Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Full disclosure, I was given this radio with the vendor hoping I would write a review. Given that, this is my honest review. This is a small multifunction radio that stands about 4 inches tall ( antenna retracted and secured, and strap handle folded), 7 inches wide and 3 inches deep. The functions: Radio function in general: The tuning knob is quite stiff, making accurate tuning difficult. The speaker is small, about 2 inches in diameter. It does not give you a high fidelity sound, however you can hear voice communication and music well enough. There is plenty of volume for a residential room. I am in a small bedroom listening to a local FM country radio station with the volume turned to about 25% of the dial rotation and it is louder than face to face voice communication. AM radio - It seems sensitive enough, as I pick up lots of stations. The selectivity doesn't seem great as it was difficult to tune any station in well and not be interfered with by an adjacent station. I don't listen to alot of AM radio so can't give a good evaluation of this particular function. FM radio: This radio seems sensitive enough to listen to our local stations. It seemed a little difficult to tune in a station so it was clear, but the local stations were good enough. The dial is not very accurate as there are no graduation marks on it, but the frequencies are written on about every 4 Mhz, so was possible to find the desired station. SW radio: I was not able to receive many clear SW stations. Neither happened to be in English, my only language, so I did not spend any time listening to it. WB radio: The weather band does not need to tuned with the tuning knob. There is a 7-position switch to select one of seven weather bands. I could only receive the seventh station. It worked reasonably well. I could understand the information being received. There are numerous ways for the device to be powered: built in rechargeable lithium ion (li-ion) battery, disposable AAA batteries, had crank, solar, and micro USB. There is a slide switch to switch between the AAA batteries and the li-ion power source. I have not tried anything but the li-ion power source yet. I believe the other three power sources: hand crank, solar, and micro usb are connected to the li-ion batteries and effectively charge that battery and power the radio. I believe it also powers its type A USB connector so you can charge your phone or whatever from its internal battery. I don't know if it powers this connector from the AAA batteries. There is a flashlight beam on one end of the radio and a more diffuse "reading light" that folds out behind the tiny solar panel. These both have two different brightness levels There is also an emergency function that flashes a very bright red led and emits siren sound. It is very loud in a small room which I learned unexpectedly. It also came with a small carabiner and small compass attached to the handle. Would I buy this? I live in Florida, hurricane country. I believe this could come in handy if we happen to lose power some time, so yes as part of my hurricane preparedness I would buy this radio. I suppose you might also take it along on a camping trip. There are quite a few similar devices on Amazon, and I have not evaluated the value of this device compared to any of the other ones, so I can't say it's a good deal or not.