Review on 🏕️ Eton SIDEKICK: The Ultimate Camping AM/FM/NOAA Radio with S.A.M.E Technology by Daryl Fitch

This is a very handy full featured radio for camping or emergency services. The device has many interesting features such as Bluetooth, SAME. Alarm technology, weather channels, as well as a manual charger, a solar panel changer and a USB port for charging the mobile phone. Not to mention 3 headlights, AM and FM radio with memory channels. Some of these features were not known to me when I bought the radio. The first thing I tried was Bluetooth. It connected to my iPhone instantly and play/pause worked flawlessly. Another interesting feature in BT mode was the tuning knob. He played your songs. The speaker was surprisingly strong. Ambient light is a cool feature. Lighted up my table surprisingly well. The red and white lights worked just as well as my cell phone. A great way to conserve your cell phone battery while camping. It was very easy for me to set up the weather band. Press the WB button and scroll through the channels. I found my local WB show in seconds. There was no severe weather at the time of review, so I didn't review the WB warning, but the concept is cool. I did some battery charging experiments with my cellphone at 18% charge and Sidekick at a full charge. In 15 minutes my phone charge increased by 6%. This seemed to be consistent every 15 minutes as Sidekick added 24% to my battery after an hour. I haven't made any attempts to charge the internal battery with the crank or solar panel, but the manual says the solar panel fully charges the internal battery in 14-16 hours. Another interesting feature is the SAME emergency alert technology. The device allows you to preset up to 25 different districts around you or possibly different areas that may be of interest to you. The radio alerts you to emergencies broadcast by NOAA or the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in your selected counties. I wasn't aware of this broadcasting service until I bought this radio. I went to Wikipedia for a full explanation of the broadcast technology and system. I'll probably take another radio for home. Finally, the manual was very well written and clear. I was so happy to see that. When I receive a device with many specs, the manuals are often poorly written in broken English.