B&Q hand crank lanterns

[dead-man-walking]

just picked up a couple of clearance handcrank 5 led lanterns, previously £18 now £5 each was just a few dumped on a shelf, so no idea if just my store

ideal for a quick safe and portable light as they claim to give 10 mins+ of light for 30 secs of winding

ill still be looking for a more permanent alternative such as tillys or hurricane ones

[tigs]

£5 each is very cheap , great find

[nickdutch]

I had a cheap wind up lantern before that went belly up quickly.

Freeplay seems to be the best company who makes wind up lanterns but they are pricey.

If your cheap one has a power in socket, maybe rig up a back up battery system for it?

[dead-man-walking]

I had a cheap wind up lantern before that went belly up quickly.

Freeplay seems to be the best company who makes wind up lanterns but they are pricey.

If your cheap one has a power in socket, maybe rig up a back up battery system for it?

unfortunatly it doesnt, but i took it apart last night ( new toy gotta play) and the genny side is robust enough, the battery pack is a cheap n nasty low power specials, so will see about upgrading them to better ones

did a trial run last night when everyone was asleep and its fine for close quaters use ie stairs, going to the lav, cooking etc, but overall room brightness was poor, but its only an ikkle 5 led jobbie so i wasnt expecting much

they are good enough for me to not worry about them and safe enough i can let the girls wander around with them without stressing

and for the price of a KFC bucket, jobs a good un