Grundig Emergency Radio

The Grundig emergency radio is dubbed so because of the fact that this radio can be used in an emergency situations when you don’t have any other form of power to rely on, such as batteries, for instance. These radios have a built-in battery, which you cannot remove. But this battery is chargeable through a hand-operated crank that is provided on the body of the radio. It is very simple to rotate this crank; when you do so, the charge gets built up in the battery and the radio can be used. Different models of these radios provide different levels of charging. For most models, cranking for a minute is enough for over than an hour of charge. This is good enough for the radios to be used even when there are no other power options available.

Emergency radios need to be kept simple. It is a pitiful situation if you have an emergency situation and you don’t know where the controls of the radio are! But the Grundig emergency radio is quite aware of this aspect and that’s why the makers have kept the body very simple with the least number of control knobs on them. The bodies are also kept in a simple gray tone so that people don’t get overwhelmed by the color and design when they are already going through a difficult time. Simplicity of design, even at the cost of esthetics, is what the Grundig emergency radio models are more about.

There is also a helpful flashlight provided, which is also charged through the cranking process. The flashlight can provide light in dark conditions during emergency situations. The flashlight is inbuilt, and can be instantly started up by the cranking. This is one place where the Grundig emergency radio scores over other models—while other models provide a poor LED, Grundig models have a strong flashlight attached to them. However, this is at the expense of cranking energy. Due to the powerful flashlight, the charge runs out faster and you need to crank more often. You could turn the flashlight off if you don’t need and save on the cranking energy you have generated.

Even though these are hand crank radios, you mustn’t think that the cranks are old-fashioned. These are modern, sleek cranks, which can be very easily turned. They don’t jut out from the machine a lot, which makes it easier to pack them when you are going outdoors and will probably need the radio for an emergency trip. They have flat bodies as well, which makes it easier to tuck them into smaller compartments of your backpacks when you are traveling.

For features, there are variations from one model to another. You can find the usual AM and FM stations, but some of these also have some shortwave stations which allow you to tune in to international programming. Remember to check the features of the particular Grundig emergency radio model before you buy it.