Additional Prep Item

AM/FM/Weather Radio with Flashlight and crank - $18


Another item you may want to consider for your Disaster Preps is this little battery powered (3 AA), also hand cranked, AM/FM/Weather Radio with Flashlight. It also has a port for recharging your cell phone, but I don't know how well that works. (imo avoid the solar powered version since apparently it does NOT take batteries)

I keep mine on a shelf in the bathroom where I can grab it immediately either for use as a flashlight or to flick on the weather radio or regular radio in an emergency (such as tornado warning combined with a power failure).

The FM radio is sensitive, the AM radio so so but OK for the local stations and for higher powered stations up to 100 miles away at night. Flashlight has 3 LED and is bright. Radio is not up to the quality of my Sony, Grundig, or Tecsun radios, but those cost 5x to 10x more and don't have Weather Radio frequencies or a Flashlight.

Nice small radio/flashlight for home or to keep in the glove box of your car (2/3 the size of a paperback book)

example: [link to www.walmart.com (secure)]

AM/FM/Weather Radio with Flashlight $18 at Walmart