Top 10 Emergency SOS Phones for 2026 – Expert Tested

This is a MUST HAVE for anyone’s emergency kit. It works great! The light is bright and the speakers are clear and the charge holds for a very long time. It charges my phone easily. Great Buy!!!

Love this gadget. I haven’t had to use it for charging yet but am hopeful. There’s a task light that flips up, in addition to the big light at the front. 3 radio bands. What endears me is that they didn’t leave any wasted space – so there’s a compass and a cutting tool on the strap as well.

This handy emergency radio is a must to have on hand. The clarity of the sound is impressive, especially in the FM mode. The AM and Weather modes are about average in strength of signal, but work just fine. Good flashlight and reading light. I fully charged it via USB cable before using it. That took a while, but after the initial charge, solar will easily maintain its charge.

Emergency Weather Radio with Large Solar Panel I’ve been testing the various features of this radio. I’ve checked and everything works as described. Powered both lights (on high) and the fm radio. Finally, after about 18 hours, a blinking light told me that the built-in battery is getting low. Now I will see what the solar cell will do. Not long after the 18 hours, the entire unit shuts down automatically. When set on the car hood in full sunlight with the solar cell tilted at about 45°, the charging light started blinking. After 3 hours of solar charging, I turned on both lights and the fm radio (as before) and it ran for about a hour and a half. I did try the hand crank and it did start charging. When the battery was fully charged, the resistance on the crank dropped noticeably. Overall, this is a very nice emergency radio. It’s not the most sensitive tuner, but it pulls in clear signals from the stronger local stations including the weather station. It performs as advertised.

I like the look of size and the fact that it works amazingly I use the flash light a lot but I really feel like it could last and be there for me when I really need it.

It is a gamble when ordering these types of items online blindly, I have had a few various brand emergency radios in the past and some that were double this one’s price and failed to meet my expectations. My expectation is that the device at is able to provide it’s own source of power to operate the flashlight for a reasonable amount of time and provide a clear audible emergency weather broadcast. Anything more than that is wonderful to me. This device has a bright light, the radio and emergency weather broadcast functions well with great reception from the antenna indoors, it only takes a minute of charging using hand crank to provide over an hour of light and about 15 minutes of simultaneous radio and light which is nice. The solar charging seems sufficient for emergencies, I had it sit on a window ledge for about 6 hours of clear sun and it provided enough charge to power the device for about 30 minutes of continuous light and radio. When fully charged using USB it was capable of charging my Galaxy Note 9 phone around 15% before unable to charge anymore. The device still had enough charge remaining to run continuous light and radio for another 30 minutes, it probably just does not provide enough juice to maintain the USB charge on the phone after a certain % of battery is used. I fully charged the radio using USB from dead to fully charged in about 1.5 hours. I was able to charge a dead 0% battery Galaxy S4 up to 38% before no longer charging further, and again the radio still had charge left to run continuous light and radio for about half an hour. The hand crank and solar panel does not seem to charge other devices externally via USB, it only functions to charge the internal battery. It is a handy battery pack for emergencies, packaging says 1200mah and that seems about right. I plan to buy several more of these to toss into prep kits for car and home. Very happy with this radio for the price you cannot beat it!

I bought this as an emergency radio because we live in OK and we have tornadoes all year long and we go camping. It’s a very nice radio. Sounds great. The antenna seems fragile so be careful with that. The flashlight is great and so is the wireless charging. Have yet to use it during a storm, I will update my review if I get the chance to use it or if it’s faulty. It’s a good size. I do not like the big bulky radios. This has everything I need. It’s a little bigger than my phone. I just wish it had AM radio. It has FM and WB which is great for weather updates but it’s great other than that.

Nice features, the radio isn’t that loud on startup which is a plus when using it indoors. The hand crank feature gives peace of mind and it’s consistently charged via solar. For the money the fact it’s 22000mAh is great for the price but unfortunately since it can’t output 65W it’s only for phones or peripherals and won’t charge my laptop during use. Overall a great value for camping or office use and every day carry.

Perfect! Very easy to program and easy for my dad to use.

Simple as advertised. Great for the elderly. Cute design where photos can be used for automatic dialing to frequently called family and friends. A 4 rather than a 5 star rating because it would have been nice to have ring tone options rather than a single (high pitched) ring tone that can only be adjusted in 2 preset volumes. Otherwise a very nice, low tech phone that works well in old fashioned, but still practical phone outlets.

