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Solar USB Charger and Weatherband Radio

$30
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Durable/Portable/LifeSaver
By Robert J. on Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015
I absolutely love my flashlight/Multipurpose tool. I leave it sitting on a window sill where the sun hits it during the day so it is always ready to go at night. Lately it has been very overcast and not much sun so I have had to crank it a few times. I did all my research before I purchased it, so I am here to tell you everything I was able to find out about how well it works is all true. All the way from the number of cranks to lighting/power ratio as compared to others, etc... Still have not used the bottle opener but I am sure I will some day. Always take it with when I travel. Seemed a little expensive at first but is worth every penny.
Top critical review
It could be better :/
By Ian Kimmel on Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2015
Pros: water/splash proof, can use as auxiliary speaker, clips to Molle and bags well, VERY LOUD, light is bright, has bottle opener. Cons: takes FOREVER to charge in the sun, antenna is humorously short, stations do not come through very well most times, build quality is a little better than "ok", does not "dump charge" meaning you have to crank constantly to charge anything, buttons are mushy and almost feel on the end of breaking when pushing hard. Needs can opener not bottle opener. I bought another kind of these emergency radios a while back and it didn't have everything I wanted (mainly the fact that it wasn't water/splash proof). The Eton Scorpion is a much better version but it still has flaws. For instance the clip on the end on mine is slightly off center and requires that I nudge it over so it sits flush. But that just might be mine and that not my main complaint. My main use for this was supposed to be to charge my iPhone when it died and I was away from plugs. I take the bus a lot so I'm in the sun quite a bit. The Scorpion keeps charge very well if it is in the sun a lot, but when trying to charge a phone you have to constantly be cranking the arm, EVEN WHEN IT IS FULLY CHARGED. Which is not quiet and also very tiring. It takes several minutes just to get 1 or 2% of battery life. The iPhone also throws hissy fits if it doesn't get the correct voltage of input, Androids may suffer the same issue but I don't have a current gen Android. Since crank charging fluctuates in voltage it often doesn't work at all on iPhones. I've solved this by charging an external battery phone charger, and then plugging that into my iPhone. Works much better. The bottle opener is awkwardly placed but works fine (needs to be parallel w/ the frame no perpendicular). The antenna is very fragile. If you pull too hard i feel that it could easily come completely out. And is also a short 8inches. It works retracted just as good as it does deployed so I don't ever even pull it out. The Scorpion needs to have "dump charge" capabilities and then I'll give it a 4. Better antenna? 4.5. Add a can opener instead of of bottle opener and its a 5.

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