DAB+/DAB/FM Wind up Solar Radio, 5000mAh Digital Radio with LCD Display, Hand Crank, USB Port, Headphone Jack, Flashlight, Reading Lamp, SOS, Radio Mono/Stereo for Camping Hiking-Black

Good points:- Picks up all the local DAB, DAB+ & FM stations around me.- Sound quality is reasonable given the small speaker size.- Headphone output sounds like it is Stereo, but no indication on screen what stations are in Stereo.- Easy enough to tune. Need to hold a button before you access or store a pre-set but that's easy enough when you get used to it. LED lights & LED torch are also reasonable.- Battery life is brilliant. Ran for over 20 hours with DAB radio at 25% volume.- The battery is easily replaced as well, being a common 21700 lithium cell, so plus points for long term repairability.- Charges on micro USB connector. Not the quickest at charging but fine for the use case it has.Tested the 3xAAA battery backup by pulling the main lithium cell and it automatically went on to use the AAA batteries, so this radio will always work as long as you have AAA cells to hand. Shame the battery cover for the lithium cell is held in place with a small tri-wing screw rather than a simple 000 pozi screw.Not quite so good:Tried the crank and it seems to be charging the lithium battery but very slowly. It'll get the radio going in an emergency. It's not like Trevor Baylis's original Baygen/Freeplay wind up radio (using a clockwork mainspring) which would run for about 50 mins on 60 turns of the handle.The solar panel on this radio is very much a token gesture and might help keep the battery in condition to prevent natural discharge over time, but it'll need to be in cloudless direct sunlight for days to stand any chance of charging the battery to any real extent.No obvious way to select Mono on a weak Stereo FM signal to reduce hiss and no indication within DAB if a station is Mono or Stereo.5V USB output drops to 3.5V when using the radio in DAB Mode. I'd suggest switching the radio off if you need to use the USB output to charge a phone in an emergency. With radio completely off (not in standby) it'll supply 4.94v @ 0.51A (tested with a USB power monitor) so it is capable of slowly charging a phone.The top set of LED lights you might use to read a book with, does have a slight flicker when the radio is on in time with the music. Could probably do with a bigger capacitor inside that supplies power to the LEDs to mitigate that flicker when the radio is on. Might think of doing that mod myself if there's any spare space inside the case.The biggest gripe with the radio, the red siren button! It's too easy to accidentally press it. Could have been better hidden as a slider switch under the rubber charging cover perhaps? Siren isn't that loud but still makes you jump if you accidentally press the button. The tiny flashing red LED is very much a token gesture.Suggestion to the manufacturer! Can you make a similar radio to this, but also include MW, LW & SW bands and with a bigger solar panel & better hand crank? The UK still has a few MW (AM) stations, BBC Radio 4 is still on 198kHz Long Wave (for now) and if there really was a disaster, you would want Short Wave coverage too in the one radio. Whilst I have another radio for SW, having it in this form factor would have been ideal.Overall, happy with purchase.

Such a brilliant little radio! So compact but great sound and features. We use it in the garden so it powers through Solar but will be taking it on holiday too. Love it

I read all the various reviews , good and bad then decided to give this radio a try. After unpacking and reading instructions, I put radio with solar panel up into direct sunlight. This is English winter sunlight so not very bright. Radio battery immediately started charging, which was impressive. I then tried the wind up charger. And that worked too. The torch lights and reading light all worked well. Although I think these lights are unnecessary. I avoided using the alarm button ,which again I think isn’t necessary.Tuning the radio is a bit of a hassle, but once you have your favourite stations saved it’s pretty easy to use. DAB reception is good and far better than the radio it replaced. FM was fine too. I never tried the short wave so can’t comment.The sound quality is amazing, and can be turned down to a whisper for night time listening. The radio itself isn’t big , but not stupidly small either. All the buttons are a good size. Radio feels like good quality, however is definitely not water proof as water would get through speaker vent if it got wet.I used the radio for around two weeks and was really happy with it. It charged itself up each day ready for use in the evening. As the weather was very cloudy the radio didn’t fully charge, so I decided to put some triple AAA batteries in for back up. The instructions said the radio would switch over from solar battery to AAA automatically when solar battery was low. Unfortunately it didn’t, and just shut down when solar battery was low. There is no switch to this manually either. The solar battery would charge with an external charger, but I wanted it to work with all power options.Unfortunately this meant I had to return this lovely radio to Amazon. I really would have liked a replacement instead of a refund , but this isn’t an option.I wish the manufacturer would design another version of this radio , one without the torch , reading light , phone charger etc. I really wonder if all this extra stuff is causing the radio to be unreliable?I am still thinking of ordering a replacement as I liked it so much .

Really pleased with this purchase; I read most of the reviews, and they convinced me that this was worth buying. Compact and lightweight (but not flimsy). Good instructions and I found it easy to set up the DAB radio. Very impressed with the functionality, two super bright torches and an emergency alarm, plus a variety of ways to charge. My radio arrived fully charged, so I have not yet investigated the wind up or solar options. Radio sound quality is not bad either.

Lots of functions- light. Reading light. Good radio reception and sound quality. Shame about the solar panel which is a joke, despite been in full sun seems to add nothing to the battery so device needs plugging in every couple of days.

It just arrived. As per usual, I didn't read instructions just pressed a few buttons which resulted in terrified neighbours arriving at the door after I'd hit the SOS button.Yes, it arrives fully charged.The torch is bright, but be careful not to turn on the reading light as you may not see it when it's folded flat and therefore kill the charge by not turning it off.So then I pressed a few more buttons, and got it to scan for stations (it found over 70 with no issues), then it blasted out Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away and the sound is incredible for such a small piece of kit.Very impressed especially for that price. I've paid way more for a Bluetooth speaker that doesn't do anything else.