What is it? Why do I want it? Don’t get us wrong, we love mobile phones but why bother wasting your credit and battery calling a mate who is literally round the corner or just out of ear shot. These portable, easy to use, eco friendly gadgets will never leave you with that helpless “out of battery feeling” again. So give the Wind Up Walkie Talkies a go and claim your free talk time.Wind Up Walkie Talkies
This is no “Wind Up”, ha ha (had to get that joke in before anyone else). What you’re looking at is a set of walkie talkies that are powered through the age old art of winding. Like clocks of old, to make these little eco-gadgets work you simply flick out the wind handle, take a firm grip of these Wind Up Walkie Talkies and “wind” like a good-un. The wind to power ratio works out quite nicely: One minute of winding equates to 10 minutes of standby or 2 minutes of talk time and if you wind your way to a full charge it will give you 8 hours of standby or an hour and a half of talk time!
Cant be bothered to wind or just hate the environment? Don’t worry it comes with a 6v mains adapter so you can save your arm for other activities. That’s enough winding chatter, what else does it have to offer? We were genuinely surprised to find out that the range of this two-some was up to 3km and you could choose between 8 different channels to broadcast on. We were also impressed with the rugged design as is also easy to use and as it measure in at a poultry 12.5 x 7 x 4cm, so it’s small enough to slip into most rucksacks.
As far as wind up gadgets go this is by far the best application of the technology we’ve seen. What makes this gadget stand out even more is the multitude of scenario based uses it offers. E.g: