I have a crank flashlight. Basically what that means is that I have a fairly compact flashlight, which pretty much looks like most other flashlights out there, except that this one has a sort of handle connected to it. When the handle isn’t in use, it just pretty much lies flat along the edge of the device. But when it is needed, it pulls out and the handle has a little stubby handle of its own, which is what I use when I need to wind the device.
Why the crank? Well, the idea here is that this flashlight doesn’t make use of the usual batteries which are used to power these types of devices. No AAs or AAAs or D cells or anything quite like that. Instead, the flashlight has its own form of on board battery, and when the crank of the flashlight is wound at at least a certain speed, that on board battery gets charged.
