Kaito Voyager KA500 Emergency Radio | Comm Review
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- Kaito Voyager KA500 Emergency Radio Review
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It's very smart and wise to have a good emergency radio while drinking bourbon..... I always say.
+Mark56 if it's a true emergency you'll need that bourbon! 😅
Roger that!
I’ve never seen an emergency made better by the consumption of alcohol. I have seen many that were made worse.
Ordered this radio yesterday, will arrive today. Very satisfied with the purchase, based on the reviews I’ve seen and my perceived needs. I consider myself a mild prepper. Thank you for your review.
Every time he cranks that yellow radio I think cats are fighting outside 😭
I just bought this very same radio (in red) at our local thrift shop for only 10 bucks! Works perfectly!
I’m very new to this. I just got this radio in…just in time for tornado season. If I have the Power knob set to NOAA Alert, will the radio only come on to broadcast alerts?
Or for severe weather, let’s say overnight hours, do I have to keep the Weather Band option on. Thanks!
Thanks for the review. I bought a different brand hand-crank radio/light a few years back, and it was a piece of junk.
640 AM? Conelrad anyone?
Yeah I did a review on these for $40.00 they are awesome, mine been 3 years use still running strong.
can you use it to send ou a sos signal so people know where your are. And can you also some kind of communicate with this radio.
Can you explain the NOAA function on the smaller right knob above the word kaito? How does it work or what does it do.
Have you figured this out? I am new to this and just got my radio
Thanks.
I just ordered one today for tornado warnings.
I'm in Alabama.
Good idea buying a kaito I got one for toronado alley Oklahoma.
Damn straight. People that don't know about SW. Smdh.
You showed the flash light in the beginning but not as you showed the features. But overall very good review.
Excellent. Great info.
As a side note:
“National Yellow Radio Day “ has been established-and coincides with the first day of Hurricane Season.
It is a reminder to bee prepaired for emergency situations.
📻🙂
Yeah man. Always be prepared!
Jeff King I bought a Kaito KA500L AM/FM/SW/WX emergency radio (looks just like this one,,,the other is KA500) after seeing reviews and you won`t believe this. I thought what I ordered was the version todderbert reviewed on his channel that can also use AA batteries and was very disappointed because it only uses a replaceable lithium cell. But guess what? Even with the lithium battery removed the radio runs just fine off just the solar panel. Amazing! I would suspect that it also charges fast in the sun and that it will charge a phone faster. On fm the volume would distort at medium volume using just solar but AM and the weather band did fine even if the solar panel was pointed off at an angle from the Sun.
I bought a Kaito KA500L AM/FM/SW/WX emergency radio (looks just like this one) after seeing reviews and you won`t believe this. I thought what I ordered was the version todderbert reviewed on his channel that can also use AA batteries and was very disappointed because it only uses a replaceable lithium cell. But guess what? Even with the lithium battery removed the radio runs just fine off just the solar panel. Amazing! I would suspect that it also charges within about 8 hours in the sun and that it will charge a phone faster. On fm the volume would distort at medium volume using just solar but AM and the weather band did fine.
You got the best one.500L.
@@CLEO99087 I have several portable solar panels now with USB outputs and USB battery chargers for 18650 and NI-MH batteries so it`s easy to keep this radio charged. I have a lot of really good radios and this one has above average reception. I`ve tested three of these and all were equal.
Good info.
Nice video
I didn't see you turning the crank! ha Ha...
I power my KA600 with my USB power bank. Otherwise, I use disposable cells for short sessions, and I'll plug in the NiMH pack if I need it for an emergency.
The only thing I didn't like about the KA500 is the poor antenna. I can't get NOAA stations in the house, nor most SW stations, without a long wire out the window. Then I bought the digital KA600...
I would recommend you have a 6V battery or 6V panel with a coax plug to power this radio, if you have no mains electricity. The USB charge connection doesn't charge the internal battery properly, and the dynamo makes a loud noise.
The solar panel will not charge the internal battery. It's only supposed to maintain a full charge in the battery after you fully charge it using a 6V source.
I bought 3 @ garage sale for $30 they are worth it! They also came with different adapters for charging many cellphone types I love it!
I got a brand new one for 8$ today
Just wanted to beat someone's deal...
I like buying hand crank shortwave weather radios because I think they are novelty and it's just calming to listen to them play hours upon hours of sometimes boring music and sometimes pertinent world news.
This Solar Radio is the best!!! I bought mine about 15 years ago and you can tell how great it is because it still is the best selling and they haven’t had to change anything about it!!! Comes in Red and Yellow only.
My original comment is MIA or I messed it up. Anyway, I would really like to get one of those but I am forcing myself not to spend money ATM. To many unexpected expenses lately.
Just ordered for here in Ireland. I am an ornithologist and spend a lot of time on site doing surveys. A radio in the background charging up my mobile as I do my thing should be well good.
Very nice
Excellent video! I see Kaito also has added a KA 500L and KA550. Any thoughts on those radios?
I prefer de KA500L for the larger capacity of the battery (2000 mAh vs. 600 mAh), however it does not have the 3 AA batteries option
@@electronicoscaldas2763 The KA500L will run off just the solar panel even with the battery removed.
Won't digital radio replace, am, fm, like transistors

This won't receiver the WWV time station on 5MHz, and you need an antenna wire to get the weather report- inside a house or vehicle.
wish you had mentioned it also has two different LED lights for lighting as well as a Noha ALERT setting where the radio turns on to your weather station when activated by the National Weather Service. Great video and you are so right about this being great for emergency or camping.
great review. thanks for the vids
1 more thing solar panel works to charge cellphone also if cranking is tiresome in sunlight
What’s the water resistance of this? What’s the IPX rating?
Does the radio have a built in whiskey flask?
I still cannot charge radio by sun.
Can you suggest to the non-experts howto improve the reception on SW and AM? I tried the trick of wrapping wire around the radio, but I presume I didn't get it right.
The wire will only work for SW. AM has an internal ferrite antenna. You can use an passive antenna to help AM.
I just bought myself one and I'm going to buy some more as Christmas gifts. Thanks for the review.
can you use it to send out a sos signal so that people know where you are?
I love that radio too.
thanks, would you mind answering a couple questions please... will it work after an emp? also will the rechargable batteries recharge with the dc adapter? What watt dc adapter? you mentioned NOAH alert, is there a setting for that?
Effects of EMP is totally dependent on your proximity to the source. If you protected it, it would be fine. Yes, the recharagables will recharge with an adapter. its a 6v adapter. Yes, there is a NOAA alert.
@@HamRadioCrashCourse great thanks DHS recently (last week) published a 6 month prep advisory. in case our electrical grid is compromised. I'm sure you heard. Be safe
Random fact: Buffalo trace was the only liquor company legally able to sell alcohol during prohibition! It's also the oldest continually running distillery. Love the video I always look forward to them! Going to have to pick one of these up!
Wasn’t the only but it was the first.
There were at least six different distilleries that applied for and got licenses to sell medicinal alcohol.
What? first comment?
+saltyshellback yeah. Odd.
Hey, that’s the model I got this winter to replace only cranky radios. Decided to get the yellow 500 one because of the USB connections, & that light that folds out under the solar panel for table top reading/ writing. It is on top of our emergency kit for house. So far, have only used it for power outages.
My old radios had come from some public radio fundraisers post 1989 SF Bay Area Earthquake. After testing ALL 3 of our crank radios 📻. One was some cheapie that only worked by cranking, but still worked (lasted only 10 min in the free pile down stairs). 2 were Eton models that still worked fine cranking it up & spinning the dial 30 years later, but none of the charging adaptors worked with modern day gizmos or phones (I guess USB wasn’t standard back then). Sent to free pile the Eton that the rubberized sides that had become very sticky. The oldest Eton worked the best, with a very nice case with a pouch for spare batteries & carrying strap, it was redeployed to my car emergency kit.
Does the plastic on this radio gets sticky after awhile?
Not the yellow one in this video. It’s a hard smooth plastic.
I got a question and can’t seem to find the answer. You’re the first person I figured would know. I was testing out the KA500 and when scrolling something clicked and it doesn’t scroll past the 1200am 98fm. How do I fix it?
Open it up and see if there is a mechanical issue?
@@HamRadioCrashCourse I looked at the wheel that the thread is connected to. It’s caught I think. Guess just gotta take it all apart. Thanks