This Solar Pull LED Flashlight gives you a plan A and B when your batteries go flat. Leave it out in the sun to charge up the rechargeable removable lithium battery. If there’s no sun, just pull on the cord to get things going. One minute of working on the ripcord gets you 18 minutes of light. US$19.95

eGear’s new Solar Pull LED flashlight is powered by a built-in solar panel or pull string dynamo generator, so its always ready to use. The built-in high-efficiency lithium battery allows the Solar Pull Light to be charged over and over. Its 3 super-bright LEDs are unbreakable and never need replacing.

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