DEGEN DE13 Cranked Solar FM AM SW Receiver with Flashlight /SOS alarm / rechargeable cell phone for emergency and outdoor use (green)

The radio arrived quickly after ordering and was packaged well. It is very compact considering all the features that it has. Build quality is good given what it cost. It does not get moved around much as I bought it mainly to listen to the radio while working in garage and garden. As a result, I cannot say how it would cope if you were to be using it for camping, etc and carrying it in a rucksack as the aerial may catch on things and is a little flimsy. Easy to operate and the radio is loud and clear enough for what I use it for. I was surprised at how loud it was given the small speaker that it has. Like the fact that it has AM/FM and SW bands. Can always find something to listen to. The torch facility has been useful to have around the garage. Can be powered by cranking and charging the internal battery, solar or 3 AAA batteries. The crank mechanism is smooth but not too sturdy. It will charge the internal battery with little effort. Cannot comment on how useful it would be to charge a phone. Do not know how efficient the solar panel is as it does not get much exposure to sunlight. AAA batteries appear to last well given the amount of time I use it. Please note that the internal battery is not installed when it arrives and you have to attach it yourself. It is awkward to plug it in. I used a small set of tweezers to get the plug into position as my fingers were too big to get into the small battery compartment. Fiddly but not impossible to do. Just take your time. Overall , a good little radio which does the job and which represents good value for money.

The radio itself does not work out of the box. You need to connect the user-accessible battery pack (very nice!) or insert 3 AAA batteries before you can operate it. Plugging in the battery pack is a little fiddly, so do this right away when you unpack it. The plastic and manufacturing tolerances don't feel great and somewhat flimsy. The dirt flap on the side also does not fit very snug so don't expect a lot of water resistance. For an emergency style radio it could really do with just a bit better construction. The radio itself does work great. I can even receive US channels from Western Europe in the evening on the SW! A major downside though is that the tuning mutes while changing the frequency. This prevents the user scanning reception by ear on the SW. The FM tuner works fine like this with the volume output being constant. The flashlight on the device is OK in a pinch.

Love this crank Radio No batteries just crank it a few minutes and you will get service for some time everyone should have a couple of these.

Excellent appareil, je recharge facilement au soleil bien dule bonne qualité de son vu la taille petite de cet appareil, excellente réception des ondes pas de parasite pas de bruit de fou je conseille l'acquisition de cet appareil

Awesome little radio. Much smaller then I expected but its a nice little unit. It has good reception and brings stations in loud and clear. It charges well from either the solar panel or the crank handle. Well worth the price.