Overall a good purchase. Could not give it 5 stars due to no ability to use the product with wireless headphones.

The Quest is the latest (and most expensive) emergency radio yet from Eton. It has AM, FM with DAB+ (supposedly), Shortwave, and Weather band with alerts.The weather radio works great. I pick up our local station perfectly clear, and most of my other weather radios (an old one from RadioShack and several from Midlands) are hit and miss. It has alert functionality, but not S.A.M.E., so the alarm will go off for EVERY alert in the broadcast area, not just your county. FM has excellent reception as well. The radio claims to have DAB+ capability, but that is worthless in the US, since we use HD Radio instead of DAB, which is used primarily in Europe. It also claims to have RDS capability, but I went through the entire FM band and never found a station that displayed any data. The FM radio has the ability to scan and automatically set up to 20 presets, but you cannot set your own presets manually or delete ones you don't want.AM reception is pretty terrible. I'm not sure if there's some kind of interference nearby, but nothing was what I would call listenable. I could only pick up a few stations, and all had interference. The AM antenna is an internal ferrite bar, so you have to rotate the radio to pick up the strongest signal. Shortwave was even worse. The tuning knob only moves 5 kHz at a time, and it has a range from 3.2 to 22 MHz, so it's going to take a LOOOOONG time to get anywhere. I tried tuning in WWV, which broadcasts on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz and I was just barely able to pick up a signal on 5 MHz. It was so garbled as to be nearly useless. I'm about 500 miles away from the transmitter in Ft. Collins. It was still daytime, so it presumably will work better at night, but I should be able to get something during the day. There is no provision for an external SW antenna.The radio also has Bluetooth and Aux input capability. Setting up Bluetooth was a piece of cake and it probably took me longer to type this sentence than it took to pair my phone. The Play/Pause button works as you'd expect, and the tuner knob works as a forwards/backwards control.Pressing the light button cycles through the side flash light, which is pretty bright, the rear ambient light, which isn't quite as bright, and a red ambient light. There's also a dedicated "SOS ON/OFF" button, which flashes the red ambient light and sets off a rather loud siren. You're probably going to hit this button by accident at some point, since it's pretty close to the power button. They should have made it so you have to long-press it to turn it on.The instructions in the manual for setting the clock are incorrect. In standby mode, long-press the Menu button, select 12/24 hr time using the tuning knob (not the buttons), then press Play (the manual says to press Menu, this is wrong). Use the tuning knob to adjust the hours, then press Play. Then use the tuning knob to adjust the minutes, then press Play. The instructions for setting the alarm are similarly wrong.The input charge port is USB-C, but the output charge port is USB-A. The radio comes with a (short) USB-A to USB-C charge cord. It does not appear to support any sort of fast charging in either direction. This model has a 5,200 mAh lithium battery, which appears to be the biggest one Eton has used yet and double the capacity of the Sidekick. The lithium battery is user replaceable, and it appears to be a pair of standard 18650 cells, but they are soldered together into a battery pack; in the future you're either going to have to buy a replacement pack from Eton, or break out the soldering iron. It can also use 3 AAA batteries, and like all Eton emergency radios, has a solar panel and hand crank. The battery door does not require a screwdriver, and appears to be better designed than previous models.Switching off the unit using the main power switch under the protective cover kills power to the internal clock, but does not appear to erase the FM presets or the Bluetooth pairing. It does not appear to be able to charge the battery when the main power switch is off.All the buttons are on the front of the device (except the light, which is on top of the handle), they're not hiding under the handle like the Sidekick or FRX3+, so it's a lot easier to see what you're doing.Overall it appears to be the best, most capable radio Eton has made yet. The only things that appear to be lacking are S.A.M.E. support on the weather band, a faster way to move through the shortwave band, a provision for an external SW antenna, and for the love of God, make it so you can't turn on the blasted siren by accident!

Mein Sohn hatte sich dieses Radio gewünscht und ich habs ihm bestellt, weil es in der Artikelansicht wirklich toll aussah und eine beeindruckend große Menge an Funktionalitäten aufwies.Der Artikeltext impliziert, dass es das amerikanische rote Kreuz im Einsatz hat, woraus ich schlussfolgerte, dass die Qualität entsprechend hoch ist. Auch der durchaus hohe Preis ließ mich das glauben.Aber die Ernüchterung ließ nicht lange auf sich warten. Schon am zweiten Tag lösten sich die oberen Gummitasten. Und das bei ganz normaler Verwendung ebendieser. Also eigentlich sind diese Tasten eine durchgehende Gummileiste, welche die eigentlichen Tasten schützt. Sie ist einfach etwas größer als der Ausschnitt im Gehäuse und rundherum ca. 1-2 mm daruntergesteckt.Wenn man die Tasten nicht jedes mal gerade nach unten drückt (was man nicht immer macht, da diese unter dem Griff positioniert sind) verrutscht die Gummileiste immer etwas und kann so leicht herausrutschen, was bei uns eben passiert ist.Ich musste eine ganze Weile fummeln, bis ich sie wieder auf jede Seite im Gehäuse hatte.Dadurch gelangt ich aber auch zu der Erkenntnis, dass diese Tasten nicht sonderlich gut geschützt sind. Wasserspritzer können trotz dieser Gummitasten ins Gerät gelangen.Ich weiß - es steht nirgendwo etwas davon, dass das Radio wasserfest ist, aber ich habe einfach die Erwartung von einem "Notfallradio", das ich auf Rucksackreisen mitnehmen kann, dass es einiges aushält.Den "hervorragenden Sound" kann ich leider auch nicht wirklich bestätigen. Von einem Notfallradio würde ich mir das auch nicht erwarten - da möchte ich primär die aktuellen Nachrichten verständlich wiedergegeben bekommen. Und ja, das ist gegeben. Vom Handy abgespielte Musik... nun ja... da nehme ich stattdessen lieber meinen Anker-Bluetooth-Lautsprecher auf die Strandparty mit. Der hat besseren Sound und schafft auch die notwendige Lautstärke.Grundsätzlich finde ich das Gerät nach wie vor geil. Die ganzen Funktionen, vor allem die Kurbel um damit den Akku zu laden, ist ein wirklich tolles Gimmick.Aber es hat Schwächen, die man angehen müsste. Oder man ändert den Artikeltext um die Erwartungshaltung der Kunden etwas herunterzuschrauben.

