Dr. Clay A. Kahler
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 12 de noviembre de 2024
The Kaito KA500IP Voyager offers reliable AM/FM/SW and NOAA weather alerts, and the solar/dynamo options keep it powered in any situation. The added cell phone charger is a lifesaver. Compact, sturdy, and perfect for emergencies or outdoor adventures. Highly recommended for peace of mind in uncertain conditions!
J. J. Pritt
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 12 de octubre de 2024
Works great! Having the crank and solar to charge when the power grid is down is awesome! Charges cell phones just fine. But the red plastic they used is that type that starts to leech and get sticky after two years or so. Other than that it's great!
Murray
Comentado en Canadá el 2 de junio de 2018
Amazon shipped the radio to me today 15 minutes before a storm rolled in and the power went out for 4hours and the radio works fantastic the weather band works so good i didn't have to use the antenna am fm works very well and the sw bands 1,2 work good but with the kaito t-1 antenna fm , sw 1,2 it seems like thousands of channels i can receive my house is only 400 feet above sea level. I got the red kaito ka500 radio i highly recommend this product for kaito. Just choose the right colour you like and you'll be very pleased with your radio like thousands of people have been with the radio.
Scott Messina
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 18 de febrero de 2018
I have had this radio for about 3 months now. It has held up well, and I have no issues with it. Cranking to charge the included lithium-ion battery works great, and cranking to charge a cell phone for an emergency call works as well. The solar will run the radio (and very slowly charge the battery), but it is not intended to charge a phone. Reception is good for the stations in my area. Audio quality is as expected for such a small radio/driver...clear and intelligible, but without much low range. I can see this thing lasting many years as a standby in my bug-out kit, and probably at least a couple of years if we took it camping regularly. I kept the plastic insert so I could place it back in the battery compartment to prevent complete discharge and subsequent leakage of the battery while the radio is stored. I have been testing it for a few hours every couple of weeks, and have only had to crank charge it 4 times. Lithium batteries are the perfect power source for a little radio like this. They use a common 18650 cell which will make sourcing a new one easy in a few years.
Haaris
Comentado en Canadá el 11 de agosto de 2016
I bought this for my grandfather and he loves everything about this radio.The built quality is great. The radio itself is quite sturdy and the speaker is of high quality.FEATURESIndicator light - the speaker has a light that comes on when you've correctly tuned to a given station. I thought this was neat little feature as it avoids you from feeling like you have to rock-and-roll the tuning knob to get the best reception. Once the light comes on, that's as good as it gets (and the audio is really really clear)Lights - the radio had a couple of sets of lights:/one set of LEDs on the back of the solar panel/a forward-facing LED which is not ultra-high power but will be an asset if you're in pitch black darkness. Turning on this light also activates a light on the tuning display so you can operate it in the dark./an SOS light (red) which continually flashes. Although I'm not sure how useful that is because it's not nearly bright enough to be a beacon or anything. However I won't reduce my 5 star rating for something like this because this is just an added feature.Battery - the radio has a rechargeable battery provided and also has slots for three additional AA batteries which I thought was a great feature. The device also supports AC charging via a dedicated switch or via a micro-USB cable (accessible through a cover panel on the back of the radio)NOAA Alert system - Although this isn't very useful for Canada as this is a US based alert system for extreme weather alerts, it's still an excellent feature to have if you're living across the border or taking this with you on a camping or hiking trip in the US. The radio can be put into standby such that it will automatically turn on if there is a severe weather alert issued.All-in-all, this is definitely one of the best products I've ordered off of Amazon. It has definitely exceeded my expectations and is worth every penny I paid for it. My review also comes with my grandfather's seal of approval so.... Double win!