Eton FR500 Solarlink Solar Emergency Crank Radio & Gadget Charger

It's in the early hours of Sunday morning and you are crossing the misty
moors/desolate desert/rain lashed hills (delete as applicable) and your
car breaks down. You try to make an emergency call on your cell phone
but its charge is spent so you decide to listen to your DAP whilst
waiting for a fellow motorist to pass by (who you'll flag down) but,
wouldn't you know it, its battery's depleted and then you remember that
you have Eton's FR500 Solarlink in the trunk/boot (again, delete as'ฆ)
and a smile flickers across your face knowing that all is well with the
world. You charge your phone, you listen to the radio (then decide the
radio's crap, but its ok, you've recharged your MP3 player now) and all
because of the Eton FR500 Solarlink.

Notwithstanding the investigation that follows - it transpires your
girlfriend had put water in your petrol tank in a bid to render you
stranded in the misty moors/desolate desert/rain lashed hills (delete as
applicable) as she's decided that she really doesn't love you any
more/is psychotic that way (it was supposed to look like an accident,
don't you know) - you get to live another day because, cue handheld
camera footage and news reporter's microphone stuffed in your chiselled
face, you had the foresight to put the Eton FR500 in your car after your
aunt got it for you as a present and, well, it was taking up valuable
space in your pad and you relay didn't want it anyway (she got you a
camouflaged pair of knitted gloves last year - boy you wish you'd kept
those).

Flippancy aside, the Eton FR500 Solarlink Solar Emergency Crank Radio &
Gadget Charger (our title, we think its better) also comes with a
flashing LED emergency light so, not only could it save your life, but
it could also serve as a low tech disco light should you wish to call an
impromptu party but, alas, it doesn't come with integral smoke machine.
Damn.

Where's this going. We have no idea. Its an emergency, solar powered
radio with inbuilt gadget charging capabilities - what's more to say?

Actually there is something more to say. It doesn't come with either
charging cables or adapter tips meaning that the above example actually
ended in a completely different way. Yes you had the Eton FR500
Solarlink in your car but all you could do was listen to the radio as
you slowly passed into unconsciousness due to hyperthermia as you
couldn't charge your cell phone and thus couldn't make an emergency call.

Well, at least you had the flashing LED light to look at as you slipped
away (one must count one's blessings).

The Etรณn FR500 Solarlink retails for $80.

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