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What have you got sitting in your car or truck for emergency lighting? Most people have a flashlight or maybe even two tucked away in a tool box, under a seat or in a glove box. It may not have been used for some time, but it does provide peace of mind, knowing that when needed it is there.
Unfortunately, it does happen that those flashlights may be there, but they may not be there in a working condition. Standard batteries can fail with age. They don’t like extreme cold or extreme heat, and once they’re dead, they’re dead.
Of course, you’re not likely to discover that fact until you need a light — such as a dark, rainy night when you’re stopped on a highway with the need to change a flat tire.
There is a simple solution. Substitute that battery powered flashlight with one of the newer crank, squeeze or shake lights. That way they’ll be ready to use whenever you need them as there are no batteries to fail.