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Kaito KA007 - Portable radio. |  | Brand: Kaito
List Price: $59.95
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Rating:  13 reviews
Color: Gray//blue//brown
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 2.3 x 5.5
Warranty: Manufacturer warranty for 1 year from date of purchase.
MPN: KA007
Model: KA007
EAN: 6923235869010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Best Radio for any Emergency or Disaster - Thousand Sold to US Army & UK Army | | • | Wide Frequency range for Emergency AM/FM/SW/TV/Weather band radio | | • | Handy 4 power sources Solar, dynamo wind up, battery, AC adaptor | | • | Built-in Internal NiMH battery pack rechargeable via Wind-up Dynamo Cranking System | | • | Manufacturer's 1 Year Warranty |
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Product Description
This radio has all the Benefits You Need. Thousands of these Kaito wind up radios have been sold to the US Army and the UK Army. Approx size 7" x 6" x 2" RADIO BANDS # AM 520 - 1710 KHz
# FM 88 - 108 MHz
# Weather Band 162.40 - 162.55 MHz
# TV1 Channel 2 - 6
# TV2 Channel 7 - 13
# VHF 130 - 175 MHz
# Shortwave 4 continuous SW Bands
# SW1 4.00 - 9.00 MHZ
# SW2 9.00 - 13.5 MHz
# SW3 13.50 - 17.50 MHz
# SW4 17.50 - 26.00 MHz Includes AC/DC Adapter, Earphones & Soft Antenna.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
 Great Emergency Radio Solution January 25, 2007
D. Mills (Fort Lauderdale, FL United States)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
After a couple of disasterous hurricane seasons in 2004-2005, I've used the 2006 respite to consolidate and upgrade my hurricane kit.
For one, I'm switching what I can over to dynamo/solar power to save on the expense and hassle of batteries...particularly when the store shelves are cleaned out anyway. When you're without power for three weeks - despite having a portable generator - it makes a difference.
This radio is one terrific solution and doesn't take up much space at all in my kit. This sucker's compact! I have no complaints about the build quality whatsoever. Fragile, as some have noted? Nah. Not if you don't hand it over to your first-grader.
I'm lucky enough to live in the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami area where we've plenty of stations. No problem with any kind of reception, even without the included antenna extension.
I'm particularly impressed with the bands available: AM/FM/TV/Public Service (VHF)/SW1-4...a better selection than the Eton/Grundig FR300-400 series. The addition of an LED light on the end is a nice little bonus for a pitch black room, though it won't replace a good flashlight. If you go to 21st Century Goods, like I did, you'll find a great (and, again, compact) flashlight/cell phone charger solution.
As one astute reviewer noted, I think it's smart to keep the world situation in mind, as well as our community and personal vulnerabilities. We did relatively well after Hurricane Wilma. For the price, this household will do better when the next disaster, natural or man-made, hits.
Great compact radio for every day use. February 22, 2007
Bortz (usa)
This is a great little radio and is more compact than I envisioned it being from the picture found here. My wife had bought me a Eton/Grundig FR-300 but the generator handle stripped out after about a week's worth of use. Since I loved the weather band on that radio before it broke, I was on a quest to replace the Grundig with something more reliable. I didn't even care if it cost more, I was after quality. I spotted the KA007 here and read reviews here and elsewhere and decided what the heck, why not order one. When it arrived, I found it to be a much lower profile radio than the Eton model and it also has more bells and whistles for a lower price than the Eton. The radio is able to recieve a lot of stations in my area and the weather band gets the weather station for our area very strong and clear. The short wave, TV and AM/FM bands all work well also.
Battery life is excellent with this radio. I'd say you can get about a months worth of use out of three long life alkaline name brand batteries with the radio being played an average of a 1/2 hr to 2 hrs. per day.
One thing to note is that the a/c adapter will charge up the built in NiMH battery pack so you may want to run it off batteries or solar so you don't wear out the battery pack as quickly. That's just a speculation though and the battery pack may still last a long time even though the adapter does charge it up every time it's plugged in. Since I want to be able to use the crank feature in an emergency, I just didn't want to chance killing the battery pack by keeping a high charge on it all the time when I can just as easily use the radio on batteries and not chance killing that internal battery when I need it the most.
I don't really have any real complaints on this radio. Some things that might concern others are that the radio has a relatively small on/off/volume knob and the tuning dial is spaced rather tight with no fine tuning option like on the Eton models. This radio offers good bang for the buck. I think the majority of people looking for a compact, quality emergency radio will be pleased with this. Oh, and unlike the Eton's, the crank handle recesses nicely into the back of the radio for a nice compact profile, unlike the Etons, which stick out of the side and just look plain ugly in that position. One good thing about the Eton though- the cloth carrying case the Eton came in from LL Bean, fits the Kaito perfectly. So the Eton wasn't a total bust. (grin).
My husband loves this thing. June 11, 2008
UnderMySkinner (KY)
I got it for him last year as a gift and he messes with it all the time. Very portable, self cranking so it's good for the environment and he loves the off channels it picks up like emergency chatter. I like it because if the power goes out at least I can still listen to the TV.
Just watch the antenna, breaks very easily. But even if it does we found no problem in having them send us another one.
 A very good idea April 10, 2005
Drive-In-Freak
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
Somebody had a very good idea with this radio.It's not the best built thing in the world,in fact you may just want to get two just in case.
No to sound paranoid,but......In this day and age you just never know what will happen.In a worst case scenario this little radio would very usefull if not a necessity.It's betteridea to have more than just am and fm if you want to be informed.Not only will this radio work long after the batteries are dead,but it can recieve many bands.Not only can you hear am and fm ,but weather,shortwave,vhf tv,and what could just be the most important the 2M amateur band. Why is the 2M band so important? In an emergency situation amateur radio operators are vital at passing along information to emergency services,FEMA Red Cross,National Weather Service,ect.
Here's what you get:
A hand crank to power the radio when there is no power source and it's dark
A solar cell to get power from the sun
TV 1/FM- CH 2-6 and 88-108 MHz
TV 2- CH 7-13
AM(MW)530-1710 Khz
VHF Hi 143-174 MHz (2M amateur,public service (possably fire,law enforcement,ambulance),and National Weather Service
SW 4.5 - 22 MHz (worldwide broadcast/long distance Voice of America,BBC,ect.)
How does it work?
At it's price you can't expect the best radio in the world. Reception is not the best,but adequate for what it is.Lots of images on all bands,and the am is barn-door wide,but I have worse performing radios.The hand crank genorator is not the clockwork generator found in most Baygen/Freeplay radios,but it gets the job done.I say despite it's drawbacks,it is well worth the price.It just might save your life or be your only form of communication. Better safe than sorry.Not that I think it will fall apart,but I got two of them just in case something should happen to the first one....8)
Good deal for the money spent September 30, 2005
S W (El Paso TX)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought a KA007 and a Grundig FR200. I oughta return the FR200.
The Kaito 007 wins hands down. It actually DOES play on sunlight alone, and being in W. TX we have plenty of that.
The only thing the Kaito 007 could use some improvement is the tuner. The two-stage tuner on the FR200 is better/ more finely adjustable.
Perhaps it's unfair to compare the two since the Grundig isn't made with solar-power capability. For $10 more, it's nice to have solar charging.
Steve
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