Tivdio HR 11W Camping / Emergency radio first look

You can get this radio here:

For 5% off use code: LEAMBPRI for the UK HR-11S
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[jerryspann]

Its good to have a radio in case of emergency's. My cell phone has an FM radio chip that was left activated by my cell phone carrier. I installed the next radio app, and I can pick up local FM channels. I have to use my headphone wire as an antenna. Worked great at the drive-in theater for listening to movies through headphones.

[danielford]

Did anybody else think this guy sounded a bit like Jimmy Steward? By the way great review. Convinced me to buy one.

[GeoNeilUK]

I see the Lithium battery is a Nokia 6310i battery, that's practically an industry standard!

I was hoping this would be clockwork rather than having a hand cranked dynamo.

Also I would hope that a couple of other differences between the HR-11W and the HR-11S would be not only that the HR-11S has Short Wave instead of Weather Band, but that AM (Medium Wave) would step up in 9KHz steps rather than 10Khz steps.

It's the 10KHz step up on AM radio that makes we weary to buy radios from places like AliExpress or GearBest, no point having a radio that can't tune into stations.

Oooooh, radio recorder! Now that's rare!!

You can tell this is using the latest technology from the turn of the Millenium! MP£, WAV and *WMA!* I think Millenials would need to have WMAs explained to them due to both Apple (makers of the iPod, iPhone and iTunes) and the 3GPP (who decide what formats mobile phones, including smartphones play by default) going with AAC/MP4 instead!

[zxztv]

It seems to do everything, thats one clever device :-D
It looks like the crank idea came from a uk inventor.

in 1991 trevor baylis an inventor from the uk invented the wind up radio, african people needed a radio for help, but batterys cost so much.

He tryed hard to get any company to help him with making them, it took years to find a company to help.
The sad thing is the company grabbed most of the money and patients, but the radio was manufactured :-D.

[philipandrew]

Just curious as to whether the crank dynamo uses a brushed dc motor or brushless dc motor. Presumably its a brushed dc motor to keep cost down but a BLDC motor would have been nice for reliability which you might want in a pinch.

[cmj]

That is a nice little radio. I have one of these, but mine is cheap and not worth buying.

[teacfan]

Thanks for showing this. I'm going to get one of these!

[mickgatz]

How long do you have to crank it for a full charge? :)
Think i might modify it to a cordless drill, or a water wheel by a stream to rotate the 'dynamo'. :)

[supyrow]

cool radio, good price! EDIT.. I THINK... Doug/"mosslack" turned me onto this radio as well, maybe different model..

[jerryspann]

Can you record a radio program to the SD card, then put it in your phone and listen to it?

[mikesey]

The obvious weakness with this radio is the battery. It's an advance to have it user-replaceable, but over time, after a lot of charges, it WILL need to be replaced by a new one.
In any case, it would be useful to have a second one just in case.

[coondogtheman]

This is a nice little radio I like the recording function. How is the audio quality of recorded radio? I have an RCA mp3 player with a secret FM record function but the reception isn't the greatest. Sounds fine once I figured out how to change the recording quality.

[markpirateuk]

Not a new idea, I have a similar sized set from the 90's using both solar & hand crank, batteries are rechargable AA's, this one adds to the list by adding MP3/Bluetooth & phone charger facility's.
Mine has spent the last 20 years in a

[FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

I don’t like Eton Weather band radios so much (except for FR-300 with TV sound, and Grundig G2, G3, shortwaves, etc.)

I’m planning to buy that radio, it has 9 or 10 kHz tunning options for this radio, 64 MHz - 76 MHz, 76 MHz - 108 MHz for FM covers Russian OIRT, Japanese and Europe/USA FM.

Eton Weatherband radios on AM can’t change to 9 kHz step.

Also CC Skywave and CC Pocket are very expensive radios compared to this Tivdio one. Changing AM steps to 9 or 10 kHz. Also FM can tune down to 76 or 64 MHz.

[coyote_den]

Does it slice, dice, and make julienne fries too?

[sobolanul]

Man, those nokia batteries became a standard. I see them inside of lots of devices.

[ThomasMehiar]

64 Gb sd card accepted by this radio...

[candicebeebe]

If can't get to work - read the instructions, if that don't work follow them

[DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

I think that Trevor Baylis invented this did he not.

[tarstarkusz]

I don't begrudge anyone making money, but this is far more an infomercial than a review. This thing is ridiculous, overpriced junk and everyone knows it.