It's a combined torch and charging unit. Crank the handle for three minutes and you have 20 minutes of LED lighting or eight minutes call time. The charging output is via a jack socket ...

there's a torch to hand. That's why it's been useful to test Life+Gear's hand-cranked PSD NOAA flashlight complete with AM/FM radio, NOAA National Weather Service Alerts and cellphone charger ...

So far as I can tell the two features that were omitted in the new Torch 500 are a hand-crank for recharging, and a built-in USB charge cable. That’s a lot of wins in favor of the Torch 250.

It even comes with a LED torch! It’ll give you about 40 minutes of power per every minute of cranking, which may not seem like a lot – but it is pretty good for a small hand-crank device.

That’s what [1970sWizard] did to make this axial hand-cranked generator. Besides a few pieces of off-the-shelf hardware and the wire and magnets, the entire generator is printed. The actual ...