Huge wrote:
(s--p--o--n--i--x) writes:

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:37:56 +0100, "Set Square"
wrote:


Have you considered the wind-up variety - which you can recharge yourself
without needing a mains supply?

There is also a torch which can be shaken. It comprises a tube with a
fixed magnet at each end. In the tube is a third magnet which is free
to move. Around the tube is a coil. Shake the torch and it charges a
capacitor which in turn powers the light.

http://www.gadgets.co.uk/dual-power-...ake-torch.html


Which then goes out at the exact moment you need it shone directly on
something...

I suspect that anything that comes from 'gadgets.co.uk' is probably a
totally worthless gimmick. Functional but not practical comes to mind.