Any good Wind Up solar radios.

[TeeDee]

There seems to be a generic amount of wind up / solar powered small radio units with additional functions but are any of them any good?

I don't mid paying decent money for a decent unit but I want something that is going to work and not break in the short term

Can anyone vouch for any of them ??

 

[TeeDee]

Amazon.co.uk : running snail radio

 

[Robbi]

I know loads of good wind ups.

Radio's..... No.

 

[uncleboob]

Freeplay brand are still the best in my opinion. Early ones are robust and employ a mixture of solar, wind-up and short term storage of power to give 30 mins of listening.


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[Gra_farmer2]

The running snail red radio is a very good cheap radio, all other battery amp rating is far below the 2000 mill amp hour rating

 

[Jared]

Pretty sure the battery is just an 18650, so if can get the case open without destruction it'd should be a easy to replace with a known good quality one.

Had a look though the hank cranks a couple of weeks, not convinced by any of them. Thought the Eton's might be good, but the review on Grunt Proof channel wasn't favorable.
Otgher brand might be decent is the Sangean.

SANGEAN Electronics│The leading radio brand in Taiwan

SANGEAN Electronics is the leading radio brand in Taiwan known for its professional experience. We develop a variety of radios featuring Bluetooth connection for optimum enjoyment for all users. SANGEAN Radio brings you the best audio experience.

www.sangean.eu

Think might give up on a cranked radio, and go in a total different direction, and try an SDR dongle + mobile phone. Atleast try it out (mainly for phone battery life), just got find my USB dongle. Video of using a SDR dongle and Android Phone

 

[grizzlyj]

The price of this one varies a bit, I only paid £26 earlier this year but it has SW too

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crank-Solar-Radio-Receiver-Flashlight-green/dp/B01CQCJFTG/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?adgrpid=1184174921876731&hvadid=74011135062257&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=69192&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-74011069037508%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=22609_2171582&keywords=running%2Bsnail%2Bradio&qid=1649594603&sr=8-12-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFHOTA0RDM1UjY4ODAmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAwMTEzODQzOTQ3VEdMTkZRTVNHJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxMDU4MTgyQlA3UVQyNUFWVTBLJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfbXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1

 

[SaraR]

I've got a Freeplay Summit and another smaller Freeplay. Neither are in production any longer, but if other Freeplay radios are like these two, I'd definitely recommend them.

 

[grizzlyj]

The Degen DE13 I massively linked to above is now £27.48. No connection etc.