Kaito Electronics Inc. AD500 AC Adapter for Kaito Voyager KA500 series Radios

by Kaito

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 2 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001F1ZRAQ
• Item model number: AD500
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #43 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Batteries, Chargers & Accessories > AC Adapters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 8, 2004

Product Description

This AC adapter is designed for Kaito Voyager radio. It can be used for powering up the radio by plugging it into a wall outlet, also for charging the internal battery pack. UL listed. It's also compatible with other Kaito emergency radios including KA007, KA007L, KA008, KA009 and KA009S.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kaito Electronics Inc. AD500, September 12, 2010

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Craig Rifendifer (Nazareth, PA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kaito Electronics Inc. AD500 AC Adapter for Kaito Voyager KA500 series Radios (Electronics)

I read many reviews of "emergency" radios before buying the Kaito AD500. The AD500 had all the featires I was looking for, solar, crank, weather and short wave bands. There were quite a few bad reviews of the AD500 but I have found that with anything I have researched on the web. Some said they couldn't receive anything on different bands of the radio. I live in northeast Pennsyvania and found that I could receive signals fine on all bands including SW. There were complaints abount the crank being flimsy so the first thing I did right out of the box was to crank it up. It felt solid and gave it enough of a charge for me to check out all the features. I think bad products can get past the best quality control departments when they are made in great numbers. That doesn't excuse the problem but it happens. The job of any good company is to make good on these failures. I have not had any opportunity to deal with Kaito customer service so I can't comment on that. I find the Kaito Electronics Inc. AD500 to be a great "emergency" radio as well as an everyday radio. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars because I haven't had a chance to use it in the field but I am confident that it will do everything as advertised.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Why doesn't it come with the radio?, June 18, 2010

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Tn John (TN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kaito Electronics Inc. AD500 AC Adapter for Kaito Voyager KA500 series Radios (Electronics)

This work very well, but it should come with the radio instead of needing to buy it separate. Which makes me wonder if Kaito really cares about it's customers. This is why only 3 stars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AC adaptor, November 26, 2010

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Mark Zimmerman (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaito Electronics Inc. AD500 AC Adapter for Kaito Voyager KA500 series Radios (Electronics)

I bought this AC adaptor for my Kaito crank radio. The instructions with the radio say that three minutes of cranking would produce 6 hours of listening. With my old arms, three minutes of cranking produced 30 minutes of listening. So, I bought the AC adaptor to keep the radio charged.