- Rugged, water-resistant AM/FM radio with 7-channel NOAA weather band receiver
- Flashlight, siren, and personal security alert offer support for outages or emergencies
- Receives 24-hour NOAA alerts from hurricane, tsunami, and tornado watch agencies
- Motor charges via hand crank, AC adapter, or vehicle DC cigarette lighter adapter
- Requires 2 AA alkaline (not included) and rechargeable ni-cad (included) batteries; 90-day warranty
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Be prepared for the best and the worst that Mother Nature can dish out with this multifunction GPX radio/flashlight combo. Outfitted with an AM/FM tuner with a digital readout and a seven-channel National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather band receiver, the radio is a must for outdoorsmen, people who live in tornado or tsunami country, and plain-old amateur weather watchers. It also makes a great emergency device for camping trips or home survival kits thanks to the flashlight, siren, and personal security alert--all of which qualify as necessities during weather-related power failures or, more ominously, natural disasters. Should a particularly nasty storm befall your town or campsite, rest assured that you can listen to the latest weather and storm forecasts 24 hours a day, receive news reports (or distract yourself with music) via the radio, and still find your way around the basement or campground. In addition, the radio's sleek, rugged housing is water-resistant, so you needn't worry about rain or windstorms damaging its circuitry.
Of course, the radio performs in non-emergency situations as well, with an easy-to-read LCD clock and an alarm that keeps you from oversleeping. To ensure that the power doesn't run down at the worst possible moment, GPX included three charging methods for the radio: a hand crank that juices up the heavy-duty dynamo motor, an AC adapter (not included), or a DC-jack terminal for plugging in a cigarette lighter adapter (not included). The radio also requires a combination of two AA alkaline batteries (not included) and two rechargeable ni-cad batteries (included) to run. The combined battery and motor options diversifies the radio's power draw, guaranteeing that the radio won't conk out once the batteries first start to drain.
What's in the Box
RWB4004SP radio/flashlight, two rechargeable ni-cad batteries, user's manual.
Product Description
You'll always be prepared for the worst or the best with this multi-function Weatherband Radio and Flashlight combo. This unit receives AM/FM radio broadcasts with a digital readout, but that's just for starters. You'll know more about the weather than your weatherman with 24-Hour, 7-Zone Weather and Storm Alert broadcasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Don' t miss critical tornado, hurricane, and other weather and storm warnings. The unit also includes an LCD clock with Time, Alarm and Back Light, a flashlight and siren, and personal security alert. 3 way rechargeable circuitry makes sure your radio is working, even when the power goes off. You can hand-crank to charge the heavy-duty dynamo motor, or use an AC-adaptor (not included) or a the DC-Jack terminal for charging power input or output. Compact, water-resistant design makes this unit great in any household. From GPX, providing Technology, Fashion, Performance and Value in electronics for over 30 years.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unsafe Radio,
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This review is from: GPX RWB4004SP 7-Channel NOAA Weatherband AM/FM Flashlight Radio with 3-Way Rechargeable Circuitry (Electronics)
I purchased this radio recently and had to return it as the weather band did not work. I received the replacement radio and found the same problem along with the fact that the flashlight did not fuction. I live close to the Weather station repeater and receive a strong signal on my other units. I rasied the antenna, shortened it, etc. ran it off the batteries, crank to no avail. It is pretty scary considering this unit has the NOAA alert built in. I have sent an email to GPX regarding this and am awaiting a reply. Honestly, I may have received a bad unit from a batch; however, I do not know how that could be. In any case, I would not recommend this radio, especially if you are depending on weather alerts or reports. Oh, yeah, the back-lit display does not work with the crank batteries, only with the 6 AA batteries you must install. Way to go GPX, another fine product...........
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
wonky piece of crap,
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This review is from: GPX RWB4004SP 7-Channel NOAA Weatherband AM/FM Flashlight Radio with 3-Way Rechargeable Circuitry (Electronics)
I sure wish i had the one the other guy loves so much. Mine's utter garbage. I turns the crank, and the radio comes in very well. Thats about all it does.
See, the presence of a crank fools the buyer into thinking that they will not need batteries to make this object work. I couldn't read anything but extremely faint garbage on the digital display, until i put in 2 AA batteries. The light is crap. The manual says that 1 minute of turning the crank will charge the batteries 25%, and that a full charge yields 1 hour of flashlight life. I cranked this odious chinese insult until my arms were numb, and that got me AT BEST 45 seconds of light. The engineering is flawed, and i'm willing to bet that my unit is average. While the design is heavy on features, it has a great deal of counterinuitive aspects. Firstly, the flashlight is incandescent, as opposed to LED, meaning it is a more efficient heater than a light. Secondly, the reasoning behind the switch layout is insane. For instance, the sliding switch on the top has 3 settings: 1. off 2. loud emergency alarm 3. flashlight, in that order. This means you turn on the alarm every time you want to turn the flashlight on or off. For a $10 radio, such flaws are acceptable. For the $39 radio/flashlight/alarm clock i bought at bass pro, it's infuriating. Edit: how about this guy who gave this thing the same review twice, from two accounts, 3 years apart?
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
GPX RWB4004SP 7-Channel NOAA Weatherband AM/FM Flashlight Radio with 3-Way Rechargeable Circuitry,
This review is from: GPX RWB4004SP 7-Channel NOAA Weatherband AM/FM Flashlight Radio with 3-Way Rechargeable Circuitry (Electronics)
This is truly a piece of CRAP.
The first thing I did was to install the 6 AA batteries, instantly my eyes lit up for the clock was working. I found the clock simple to set. Then it was down hill from there. The crank did not work the AM/FM radio did not work. You get what you pay for,$[...] +s/h too good to be true. Lesson well learned. Advise spent the extra money and get a brand name weatherband radio.
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