Can't tell you much about the Freeplay, but I've had a Grundig for
about 4 months now.

The hand crank generator builds a charge quickly. The radio does a
capable job on AM and FM and finding stations is simple on those bands.
As with many analog receivers that compress shortwave bands into SW1
and SW2, the dial resolution is tight and tuning takes a safecrackers
touch.

It performs well as a backup-emergency radio and music sounds
surprisingly good on FM.