Comments on: Campers’ Dream: Hand cranked light illuminates – also zaps mosquitoes, charges your Nokia cell phone, functions as emergency beacon and plays your iPod http://www.geardiary.com/2008/09/09/campers-dream-hand-cranked-light-illuminates-also-zaps-mosquitos-charges-your-nokia-cell-phone-functions-as-emergency-beacon-and-plays-your-ipod/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: arebelspyhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/09/09/campers-dream-hand-cranked-light-illuminates-also-zaps-mosquitos-charges-your-nokia-cell-phone-functions-as-emergency-beacon-and-plays-your-ipod/#comment-39607 arebelspy Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:57:01 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=13500#comment-39607 a few things: 1) you link to it costing $52. walmart.com has the exact same one for $24: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5544185 (it was $22 the other day). 2) i needed one asap, so i went to three walmarts and found one. it was only $18 in the store. this was approximately two weeks ago (labor day weekend) 3) i am returning this. it is pretty poor. the speakers are real bad, it's too bulky to pack, and the most important function (the light) is weak. like, it puts out very little light. i give it a thumbs down, even at $18, and definitely at $52. ...but it SEEMS like it could be cool (like i was excited when i found it on wal mart looking for lanterns), so thanks for posting. :) just wanted to warn people.. a few things:
1) you link to it costing $52. walmart.com has the exact same one for $24: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5544185

(it was $22 the other day).

2) i needed one asap, so i went to three walmarts and found one. it was only $18 in the store. this was approximately two weeks ago (labor day weekend)

3) i am returning this. it is pretty poor. the speakers are real bad, it’s too bulky to pack, and the most important function (the light) is weak. like, it puts out very little light. i give it a thumbs down, even at $18, and definitely at $52.

…but it SEEMS like it could be cool (like i was excited when i found it on wal mart looking for lanterns), so thanks for posting. :) just wanted to warn people..

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