making_a_plan, posts by tag: lighting - LiveJournal

Links to some devices that would be useful in emergencies and any time when the power goes down...

There is the Lifestraw -- see http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234… .

There is the hand crank radio -- see http://www.engineerguy.com/comm/45… .

There is the hand crank cell phone charger -- see http://www.thetravelinsider.info/r… .

There is the hand crank laptop computer -- see http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1117… .

And there are the flashlights you power just by shaking them... see http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/revie… .

I don't claim that these devices are without flaws, or that they're cheap enough, but they are for sure headed in the right direction.

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At any rate, due to the horrible necessity of having to make a living, I still go into and out of the danger zone weekly, and one of my hobbies is planning (ok, hoping) for a week or month or two confined to my home without electricity or running water in any type of weather. So I stockpile food, sort and harvest edible weeds, study medical emergency situations, and sort my books.

I found and ordered a nifty little gadget that is the same as the squeeze-grip flashlight only it recharges your cell phone. Anyone else use these? Mine's backordered. I backordered one of the foot-pedal rechargers, too, so next year whenever it is available I can report back as to whether it recharges the emergency backup indoor generator batteries I have. Still looking for a diesel or kerosene generator that was converted to corn oil, since I refuse to use gas anywhere but in my car. My car is my backup-battery recharger in the wintertime (summer has enough sun to work with everything else).

*waves, and hopes to have passed the sane-LJer test*

Claire Wolfe's summary of flashlights and other lighting sources. (Yes, I know she's considered "fringe," but it seemed like a good list regardless.)