Reviews for Wind Up Mobile Phone Charger / Torch
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wind up,mobile phone charger
good idea BUT
Wind-up Torch and charger
A real wind-up!
Wearisome, but works
Good for emergency use ONLY!
For a very basic phone which consumes little power, this charger may be adequate for a single emergency call, however with a power-hungry phone such as the X10 (which also switches itself on once a charging current is detected), around 15 minutes fast & very laborious winding gave just a 1 percent increase in battery level! A similar poor performance was replicated on my friend's iphone.
The build quality is also somewhat questionable: the bearings melted after around 5 minutes winding and only unstuck with a good deal of force (although once free it did operate as normal again).
In it's favour, the charger does come with every sort of adapter imaginable and the torch works well. It is also very small which, although making it difficult to wind for any period of time, also makes it portable and therefore ideal for true 'emergency' use.
Having given up on my purchase for it's intended use, I have since tried out another couple of options and would recommend the Trevor Baylis "mini eco radio"as the most effective of the wind up chargers generally available. This provides a full 500mA charge current and has an inbuilt battery capacity of 1800mAh (approx one full charge of my phone) to allow for "wind now, charge later" operation.
Cool little gadget
Ok so I bought this with the thought "cool I can have a torch that doesn't need batteries" - and as a bonus it will charge my phone in the grimmest of days when I am stuck somewhere with great reception, no spare battery, no landlines, and no charge in my mobile!!
Imagine a Blair Witch type scenario, middle of the forest, torch batteries have gone, mobile is dead. With this thing you can happily light up your tent and charge your phone to call mummy! hehe To power something like my HD2 I'd end up with arms like popeye and enough power for a text message I think, but can't see me ever NEEDING it!
I've dropped it and spilt tea over it and its still in fine working order.(my warranty just died to bring you that info!) The LEDs are nice and bright. Great Product!
As I said think "Unending Torch with benefits"
Not Pleased
Not chuffed and just read previous review who paid postage to return it,I will not be doing that.
I will vote with my feet and go elsewhere
Handy!
Good Value - Does the Job
Life Saver
Torch is actually very good with three powerful LED lights.
Not sure how long you would have to spend winding it up to charge your phone completely though! Would recommend. Very fast service from Mobile fun.
Ingenious
Not worth the money
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