wind up radio request!

[Mike8472]

I currently use a cheap tiny eurohike £6 job for camping but although it works fine when staying at "proper" campsites when I go off into the hills I find it hard to get it tuned in to anything.

I have been wondering about investing in a better one such as one of the Trevor Baylis ones. I think they are under the brand name FREEPLAY.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Freeplay-EyeM...nics_PortableAudio_Radios&hash=item2a0cd1ecfb

Whats your advice guys?

 

[wingstoo]

I have heard some very good stuff on the Trevor Bayliss stuff, and thankfully the price has come down since I first saw them over a decade ago, as they say, you get what you pay for, buy cheap, buy twice, hopefully you will get a great piece of kit this time around.

Go for it

 

[johnboy]

I currently use a cheap tiny eurohike £6 job for camping but although it works fine when staying at "proper" campsites when I go off into the hills I find it hard to get it tuned in to anything.

Sony do or did a wind up radio we have one in our earthquake kit here and it's pretty good it has a built in torch also.

Sony ICFB01D is the model... Having said that you might find a length of lightweight wire clipped to the antenna with a crocodile clip does wonders for your reception with the Eurohike as you have a physically longer antenna. Cost for this is cheaper than a new radio.

Also I guess if you're somewhere where reception is poor or non existant than it'll be poor or non existant for a better quality of radio also.

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[Magentus]

I've had a Freeplay Ranger for years - used to use it on site when I was a joiner, and use it every day now I'm not. It's very robust, is mains, wind-up and solar powered, excellent reception. I'd highly recommend it.

Amazon link here, but notice it says unavailable at present. You may be able to get one elsewhere;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Freeplay-RANGER-Ranger-Radio/dp/B0006FL6DY/ref=pd_rhf_shvl_1

Magentus

 

[Mike8472]

Although the reception is a big part of it, i would rather upgrade to a bettet quality radio that i can rely on. Bigger speaker an option of solar charging makes more sense to me rather than just the wind up that my current one has

 

[rickyamos]

you could try one of the Elton range:-
http://www.nevadaradio.co.uk/portable-radio/analogue-portable-radios/?sort=1&stock=&brand=&f[]=45

 

[toilet digger]

the gelert one we have is top banana, solar, wind up and bomb proof gets dragged all over and still going strong. if its left in daylight for a couple of hours it'll run for an hour or so. small too.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gelert-Wind...IDZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314646769&sr=8-1