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WEATHER CHANNEL VEC172WB AM/FM Weather Alert Radio

WEATHER CHANNEL VEC172WB AM/FM Weather Alert Radio

enlarge enlarge 		Brand: Vector
Category: CE

List Price: $69.99
Buy New: $33.99
You Save: $36.00 (51%)



New (3) from $33.99

Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars 1 reviews
Sales Rank: 41801

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 6.8 x 3

MPN: VEC172WB
Model: VEC172WB
UPC: 617977172038
EAN: 0617977172038
ASIN: B000FCR3JY

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Features:
  • Spotlight With 10 Million Candle Power
  • Automatic Storm Alert Warning
  • 5 Led Flashlight
  • Hand-Crank Dynamo Power Provides 15 Min Of Runtime For Radio, Flashlight & Cellular Phone Charging Operation
  • Built-In Nimh Rechargeable Battery
Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
WEATHER CHANNEL VEC172WB AM/FM Weather Alert Radio AM/FM with NDAA weather alert radio; Automatic storm alert warning; 5 LED flashlight; Hand-crank dynamo power provides 15 min of runtime for radio, flashlight and cell phone charging operation; Built-in NiMH rechargeable battery; Headphone jack; Telescoping antenna; Includes universal cell phone charging adapter AM/FM Weather Alert Radio

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars VEC172WB Vector AM/FM Weather Alert Radio -Flashlight Problems-Flashlight   August 6, 2006
Alan NH (NH)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

Despite good features due to poor design I would not recommend this product.

First , the 3 AAA batteries last about 3 days when left on Alert mode. No provisions have been made in this unit to be able to plug in a 110V power supply so you could leave it on weather alert mode 24/7 with out changing the batteries every 3 days.

Second:the crank charger feature has no battery fully charged indicator so you don't know how long to crank it before it is fully charged. I does not mention in the directions how long to crank nor tell you will only get about 15 minutes of use when cranked. (INFO found at Web Site and product info on line.)

One of the key features of this crank charger feature is that you are supposed to be able to use it to recharge your cell phone. The directions mentions that you could damage your cell phone due to insertion of the wrong tip adaptor. A number of them are provided hope one fits your phone. yet no mention is made to warn you of the possibility that incorrect power supplied at the wrong voltage or polarity could damage your cell phone. Further,there is no specification on the unit, in the directions or at the manufactures website as to how much power this unit produces and at what voltage when using it in crank charger mode.

Third, the tuner knob is hard to move in small increments to lock on to a clear signal . It is very basic set up in that it has to be re-tuned each time to find a station when you change from FM-AM-or weather.So if you forget to tune into your local weather channel when you switch it back to weather alert mode it may not activate properly.

The Alert Mode alarm should have a reset or automatic silence after so many minutes. If you are away from home you could come home to dead batteries. For instance it could lock on to a LED weather alert check indicator and shut off the alarm say after 5 min to give the battery more life.

Lastly, the LED lights are bright and work well but have no indicator light or side window in the light housing to show that the light is on. Which then makes it possible to put the unit down on a hard surface and have the light on and not know it resulting in dead batteries in a short time.

To sum it up good idea but bad design features make this Weather Alert Radio-Flashlight a strongly not recommended product!

I am returning my unit. Alan NH





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