If you’re stranded in the middle of nowhere, the last thing you need is to be scrambling around for batteries so that you can radio for help. You might have a solar panel, you might even have a few AA batteries floating around. But batteries don’t last forever, and solar powered chargers take several hours to charge standard batteries. The emergency crank radio exploits a hand-powered dynamo to give you several hours radio use on a 2-way radio.

Hand-powered radios are not a new eco-friendly technology, although this one does come with a weather band receiver (NOAA) and of course the 2-way radio aspect. Being able to charge up the radio at any time is a great way to ensure you can get hold of someone in an emergency. Of course the radio only has 5 mile range line-of-sight, but you’re not exactly looking to be in the middle of nowhere… or are you?

Could be a good way to keep in touch with the kids on a camping holiday though! (In case you can’t use a mobile phone for whatever reason).

Source: Geek Alerts

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