The radio lamp has arrived, some attached pictures, they are fairly obvious as to what they are. First impressions, lightweight 'tin' lamp construction as expected from a hurricane type. Thermal generator and heatsink, well made. Radio, uses the Sony CXA1619BM chip and is about as good as the chip can be, i.e not bad on strong stations and not HiFi, more than good enough for speech and background music. The radio construction is what was you get for a cheap Chinese one, up to the job, not mil-spec. though! One nice touch is that the 'speaker has a plastic cone and so will not worry about damp (just what you want for an outdoor radio). Using it, as per the instructions, it took 3 minutes for the radio to work (flame adjusted to just below smoking, it runs on a little less) After a few minutes the generator was putting out 3.6V open circuit and 60mA short, over 50mW for a matched load, more than enough for the radio (obviously, as it works). Good points, plastic 'speaker cone, plug and socket for the generator, and it works. Bad points, no long wave (minor niggle), LUFO label at an angle (even more minor), cheap radio (I didn't expect more). Conclusions, worth getting for your collection and great fun.
Another picture... Link to PDF instructions https://www.dropbox.com/s/zwgbr46j4pvzepr/LUFO.pdf?dl=0 I hope that works, it may not be there for ever so I would like the mods to put it in the instructions part of this site (too big for me to upload).
Tested the link, it works. Another point, the markings on the tuner knob are near enough unreadable, tune by ear.
Well then it's to big for me too. It doesn't matter. It's a cool item, but way off topic so I don't think it's anything for the ref. section. But I like it, so thanks for posting a review of it for us.
Fairy nuff, in essence it says, fill, light, wait and then turn on the radio. I am glad I got one, a fun item. And thank you for the editing, I am not used to this forum style yet.
Funny item It is being marketed as good for emergency uses in remote areas, but if there is no long wave that could be a problem. But it does have medium wave/AM? How is the lighting capabilities of the lamp?
Together with a little (Bluetooth, in this case 3,5mm jack) Speaker is the LUFO a great opinion for a day at the beach, the sound is much better than the original speaker in the lamp.
