I thought this might be helpful to someone. I have several emergency radios. I listed these here because of the battery types they use. All of these batteries are replaceable as well.
18350
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F1BMTHP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
18650
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015QIC1PW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
21700
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ND8B6VX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thanks
Thanks for the posting. I have a similar radio and have been pleased
I’m a fan of Tecsun and have their PL390 and two PL398BTs, which are similar, have stereo speakers, do BluTooth (398s,) use/charge NiMH batteries, but don’t do emergency weather bands, which isn’t an issue for me, here in Miami.
Chris
i usually find that 4xAA cells is good enough for the usual weather radio
wle
What is the point of these radios when you have a cell phone?
Well, for me, it’s the AM/FM/SW capabilities, as I’m a big radio listener.
For radios with emergency weather channels, not so much, since radio stations here in Miami are pretty robust.
If they’re off the air, everybody’s dead.
Chris
When we lost power for a week a few years ago the radio lasted much longer than my cell phone and tablet device. Naturally I had several ways to recharge everything. The local radio stations were on air 24 hrs also. I admit I even played with the hand crank for entertainment. I have camping stoves for cooking etc as well as bottled water and such. My electric wheelchair did well enough but I have a manual chair too. In a apocalypse ,nuclear etc situation I am within 12 miles of SFOD and JFK Special Warfare Headquarters as the crow flies. That close with 2 major hospitals near means your area is targeted. I’ll be in the fireball area so vaporization is distinctly possible. Still these radios are fun and handy. Any preparation is better than none
Cell towers have battery back up and some (but not all) have generators to charge the batteries. Still, a few years ago a forest fire burned the fiber optic cables feeding our towers, so the phones didn’t work. An emergency radio is useful in those situations. And I listened to the fire dispatcher on another radio to know where the hotspots were occurring.
I am all for having a 2 way radio so you can call for help but a radio to listen to the weather seems like a waste.
I kinda feel sorry for people who believe that cellular data is available on the entire face of the planet. Some of my family’s favorite places to spend time have no cell service at all.
Some here in NC even within 20mile of town
I’ve thought of getting a “ BAOFENG BF-F8HP (UV-5R 3rd Gen) 8-Watt Dual Band Two-Way Radio (136-174MHz VHF & 400-520MHz UHF) Includes Full Kit with Large Battery”
Some of the comments say it’s not legal for normal use but in an emergency if I’m stranded in the woods or something I’d take my chances
agree with djmcconn: Any preparation is better than none.
sometimes our power is out due to a random car hitting a random power pole.
it does not have to happen nearby. last time, the incident was 3.3 miles away.
bottom line: we (or you) could lose electrical power at any time.
there are several points of failure. Texas tried, but failed as well.
prepare as if you are your ONLY electrical supply station.
+1 for PL398BT, has great SW band scan function
also keep a Midland ER102 hand crank AMFM radio around
Note: I bought a Midland ER200 couple years back which had 18650 advertised. BUT it wasn’t a pop into a battery holder version, it needed a special small soldered on connector. It’s a bitch to unclip and if the lights are out, good luck with that. If you ever find yourself in an emergency, the solar charger that is built in is lame, but the crank will get you a bit of radio.
The Tecsun PL880 is a pop in 18650 so you can swap batteries you have on hand. https://www.amazon.com/Tecsun-PL880-Conversion-Shortwave-Reception/dp/B00GJ51NVA/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tecsun+pl880&qid=1639445643&s=electronics&sr=1-1.
Another point on the value of plain old radios is that in times of disaster, even if the cell service is functioning it often gets overloaded so badly that you may lose service or have data rates that are so slow as to make it almost nonfunctional. And old school radio using different bandwidths isn’t affected by that and there’s good reason that emergency services default to plain radio rather than cellular.
And as mentioned above, if you are somewhere that doesn’t have cell service normally and, say, camping or backpacking, and perhaps live in an area with violent storms (or tornadoes) then listening to the weather on the radio can be a lifesaver, literally, even with the disadvantage of not being able to see radar.
And you never have to pay your bill to get radio to serve you. 
A cheap Baofeng or similar ham walkie-talkie is the best for emergencies in my opinion. That way you can listen to the NOAA weather frequencies and also call out for help if it’s a true emergency.
A VHF radio plus the walk-talkie is even better if you don’t live in a city. The VHF has a much greater range and can monitor local emergency services, at least where I am. If you have a true emergency, you might illegally use it to inform someone, but only for serious problems as you might be fined.
Yeah, basically this. Most of the Baofengs and similar are dual-band with transmit/receive capabilities on UHF/VHF (NOAA is in the VHF range) plus receiving commercial FM radio broadcasts too.
And if anyone really wants to see how deep the rabbit hole goes: https://hamstudy.org/
The good news is if you get into ham radio suddenly flashlights seem really cheap.