This handy emergency radio is a must to have on hand. The clarity of the sound is impressive, especially in the FM mode. The AM and Weather modes are about average in strength of signal, but work just fine. Good flashlight and reading light. I fully charged it via USB cable before using it. That took a while, but after the initial charge, solar will easily maintain its charge.

Emergency Weather Radio with Large Solar Panel I’ve been testing the various features of this radio. I’ve checked and everything works as described. Powered both lights (on high) and the fm radio. Finally, after about 18 hours, a blinking light told me that the built-in battery is getting low. Now I will see what the solar cell will do. Not long after the 18 hours, the entire unit shuts down automatically. When set on the car hood in full sunlight with the solar cell tilted at about 45°, the charging light started blinking. After 3 hours of solar charging, I turned on both lights and the fm radio (as before) and it ran for about a hour and a half. I did try the hand crank and it did start charging. When the battery was fully charged, the resistance on the crank dropped noticeably. Overall, this is a very nice emergency radio. It’s not the most sensitive tuner, but it pulls in clear signals from the stronger local stations including the weather station. It performs as advertised.

Item as described. Excellent quality, materials, feel etc. Great reception, minimal noise/static. Weather band, FM and AM. Built-in charger cables for usb-c, android, iPhone, and a usb-a for charging the unit. Auxiliary in/out as well. Hand crank works efficiently, a few minutes of manual charging, charges the unit for several minutes of use.

Works great and pick up radio signal is strong and sound quality is good.

Extremely reliable. Haven’t had a single issue with it and I’ve had it for I’d say almost a year now. If you’re looking for a little of your freedom, well, here it is. Worth every penny and some if you ask me, but I’ve been a caregiver for about 8 years in the same house with no relief so. You do have to pay a subscription for it but it uses the same number every time it calls my phone so I was able to put it in under mom’s button which is really nice and it’s not just a random pool of numbers. It’s a must have if you’re a caregiver who actually cares.

This device is a game changer. While my mom is staying at my house she can use this to alert me when she needs help. I keep my phone near wherever I go inside or outside the house and I get the notification no matter where I am. Bought an additional device for my dad while my mom is at my house. He can’t use a phone but now he can notify me when he needs to contact me. I can now look at my ring camera when he pushes the button and communicate with him.

I bought this during a terrible ice storm. While it arrived at the end of being without power. Ive used it a few times since. Super cute , small and usable. The antenna works well. Go easy on the crank. It does charge. No complaints In my book. I also bought a 2nd one at a later time.

Much more solidly constructed than I expected. Works well out of the box and came about 75% charged. Radio reception is about what you’d expect from a small antenna. It picks up local stations near me with no issues. The flashlight is much brighter than I expected also. Handy little item for an outdoor kit or glovebox for emergency use. I would buy this again.

Impressive!!! A few cranks and radio station not only came in, but sounded amazingly good!! This weather radio has everything a survival, prepper or the average person could need in a power outage. Short term ideal radio alerts, am/fm, solar power, battery backup, flashlight, NOAA, hand crank power and will charge usb ports for phone or other items. Of course this small radio can only do so much, but an impressive small power house! Lightweight, everything folds in and covered for easy backpacking or home emergency. Definitely a great value!! It has so many features and all are great!!!

This is the best made portable radio I have, and I have many including another “emergency” radio that is junk compared to this. I wasnt sure what to expect. It’s VERY solid, it’s like a brick (in the good way). When you put it down it doesnt fall over, weighty, flat sides/bottom, stays PUT. Quality look and feel throughout every function and all work as described. The sound so far exceeds what you normally get in a radio thats for energency use, or not. Even if you want a super solid great sounding radio and dont need the crank generator and lighting features, seriously buy it for the quality, grest looks and smooth room-filling sound. All the switches and knobs operate beautifully. This looks and feels like a government radio used in the military. And added bonus is loud hi-decible siren w/strobe, strong panel light behind solar panel that lights your room or path very widely and has lower setting for softer reading-type light. Love the strong included Lithium Ion cell. Easily recharges from large monocrystaline solar panel (mono is the much better and more efficient panel over the cheaper poly type). Folds away flat when not in use. Has included USB-C charging cable. This radio plays all day with no problem with the Li-ion rechargeable batterly, and you can add your own aaa cells (3) if you want. Get yourself this solid brick of a radio. And if/when there is a energency you will be extra glad you picked this. It looks/sounds/feels much better in person. Good tuner, pulls in stations strongly and clearly. Radio construction has some weather/water resistance to it.