Goal Zero’s Lighthouse 600 puts out up to 600 lumens from two independently switched sides, runs up to 320 hours on low with one side lit, and has a hand crank that Goal Zero says turns one minute of cranking into about 10 minutes of low light, according to the company’s spec sheet. It also […]
The Kaito KA500 Voyager is one of the few crank emergency radios that adds two shortwave bands to the usual AM, FM and NOAA weather coverage, and it can run on five different power sources. Kaito’s product page lists AC adapter, three AA batteries, a built-in rechargeable Ni-MH pack, a hand crank and a 180-degree […]
Midland’s ER310 and ER210 are the two classic crank radios in its E+READY line, and the bigger ER310 roughly doubles the rated runtime of the smaller ER210. Midland’s product pages rate the ER310 for up to 45 hours of normal use from a 3,500mAh battery, against up to 25 hours from the ER210’s 2,600mAh pack. […]
When the power goes out during a storm, the first thing I want is information. Phones are great until the battery dies or the cell network gets overloaded, so I like having a dedicated emergency radio on hand. In this Midland ER310 Pro review, I put the ER310 Pro (Midland writes it ER310PRO) through a […]
Emergency lighting is one of those things most people don’t think about until the power goes out. In a business, it’s what lets everyone see the hallway and get out safely. TORCHSTAR sent me its TORCHSTAR LED Emergency Light, and I wired it up, mounted it on a wall, and cut the power to test […]
