El radio SANGEAN MMR-88, es un excelente artículo de calidad, que me gusta?, todo!, las tres vías de carga, solar, manivela y USB, evitarán que te quedes sin música! el radio es FM y AM, cosa que la mayoría de los radios ya no incluye la AM, está fabricado con un plástico muy resistente, me gusta que tenga lámpara y que el display se ilumine por ejemplo para ver la hora y después se apague después de 15 segundos. Puedes escuchar el radio dos días seguidos de 8 horas cada uno sin recargar la pila, dejándolo a los rayos del Sol para que dure mas la carga.El único detalle que me decepciona es que al subirle todo el volumen..... no es suficiente!!!, solo llega a 30 puntos, manejó un camión muy silencioso pero el ruido del tráfico y de la conducción hacen que no se oiga muy bien que digamos. Tiene muy bajo el volumen Máximo. Saludos.

Good unit. Well made and the sound is excellent! The battery life is average but a better quality battery replacement is easy. I do like that the battery itself is easily ejected and replaceable. No complaints with this radio. Very happy!

Very good sound , easy to use and I like that it can charge my phone . I like that we can use 3 different methods to charge ( crank, solar or USB ) .

After much research of emergency radios, this was my choice and it is much better than some reviews I read.Pros - 1. Solid build. Quite rugged yet light. 2.User replaceable Lithium battery. 3. Digital tuning locks solidly to signal and sensitivity is as good or better than other radios we have. Picks up WX stations from quite a distance. 4. Excellent sound quality especially considering the small speaker. Sufficient volume to fill a good sized room 5. Solar charger will charge even under an overhead light.6. Hand dynamo is smooth and easy to crank. 7 Fully charged battery will power radio for about 10 hours, perhaps longer at low volume ans/or using earbuds.Cons - 1.Took a few minutes to figure out how to set the presets. Other settings are very instinctive and easy to set. 2. USB charging output is only 0.3A so charging a smart phone that requires 2.0 A will be slow (and it may not charge 100%), but it is usable. On a test using a Nexus 4 that started at 73% battery charge, after one hour connected to the MMR-88, the battery was 85% charged.In summary, it is a very good emergency radio. I am pleased with it and would certainly recommend it to anyone who does not expect it to quickly charge a 2.0 A device to full power.

This is the first Sangean radio I've bought, but it won't be the last. Except for a "boom-box" era relic, every radio I have is AC powered, so I thought it would a good idea to have something basic that I could rely on during power outages. Then I realized that this would also be something good to have while camping, backpacking or even in the car on long trips. It is, after all, an EMERGENCY RADIO! This review will not include information already in the Amazon product description.The construction is very substantial. It's made with the same plastic material used in the making of various construction-site things that "take a licking but keep on ticking". The radio is protected from "drop" damage by thick, screwed on, rubberized protective caps. One rubberized end has a flap that gives access to/protects the connections for headphones (the use of which mute the speaker), USB power-in and USB power-out. Now, DO realize that this is a basic AM/FM radio with a Weather Band and an Emergency Weather Alert setting. You cannot play your iPod or iPhone through it as it has no external input. You CAN, however, charge either of these items from the radio itself. The quality, design and construction of this radio is absolutely excellent. Instructions for use are straightforward and easy to understand.Although it weighs only about 14 ounces (with the included Lithium-Ion battery), it feels much more substantial. It is conveniently small (3.5"H x 2.5"D x 6.0"L) with a retractable antenna for both FM and Weather bands. There are 7 Weather band stations, but expect to get only 1 or 2 local stations to come in; frankly, that's all that will be available in any particular area. In times of potentially bad weather (e.g., the risk of tornado), the radio has a "Weather Alert" setting that, if a local/national weather alert is issued, will give you an "alarm" that will be followed by the actual alert; a near-essential feature here in the Midwest, but also useful in other areas of the country (again, when camping, hiking or in the car, this can be a life-saving feature).The sound from the mono speaker is very good. Although the radio has no tone controls, they're not needed. There is an excellent balance of tone, not too much bass or treble; very easy to listen to. FM reception is very good. I don't listen to AM often, but I tried several stations to see how well the radio did. It passed with flying colors. The radio has a ferrite antenna for AM reception, so the telescopic antenna isn't needed. The stations I listened to all came in quite clear and without the AM static I grew up with. I'm about 20 miles north of Milwaukee and I was still able to get a Chicago station, loud and clear: impressive.The incremental volume control goes from "0" to "30". A good listening level, for me, is between "14" (in a quiet situation) to "24" (in a noisy environment). With the volume at the max of "30", very slight distortion was evident in the most-used FM band. Because the AM band has less fidelity, it can be "cranked" to the highest volume level without regard to any kind of distortion. Likewise the Weather band (the fidelity of which sucks, anyway).Sangean claims the battery will provide about 10 hours of power with the radio in AM mode. In FM mode (at a moderate sound setting of 20), it gave me over that much time before the charge light told me it needed recharging. Pretty decent since it can be fully recharged in about 2-hours with a USB input (I use a direct AC to USB charger. It may take slightly longer with a PC-based USB power connection).When in the off position, the radio displays the current time. Once turned on, you can select stations with "band select" followed by manual tuning , or you can select up to 19 presets (AM & FM combined) which are easily programmed. In warmer, sunnier times the radio is automatically run or charged by direct sunlight by way of a large solar panel on the top of the radio (15 hours of direct sunlight = full charge). In a "worse case" scenario, you can run the radio using the folding & included "Dynamo" crank handle. The Dynamo provides 5-7 minutes of use for every minute of cranking at about 120 cranks/minute; not ideal, but useful in dire situations.Finally, the radio also has an LED light that provides (my estimates) a steady "high" brightness of about 15 lumens, a low night-lite level of about 2 lumens. It also provides a steady pulse light (on high only) of about 1/second and a standard SOS signal at the same brightness level. In keeping with the emergency theme, the radio`has an "Emergency Alert" button that produces a piercing, pulsing sound for purposes of location.On the overall, I can't think of anything else I would want in an emergency radio The sound is good enough that I will be using this in my main bathroom on a regular basis for local music/news while I shower and keep it charged with an AC adapter. All-in-all, I feel better that I have a radio that I can use anywhere that will keep my both entertained AND informed without any loss of power worries. Highly recommended!