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Personfallenangel
05/7/2010 at 9:59am
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I ahve been looking at wind up radios are they any good  or are you winding the up every 10 minets



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Personjohnshelly2
05/7/2010 at 10:18am
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Hi, I had one that lasted for two days on one turn of the handle! of course this could be a wind up!!   Cheers, John.

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Personmarmalize
05/7/2010 at 10:56am
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i have the gelert wind up/solar radio.....wind up is 60 seconds lasting about 20 mins(although you will be suprised how short this feels!!) but if the weather is sunny it will run happily on solar power until it clouds over...good sound and tuning .....


PersonGrad Sailor
05/7/2010 at 2:47pm
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The weak point of all wind up gadgets seems to be the quality of the rechargeable cell fitted. Most of the solar or wind up items I have had stop working after a year or so, basically because the cell fails.

If you can get it apart and fit a decent quality cell, or can replace the cell when it fails, then all well and good. But on most of them it means chucking the whole thing away which is a  waste.


PersonLorna
05/7/2010 at 7:28pm
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Hi fallenangel,

I have one of these its fab. The solar power is very sensitive and charges even if quite dull.



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Personidetika
05/7/2010 at 8:26pm
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I have had one of these for about six years now Radio
It wasn't the cheapest but it lasts for days and can be charged through the mains in advance, as well as solar power.


Personduffs54
06/7/2010 at 5:31pm
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Hi we have a a Gelert wind-up/solar radio. Seems good yet to test it properly camping (this weekend we will) it was £15 off of ebay.

Bargain!

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Personyorkslee
12/7/2010 at 8:21am
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Just bought one from Argos, this weekend £10.99, and works like a dream, a couple of wind ups and it lasted all day.


Personduffs54
23/7/2010 at 9:38am
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Just used our Gelert wind up radio in Dorset. 10 days of uninterrupted music or talk, well worth buying one. The solar/windup options are great.

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Personjakehake
23/7/2010 at 11:34am
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Tesco last year sold one for about £5, had option to use conventional AA batteries or the wind up rechargeable so best of both worlds if you hadn't the energy!


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PersonKhyamKamper
23/7/2010 at 1:54pm
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bought a bush one off argos clearance on ebay for 6 quid but when it arrived the wind up function didnt charge the cell.

So just ordered a baylis solar/wind up radio and hopefully being bayliss should work as intended, also comes with a usb cable to allow you to charge up usb items like your htc phone or other bits n bobs which is useful.

Fingers crossed it works and lasts more than 5 minutes lol

got it here:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Energy_Saving_Index/Baylis_Radio/index.html

seems to be the cheapest I've found for it



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