Hand Crank Emergency Radio

When the grid goes down, the phone dies and the news stops. This is the one item in the bag that does not need the grid at all: wind the crank and it works.

• Three ways to power it: hand crank, solar panel, or charge it over USB before you need it
• AM, FM and NOAA weather bands, so you hear the official broadcast
• 1W LED torch and a reading lamp
• Power bank output to put a charge back into a phone
• 13 x 6 x 4 cm and light enough to forget it is in the bag

One at home and one in the car. Wind it for a minute every few months and it will be ready when it matters.