Hand Cranked Torches

[NorthernWoody]

Whilst scouting about in IKEA today for my new store room shelving - which I now have and I think I mentioned I have about a million times now! - I happened to see they are doing these torches for £3.50 each. 20-25 revolutions will give you about a minute to a minute and a half of light from the torch, which is actually quite bright.

I know it will probably be rubbish in the long run but I though pretty good for a standby.

[feegle]

Get a good one ... i have all hand crank torches and lantans in my kit ,... brillent things no batterys ,no wastage ,... i have used them in the army till destruction and thea take a lot ...... buy the best you can get ,...

[mole hill]

Get a good one ... i have all hand crank torches and lantans in my kit ,... brillent things no batterys ,no wastage ,... i have used them in the army till destruction and thea take a lot ...... buy the best you can get ,...

What would you say was the best wind up torch/lantern? there's so many cheapies on the market, it makes it hard to choose the right one.

[scotsman]

Get a good one ... i have all hand crank torches and lantans in my kit ,... brillent things no batterys ,no wastage ,... i have used them in the army till destruction and thea take a lot ...... buy the best you can get ,...

What would you say was the best wind up torch/lantern? there's so many cheapies on the market, it makes it hard to choose the right one.

I can second that,mrs scotsman got me an RAC one thinking it would be good it was utter pants

[Attack Warning Red]

I keep a £3 squeezy torch (eBay) as a back up in my EDC. Had it a couple of years now, and it's good to know it won't run out. Even if I only use it to find my main torch, it's handy.

[nickdutch]

The Trevor Bailis one is the best one i have had. it gives me 30 min of light on a full winding (which takes a long time, 90 + seconds!) and it doubles up as a phone power pack boost when the battery is low.

[feegle]

Sorry mole hill ,i just saw the question ,... well all wind ups are good ,just look for a soild handle with good mech,,....but the best thing to do is to train with little or no light ?? ,know your kit ,... in a rural or urban shtf situation,u must get away from ,having a hundred torches on and spotlight on your head .The best and most used bit of kit i use is a small keyring sized ,waterproof ,red led thats all you need u can carry lots of little batterys to

[JBird]

I've just found in the clearance section in Tesco a small wind up torch. Lasts 20 minutes with a 1 minute "charge".

Fits really comfortably in your pocket, and at £3 it's not too badly priced.

[JBird]

I've just found in the clearance section in Tesco a small wind up torch. Lasts 20 minutes with a 1 minute "charge".

Fits really comfortably in your pocket, and at £3 it's not too badly priced.

Until the crank snaps off..! Typical!

[nickdutch]

I've just found in the clearance section in Tesco a small wind up torch. Lasts 20 minutes with a 1 minute "charge".

Fits really comfortably in your pocket, and at £3 it's not too badly priced.

Until the crank snaps off..! Typical!

That's why you need more then one and why you need to plan to use your portable wind up torches to help you get to your olive oil lamp making equipment so that you can get a flame going to see by without needing to perpetually use the windups all the time.