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To: mouser

Another thing I have been thinking about - cell phone chargers!

So far, I have gotten extra batteries for the cell phones as well as the ETON Radios. I have one I got at Radio Shack for $49.00 that is a crank radio and has usb ports.

Amazing little radio. Really great piece of equipment for $49.00.


44 posted on 04/06/2011 7:38:20 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (Who needs Al Queda to worry about when we have Obama?)
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To: GlockThe Vote

I swear by the Eton radios.

For the money, they simply cannot be beat. I like the cheaper ones, they allow for redunduncy. $100 buys 3 radios with chargers.


98 posted on 04/06/2011 12:52:05 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Obama has fired more cruise missiles than any other Nobel peace prize winner.)
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To: GlockThe Vote

I have one of those Eton radios. It has a hand crank and can run for a few minutes if you’re willing to crank it.
It also has a solar charger on it!
Plus, it takes regular batteries.

The only problem I found is that it seems I can’t turn it all the way to “off”. If I turn it to the “off” position, there is still some kind of residual drain on the main batteries.
So I put them in and stuck a small piece of plastic over the contact, which is easily removable.

AM/FM/SW, but the SW reception is sporadic. I suppose I could open it up and hang a forty foot piece of wire on to it an do much better!


114 posted on 04/06/2011 4:54:27 PM PDT by djf (Dems and liberals: Let's redefine "marriage". We already redefined "natural born citizen".)
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