Shake Light

[Briggz]

Does anyone here have any thought on those lights that do not require batteries? I have seen two versions, one you shake the other you crank (no bad joke). I wanted to get a couple to leave in the cars and maybe the house. I have a 4 year old (yea the one in my avatar) that is always wanting to "use" my lights and batteries are getting expensive.

Best ones?

Thanks folks

Briggz

 

[sirjason_20]

I bought a $5 one at wal mart that you pump a little handle in front and it is LED. If it is for your son or not used much I would say it would be perfect. I have used it for about 30 minutes so far and it works good but the parts inside are plastic and I expect they would fail if used a lot.

 

[ranger88]

They work ok, but they only have one LED, so they're not so bright. The price is coming down on good LED flashlights that have multible LED's. they're bright, and a set of duracells will last a very long time. I bought one a year and a half ago and haven't changed the batteries yet, and likely wont for another year. And I,ve even left it on all night.

 

[Paul Davidson]

Have you tried rechargeables? The NiMH type are supposed to be better than the older varieties. I just bought 4 AA, 4 AAA, and a charger yesterday so I guess I will find out.