted times and then shut off. Need to learn more about that. (Also, I am learning that some other radios have an always-on condition.)Bottom line, going from 1 star to 5, because the replacemet's receiver is SO much better.

I randomly bought this in May and just used it for Hurricane Beryl. It worked great. Weather alert immediately started alarming when a tornado was in my neighborhood and warned us to take cover. The radio and weather stations great and so useful since wifi and cellular services have been down since the storm.

I'll be perfectly honest I bought this for the NOAA weather stations and the reading light and being solar powered. That it does excellently. The rest of the radio reception is sketchy at best the antenna sucks. When camped out I use a jumper wire to connect it to my ham radio antenna and then I get something resembling decent radio reception in the other bands. This is this is one of those you have to push the button or hold it down so it scans through the frequencies. It only stores the last frequency that it was on you can't program anything else. Needless to say it's a bit of an SOB if you're trying to go through this shortwave stations there's no jumping to the individual short way bands and adjusting from there you have to start at the top the bottom and go up or down through the scan feature. The alternative is even worse by having to push the button up or down individually.Other than that it seems like it's decent quality as far as construction goes the sound isn't too bad on it. And it does have if you want to turn it on the weather alert where it sits in standby mode and alert you if they have an emergency weather situation. Like I said it does what I bought it for so can't complain really if I want to listen to shortwave I have real radios for that and I don't have to worry about messing them up bouncing around on the dash of the truck

It has multiple useful features for its compact size. I like the digital radio display and the built in rechargeable battery.