IRONSNOW Dynamo Emergency Solar Hand Crank Radio

Originally posted 2017-06-27 02:11:51.

I remember when I was about eleven or twelve years old, we experienced a massive blizzard in Colorado that left us stranded for about five days.  While the first couple of days were pretty tolerable, things quickly went south on the third day when our power went out.  One of the most vivid memories I have of that blizzard (aside from shoveling snow in a fashion similar to the Greek legend of Sisyphus) was that of my mother scrambling through a box and retrieving a small hand crank radio.   That memory, along with my general interest in preparedness, was the catalyst for my purchase of the IRONSNOW Dynamo Emergency Solar Hand Crank Radio.

Seriously, this is probably one of the cheapest and best investments you can make in regard to being able to have some communications ability in the scenario of a power outage or grid down scenario.  The IRONSNOW Dynamo Emergency Solar Hand Crank Radio is lightweight, roughly the same height as a cell phone, and can really come in handy if your conventional means of power is interrupted.   The IRONSNOW Dynamo Emergency Solar Hand Crank Radio  features AM / FM and NOAA weather radio frequencies, an LED flashlight, and of course, a hand crank so you have the ability to charge the unit in a zero power environment.

There’s also some miniature solar panels located on the top of the radio, but I would see these more as a supplementary power source rather than using the sun to charge this by itself.  The IRONSNOW Dynamo Emergency Solar Hand Crank Radio is easy to hold and has a rubberized texture so gripping it is very comfortable.  The flashlight is also very simple, it’s just a one touch button.  I’ll admit that the flashlight isn’t super powerful, but if you were in a pitch black darkness it would certainly come in handy!

IRONSNOW Dynamo Emergency Solar Hand Crank Radio also carries some limited ability as a power bank, so if you needed to get a little juice into your cell phone for an emergency call – this could do it for you.  I wouldn’t expect to fully charge your phone from dead to a full battery, but that’s really not what the IRONSNOW Dynamo Emergency Solar Hand Crank Radio  is designed for.  Overall, however, this little guy is a valuable item to have in your survival gear stash!