[jacknews]

wind-up torch/flashlight, specifically these: https://en.ikea-club.org/item/30190857.html

Newer battery flashlights all seem to have a microcontroller that's in standby when 'off', so the battery runs down, and is inevitably empty when you need it most..

These wind-up ones always have power.

[mmh0000]

You like flashlights!? I LIKE flashlights!

Please allow me to send you down the rabbit hole[1][2] of flashlights.

[1] https://zakreviews.com/arbitrary-list-2023.1.html

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight/