The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / You Have a Smoke Alarm in Your Home. Do You Have This?

**Posted by Easily Amused** July 15, 2025 8:32 am

An attention grabbing email title that does make a lot of sense in my inbox today.

It's for C.Crane's solar emergency radio. An AM/FM and NOAA weather band with hand crank and solar charging capabilities. You can see it at their website.

https://ccrane.com/ccradio-solar-bluetooth/

I am not here to shill for them, just here to mention what a powerful bit of advertising that email title is. I am sure there are other models available from other manufacturers.

It is refreshing to see advertising that does give the viewer a clear and concise picture of the benefits of the product. Not the smoke and mirrors that modern advertising can be, especially the trend of these 'influencers' who often aren't capable of tying their own shoes.

**Posted by mace** July 15, 2025 9:13 am

I have a Grundig FR-200 crank radio. However, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles this Crane model has.

**Posted by Easily Amused** July 15, 2025 9:32 am

mace wrote:
I have a Grundig FR-200 crank radio. However, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles this Crane model has.

A few years ago, the local Zellers was for blowing out Eton MicrolinkFR170s for a ridiculously cheap price. I grabbed a few, and have handed them out to family members so that they have some emergency access to radio during power outages.

Just as much for my peace of mind as the family's access. 😁