# Help Me Choose A Hand Crank Radio

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-hand-crank-radio/688301>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-hand-crank-radio/688301 "2014-05-12T21:07:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-hand-crank-radio/688301/21 "2014-05-13T11:57:32Z")

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[ER Emergency ready solar and hand crank flashlight, radio, charging station](http://www.amazon.com/ER-Emergency-Ready-Hand-Crank-Flashlight/dp/B0007CL02S).

A few years ago we solved our Xmas shopping dilemma buy purchasing six of these for relatives and one for ourselves. It is $35.00, but was the cheapest we found with any quality.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-hand-crank-radio/688301/22 "2014-05-13T14:28:16Z")

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quality newer weather radios (USA and Canada) that have alerts will use digital codes which are specific to a county sized (sometimes smaller) area.

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