Over view:Out of the box - you get the Main unit, USB - micro cable, carry strap, unconnected 18650 Cell. They shrink wrap it with laser printed details. These detail would indicate that the cell is an ICR 18650-26F, but I highly doubt it. They cover the terminals as well to hide the identity of the cell actually being used. IMO, this is a red flag regarding the power source.Operation - Honestly, the manual is not needed for this, it is very intuitive as far as the operation is concerned.Band Selector - Touchy, easy to skip over the band you want, softer touch required for selection.AM - My local broadcast channels came in clearly, and easy to tune to, Sound quality good, Volume range good.FM - My local broadcast channels came in clearly, and easy to tune to, Sound quality good, Volume range good.WB - My local broadcast came in clearly, and easy to tune to, Sound quality good, Volume range good.Flash Light - Good for emergency needs, but not much after that.Flashing Beacon - Honestly, they should have left this off as a feature. There is no chance in hell a rescuer will see this and know someone is in trouble, especially from any great distance.Phone charging - This is a sells point item, not really functional. I mean, 4 minutes of cranking for 1 minute of talk time. I cranked on this thing for 10 min just to try it, and unless things are really desperate, you will not be charging your phone with this. Honestly your best option for charging your phone with this would be via solar charging, and the output of the solar cells on this means it will take one hell of a long time to charge up a phone. But at least you won't be cranking on it.Controls - Easy to access and operate, the back lighting of each button on the top is very helpful. Wish the back light included the forward facing buttons. In the dark you will have to feel around to turn the unit on.Back Light - Very Bright, and makes everything very easy to read.Speaker - Gets the job done. But don't expect to be jamming out with it.Construction - Seems to be durable, and is attractive. I wouldn't drop it though.Manual:Overall you basic manual and mostly good. However, the setup of the clock instructions are wrong. The manual says to "Press and Hold" the set button until the display flashes. This is incorrect. Double click activates the setup function. IMO, you don't get something like this wrong on your own Company branded unit. If you do not know how your own unit functions, then it more than likely isn't an ETON product, but one that just has their logo on it. How Sad, and very misleading.Final Verdict:I just got mine this week, and really haven't put it through the paces, but honestly it performs all the basic functions you will need in an emergency situation. I wished I would have had this when the Tornado of 2015 hit my neighborhood and the power was out for 8 days.Recommendation - Good Buy!

There's nothing positive to mention. It's a radio, that works.But let's look at the things that make me frown, enough for me to give it 1 star.1. Low battery capacity. (Even my tactical flashlight's battery holds more juice.)2. Battery is connected via cable that is attached to the battery.3. The integrated flashlight is extremely weak. It has such a low lumen that your cellphone's light has better performance.4. Can't turn off. Once you've attached the battery, it stays on forever. There's a "Power" button, but that's just turing the device to a standby mode. It's not completely turned off.5. It uses Mini-USB. (Seriously, which contemporary device user/owner still uses Mini-USB?)6. Not water resistant.The following will be my elaboration the aforementioned points.This radio is designed to be an emergency radio. Now, which part of it looks like it is truly designed for emergency situations aside from the weather channel, hand crank and solar charging?The low battery capacity ain't helping. A smart design will allows user to change a 18650 lithium battery with ease. But no, you got to use their poorly designed battery. And if the battery is faulty in an emergency situation, that's it. The instruction manual even mentioned to contact them if the battery is faulty. What a dumb advise.And that's not all, it uses Mini-USB to charge. Do you carry a Mini-USB cable around? Not me. My phone uses USB-C. My wireless earphones uses micro-USB. My powerbank supports USB-C. My Motorola Evolve uses micro-USB.No one. And I mean NO ONE, uses mini-USB these days! What era is this radio designed for? Year 2000?I have my USB-C cable and just 1 USB-C to Micro-USB adapter to use with all my devices. And now I have to account for this radio that uses mini-USB?Now, let's talk a bit about saving power. Yeah, saving for rainy days. Lterally.Guess what? You can't turn it off. You either let the battery slowly depletes, or you unplug the battery, while hoping that you will not break the attached wire or port by doing this frequently. The designer can't even get something so simple done right.It truly bugs me that it is designed as an emergency radio with bad weather in mind. Yet, it's not even water resistant. What sense does this even make?So, which part of this radio is truly emergency friendly? I don't know. Smashing it into the aggressors face when he breaks into your house?It's amazing how it can even get the endorsement from the Red Cross.I truly advise everyone to just stay away from this.

Once you connect the battery in the back this unit works perfectly. You can charge it with the hand crank. The radio is reasonable and has the emergency stations. Great well made unit.

I bought this radio for my personal space at work and I love it. Only downfall I find is if I don’t have it plugged in then the battery does die rather quickly. Usually get about 1 hour before the battery dies when playing the radio. I will be taking it along this summer on out ATV adventures I might have to come back (if I remember) and add to my review? All in all I am happy with my purchase.

I had to go to the temple on the hill in palamalai in eastern ghats area for two days. The equipment was very helpful when the area was not in power