NEVER NEEDS BATTERIES OR BULBS
Survivalists and students, campers and hikers, and everyone who loves unique gadgets, appreciates a completely reliable flashlight for the backpack, garage, car, and home/office emergency kit that's always ready to work, without EVER worrying about checking the batteries. And how about one that still works even after being driven over by a Metro bus? It's true, and now -- in clear, black or yellow -- there's both a completely unique and highly practical product!
The new NightStar, a quieter and more efficient version of the StarLight flashlight, is a renewable energy flashlight that NEVER needs replacement batteries or bulbs, and is recharged simply by shaking it. A capacitor, strong enough to hold a charge for months, powers the white-light LED (no breakable incandescent bulb), after the high-power rare earth magnet creates energy by gliding through a coil of wire. A full charge for the NightStar, which gives several minutes of usable light, takes only 20-25 seconds of gentle shaking (most easily above the shoulder, parallel to the ground). This unprecedented power source will actually charge easily and continuously on its own if carried while walking. In total darkness, the NightStar can illuminate an eight-foot diameter area from a distance of 40 feet and is visible for well over a mile. Made in Colorado, the state-of-the-art components are contained within a nearly indestructible plastic housing (it has actually been driven over, on video, by a 25- ton Seattle Metro bus -- sure, it got a bit crushed but still worked!). The lightweight, compact NightStar weighs only 14 ounces, and at 10.7 inches long and two inches wide it easily fits into a car's glove compartment, portable emergency kit, knapsack or parka pocket.
This flashlight actually gives new meaning to the term Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. "Batteries are inherently wasteful; it takes more energy to manufacture a battery than you ever get out of it," comments John Ryan, environmental researcher and author of Everyday Things for a Healthier Planet and State of the Northwest. "Most people don't know that used batteries are classified as hazardous waste. Using this human-powered flashlight means you're not adding toxic chemicals to the planet." The first truly environmentally responsible flashlight!
NightStar is backed by a lifetime warranty (that's a human lifetime). Here's the amazing range of tests performed on it, with virtually no damage or effect in its operation: it was driven over repeatedly with a large pickup truck, dropped from three stories onto concrete, heated in an oven to 180 degrees Fahrenheit, stored in dry ice down to minus 130 degrees F (regular batteries don't work below freezing), stored underwater in salt water for 72 hours, flung against a brick wall repeatedly. It's been taken camping in the Rocky Mountains, on a mountain trek in Nepal, on a driving trip through France, underwater diving in Cozumel to more than 180 feet, and used in storm-drenched Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and Mexico. That's right - the waterproof NightStar will work anywhere on the planet a human can go unaided, guaranteed.
It's used by county sheriff's departments in Washington and Idaho, police departments in California and has been sold in every state. It's recommended on NPR's Science Friday, a number of emergency preparedness websites and newsgroups (as well as a Dec. ‘98 Soldier of Fortune magazine new product section), and sells through several catalogs .
Inventor Steve Vetorino was tired of throwing away batteries and replacing rechargeables. "I wanted to create an environmentally friendly product," he says. "The soft, blue-white light of the LED is much more reliable than a dimming flashlight whose batteries get thrown out. It's the only flashlight you can find in the dark, with the glow-in-the-dark switch. And NightStar will always work, regardless of years of storage, earthquakes, Y2K or weather conditions, with no breakable, replaceable parts."
The revolutionary NightStar, awarded 1999's Most Innovative Consumer Product of the Year by the Denver Business Journal, is a perfect Millennium Gift -- and doesn't everyone need at least one flashlight? Its suggested retail price is US$99, but is being sold as an introductory special for $69 (less for three or more). This cost is comparable to buying a few years' worth of batteries alone for a conventional flashlight, and is a small price to pay to know you'll never be without a reliable light source.
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