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  Jamie Bresner

  4 months ago

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  This thing looks like an ergonomic nightmare. Something a first year ID student would cook up. The knobs inside the frame? Probably not pleasant to turn. The crank handle that scrapes against the other hand holding onto it? I'll pass.

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  kent murphy

  4 months ago

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  Some years back, I bought a similar Eton product with excellent design and seemingly excellent features.  I had experience with similar radios from Kaito, but, for some reason, I bought this Eaton radio.  It was being peddled on a radio program I listened to regularly, and, perhaps, I thought I should buy something from them.  Just to say thanks. 

  
  

  Looks, in that case, were deceiving.  I don't remember too much, but everything was substandard as regards the ease of use and performance I expected.  I didn't even use it, just reading the instructions made me hate it.  One thing I do remember, though, is that it did not come with the AC adapter that such radios came with at the time, although it had an input socket.  And, beside the socket was the voltage, and it wasn't 12, or 9, or 6, or 5, or 3, which seem to be commonplace; no, it was something like 5.6.

  
  

  So, you couldn't charge it at home, unless you had somebody make you a 5.6 volt adapter.  And, I think the cranking and solar charging times were very poor: very short radio play time for the cranking or sit-in-the-sun time.

  
  

  I packed it up and gave it to Goodwill, and wrote a letter to the company's president, telling him it was less than useless to me - I live in West Virginia - and that, in my opinion, it's only purpose was as a stylish-and-never-hoped-to-be-used accessory for somebody in California to carry around in the boot of their Porsche.

  
  

  After a while, I never heard the radio advertised on my radio station, and I don't know if my letter had anything to do with that. 

  
  

  
  

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  Antonio Cruz

  4 months ago

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  I have one of these and I never got to second think the design of the device, but I think they really put effort in the ergonomics of it. For instance while holding it with both hands in front of you, you can turn the knobs by using your index and thumb fingers. It can also be easily held with one hand with the device laying on its back and then you can crank the lever with no obstruction. The overall build quality is average at best, but I can testify the thing is sturdy. All things said, it is a fairly good product, meant to be cheap, not the best.

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  Toby B

  4 months ago

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  Hmm mini-usb in is super-archaic, full-size usb-a out is barely better. The ergonomics for cranking look interesting, my instinct is that it'd be nicer to be able to hang the crank off the side and place the body flat on a rock/stump/picnic table for any serious amount of cranking.
  

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