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By: Father’s Day 2008 « Daydream Factory

Father’s Day 2008 « Daydream Factory — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:50:59 +0000

[...] 11 June 2008 in Instant Lust My brothers and I (but mainly I) got this Eton FR300 Emergency Hand Crank Radio for my dad. I’d seen reviews for it online previously and thought it was very cool. I actually bought it at Sharper Image (never thought I’d buy anything there) because it was there, and on sale cheaper than anywhere online. The one thing I was concerned with was how the crank would work — if it was unnecessarily hard to turn, but it was surprisingly easy. Then I was skeptical when the radiolife/crank ratio wasn’t on the box, but when I called my brother he said that 90 seconds of turning should give the radio 1.5 hrs of play time. Another cool thing is that it can tune into TV audio. But the best part was my brother told me that the radio my dad had been using (when he goes fishing and random outdoor activities) is actually broken. It has ports for cell phone chargers, but the weird thing is that we have to get the cell phone adaptors from the manufacturers directly. It has an AC port too, but that has to be bought separately. Slightly off-putting, but I hope my dad likes it. The orange screams just emergency, doesn’t it? It was the only color. When I was looking for a picture to post up, I saw the red one and was really in love with it. But I don’t think I’d have gotten red for my dad …. Search for: [...]

By: megan

megan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:16:35 +0000

Marsha - Amazon carries all the Eton colors as well, I just like those three.

Samin - It was a gift a friend brought me all the way back, I owe her one.

By: wn

wn — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:16:43 +0000

I have that radio too...best purchase made in a LONG LONG time.

CBC (CDN equivalent to NPR) while camping....CBC during power outages...or CBC during my morning breakfast snack. ALL CBC...all the time. YAY

By: samin

samin — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:53:09 +0000

wait a minute. you live in seattle, but you're drinking blue bottle? huh? why?

By: Marsha

Marsha — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:08:47 +0000

Actually, that Eton radio comes in quite a few more colors if you get it from LL Bean.

By: dawn-elin

dawn-elin — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:27:32 +0000

The blue bottle coffee is so delicious, expecially when they make it for you in the alley-shack, as I like to call it.

By: amy

amy — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:22:41 +0000

hey - looking forward to your guest blogging over at design*sponge!

By: shawnee

shawnee — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:09:09 +0000

i bought an FR200 (in blue) a couple of years ago and it's very handy. every once in awhile, i'll crank it up and search for interesting short-wave stations.