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Freeplay S 360: ... radio is absolutely RUBBISH it only works when the clockwork mechanism is unwinding then it goes off and stops. I call mine the wind me up radio. You cannot open it to try to repair it. It is totaly useless. My wife purchased it for my one Christmas, I now wonder whether it was an early April fools day present. It now an ornament on one of the shelves in my design and technology classroom. Showing my pupils an ex...
Read the full review: S360 RADIO - Don't bother you WILL be sorry. by S Griffiths

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	Freeplay S 360 ... various documentaries showed inventor Trevor Bayliss promoting and marketing them in Africa where a larger version was hugely sucessful due to the general scarcity of batteries in undeveloped areas. The radio marketed was a large size as this was seen as a positive selling point over there and questioning people showed that they preferred a larger set. This radio was then later marketed as the Freeplay Ranger series. The modern high street version is a much smaller size - about 19cm long and 5 cm thick weighing 700g but still features the 'why didn't I think of that?' feature of a wind-up crank on the back to power the radio instead of batteries or mains... Read the full review: Radio without the power lead by pipefish
	Freeplay S 360 ... Ranger is the latest in the Freeplay range of wind up radios. The whole concept puzzles me! We live in an age when we are always utilising the latest labour saving devices. We use dish washers, washing machines and vacuum cleaners to save our energy, yet this radio is powered by 'human energy'. You turn the handle to generate the power which makes the radio play. It takes work! This in itself doesn't sound so strange to me, because it does mean that you never need to buy batteries, so it doesn't matter where in the world you are, you can still tune in. Human energy will always be available and you just wind the handle for thirty seconds ... Read the full review: Solar power for red wine drinkers. by janharper
	Freeplay S 360 ... on competitions I gave earlier M'lud) I was over-joyed to find it contained a gadget. Oh I can see some of you twitching in your seats, 'did she say gadget?' I did in deed for in the box was... a wind up radio though they like to call themselves 'self powered energy', Yep and I'm vertically challenged. The radio I've won is a Self Powered S360 Radio from Freeplay, and it's a snazzy looking affair. Powered by winding, solar or rechargeable battery this is the radio that will never have you scavenging batteries from around the household appliances. Approx. 20cm long, 9.5cm high, 7cm at its widest point and weighs just 1kg s... Read the full review: Are you winding me up? by BizzyB

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