Most portable media players and cellphones (those in Korea and Japan anyway) these days come with an integrated AM/FM tuner and boast the ability to watch TV no matter where you are, but I bet that none of them also functions as a lantern and can be charged by a hand crank when the batteries are all juiced out. The $40 Vector Tough Brite Storm Tracker keeps you occupied and provides light during times of distress by offering a weather band and AM/FM radio with automatic storm alert, a spotlight, an LED -based area light, and a UHF/VHF black-and-white TV to help you while your time away. At least the law of diminishing returns do not apply here – two crank minutes offers up to 15 minutes’ worth of LED light or radio.
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