Grundig FR200 Emergency Radio
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Customer Review: Very Impressive for the $$
Summary: 5 Stars
Hi
I ordered the Grundig 200 as we enter the hurricane season here in Florida. I like the hand crank generator feature the best.The radio will play at moderate levels for at least one hour after cranking the generator for 90 seconds. I was suprised at the sound quality from this little radio. I recently beamed the signal from my satellite radio through it as I waxed my car and was very pleased with the sound. The shortwave section is of reasonable quality when you consider the $39.00 price tag of the Grundig 200. The fine tuning feature is very helpful when scanning for shortwave signals. The FM & AM sections performed well. Overall this is a home run.
Steve
Customer Review: Price/performance winner!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am in emergency communications, live in Florida, and I know price/performance when I see it. Right after giving this radio a shake-down cruise that would be expected of any good transistor radio -- I did one thing -- I bought more of them for my ham radio friends.
The light is an LED, so worries about it burning out are out the window. No one knows the lifespan of an LED, because they have only been in general use since the 1970s!
Whoever designed this really thought it out. I would tend to write off the one-star reviews and hesitate not. Especially for the price -- this emergency radio has no equal for the price as of November, 2004.
Customer Review: Hey, I Forgot To Complain...
Summary: 5 Stars
...because I gave this to my husband at Christmas 2005. I gave it to (us) as a gift in our coastal power outages in eastern North Carolina. I'm going to have to buy us a spare since he uses this as his barn radio every weekend. It cranks easily, has stood up to clumsy use and exposure, and brings in NPR from 75 miles away very clearly. In reading other reviews, it may work better in areas with less tower-power competition. Where we are, it is a wonderful rural hurricane radio in case you run out of batteries.
I confess that we are Grundig fans.
If I were still living in a city, I'd test drive other items. But, we have been happy.
Customer Review: Very low quality product from Grundig..
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this expecting a quality product and was surprised to see that it is made in China and you soon find out how low quality the thing is... The crank option seems ok at first, but the claim that it will run for an hour or so on a minute or two of cranking is bogus. I know a bit about batteries and have substituted a battery and the crank/dynamo is still not sufficient to make and then hold a charge in the battery. Unfortunately Freeplay has moved away from their extremely reliable clockwork method to this sub-standard crank/dynamo nonsense so I have no alternate suggestions. I am guessing that most buyers have not used the crank option much?Customer Review: Great little radio
Summary: 5 Stars
I was given this radio several years ago to complete my emergency kit. I think for the price it cant be beat. Overall I'm very satisfied with this little radio. I ended up putting it my bathroom to listen to. What really surprised me is the battery life. It's plays for 30 minutes every morning, and I have yet to change the AA batteries. Its now been in there for over a year and its played loud enough to hear over the shower. It may not have the most precise tuner, but I've never seen anything battery operated last 12 months without charging. That feature alone is worth the price in my opinion. The battery crank and LED light is just a great bonus.