What do you do when there’s a black out? Do you locate your candles only to find you’re out of matches, or reach for your flashlight only to find that it’s run out of batteries?
The Wind ‘N Go UltraLight, which I received from Green Ostrich, works well in this type of situation and many others! There are 5 LED lights with 2 different settings for high/low light. There is a faint blue light and glow in the dark ring so that you can find the flashlight in the dark. You will have a chance to WIN this very same flashlight, if you scroll down (after you read my review)!
This is what I received in the box for the UltraLight: cell phone adaptor, battery, instructions, warranty card and the flashlight. I like the weight of the flashlight. It definitely seems well-made and heavy-duty. I like that is has more than one function – the radio will come in handy for emergency situations/fun when camping. I’ve always wanted a wind-up/rechargeable flashlight. I hate when I run out of batteries, since most flashlights use large batteries that I don’t have extras of.
Features of the UltraLight:
- 90 decibal siren/flashing red light – perfect for emergency situations!
- 5 really bright and energy efficient LEDs that never need replacing
- cell phone charger (for Nokia phones, but you can buy adaptors for other makes) for 10 minutes of talk time
- NOAA Weather band AM/FM radio
To use the UltraLight, you just crank the bar on the back of it (which turns easily)for at least 1 minute, for 90 minutes of low light/60 minutes of high light. If you buy the AC adaptor, you can fully charge it and it will run the light for 20 hours on low/5 hours on high. There is also enough ‘juice’ to power a cell phone for enough time to make an emergency call just by winding for 1 minute, or to run a siren for 30 minutes! I like that the bottom of this unit is flat so that you can stand it up, and that there is a little strap to put it on your wrist or hang it up.
Where the UltraLight would come in handy:
- while camping
- to keep in the car for emergencies
- travelling
- trick-or-treating
- at home for black outs or looking under the sink, for instance
This ships in 1-3 days, so you can still get this in time for Halloween trick-or-treating! Mine arrived within days – surprising since shipping to Canada can take up to 2 weeks! Green Ostrich has kindly offered a discount code for Being Tazim readers – use coupon code TAZIM. By entering this code during the checkout process you will receive 5% off any purchase between now and January 31, 2011
Click here to see the full range of Wind ‘N Go products from Green Ostrich – they have all kinds of other great emergency (or not) wind-up gadgets.
About Green Ostrich, a store that sells Green Gifts:
Green OstrichTM started with the following observation: the energy-intensive retail stores that we frequent do not offer many Earth-friendly, green products.
So, we decided to create an online store dedicated to eco-friendly gifts. We help people make changes, not sacrifices. We help them live well and refresh the Earth.
The Giveaway:
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This giveaway is open to US/Canada and ends on November 9th at midnight PST. The giveaway is for a Wind ‘N Go UltraLight, provided by Green Ostrich. There are a maximum of 3 entries possible.
Thank you so much Green Ostrich for letting me review this product!
Winner Alicia
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It would come handy when camping or when there is no electric during a storm.
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Last year we lost power during a blizzard and it would have been very handy. I would use it around the house too.
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this would be great because it seems like our electric is always going out for some reason or another
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This would come in handy for those winter power outages
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I like to keep an emergency light in my truck.
This flashlight would come in handy at least two to three times a year in our upstate New York winters.
it would come in handy when the power goes out and my favorite feature is the am/fm radio..
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This flashlight would come in handy for when we have power failures. We have them often and having a reliable flashlight on hand would be wonderful. In addition, we'd also use this for camping. Thanks so much.
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I would use it for power failures. I like that it has a siren too.
We have severe weather coming up with winter coming up so this would be wonderful.
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The Ultralight flashlight would be great to keep in the car. No worries about a dead battery!
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Often in winter when I take my morning walk it's still dark (I walk on safe streets but there are no streetlights). This flashlight would make a welcome guiding companion.
Our electric goes out a lot around here. So, flashlights are a must.
Since I have several battery powered flashlights at home, I would keep this in the car (just in case). Then if the battery flashlights at home were bad, I would now where to find this one.
This would be great for the times the power goes out
I like that it has a cell phone charger. I would use it at home because we live in a area that get a lot of storms.
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Hubby would use this early in the morning. he is a schoolbus driver and he could use this to pre-trip his bus in the dark.
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What is there not to like about the Wind ‘N Go UltraLight? In addition to the very handy additional features which comes with the light, the fact that it can be cranked into operation whenever the unexpected emergency occurs is very nice since you never have to worry about batteries.
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This would be wonderful during the storms and tornado season
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It would come in handy right here at home, since it is hard and expensive to keep batteries in the emergency flashlights for the few times they are needed for loss of power–same thing goes for the one I try to keep in my car.
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I would keep this in my car!
The flashlight would definitely be handy when we're out camping with our local Girl Guides Unit!
I would keep it at home in case of blackouts.
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This is something I truly need! I don't have a flashlight at all, and it is good having one when living in an apartment (blackouts) and in case of emergencies!
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Just two weeks ago we had a wind storm in the evening and our power was out for almost 12 hours. We made do with candles and a flashlight with weak batteries, but this Wind ‘N Go UltraLight would have been the cat's pajamas. Thank you for the great give-away.
After all of the tornados that passed through here this year, I think it would be really smart to have a flashlight on hand that doesn't need batteries. Thanks!
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It would come in handy for me when the power goes out.
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We lose power all the time in the winter, so this would be great when it happens in the middle of the night and I need to check on Jr. I'd keep it in my bedside table. Thanks.
Down here in SoCal it’s not unusual to lose power after an earthquake or during a brush fire, so it would be very helpful in those situations!
This flashlight would come in handy because where I live, the power constantly goes out! I like that the flashlight is compact and would be easy to find in a emergency!-Thanks for the giveaway.
I like the siren and flashing red light feature!
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This would be great in my emergency pack
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It would definitely come in handy during any blackouts in the winter snowstorms or summer thunderstorms.
This is awesome. We have three boys and it seems like we always need flashlights. They like to camp in the backyard. Plus we’ve had several power outages this year.
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Every time a storm hits here we lose power for a long time. This would surely come in handy during those times!!
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This would be handy for camping for sure – we always forget batteries
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I think this would be great to have so you don't have to look for batteries when the power goes out.
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We would use it as our power out backup! It is safer than candles.
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I would put this flashlight in my car for emergencies. I think it's a great product to have. It gives you some peace of mind to know if you are stranded in the dark due to car trouble, you'll always have something to rely on.
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Oh this would be so handy here in my home when we get all those winter snow storms and even the summer storms that knock our power out, we always scramble for the flashlight and candles but this would be so much more better to use, I'm excited about it!
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We live in Florida and get frequent power outages(very rural area).We also go camping alot so could put this to good use.Thanks!
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I would use in my home. Our power goes off all the time. Not having batteries would be AWESOME!
I would for sure get two of these for my on the go and home emergency kits. I like the built in radio.
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Last year our power went out during a huge snow storm, this light would have come in handy then!
i would LOVE to win this because i can honestly say that i have no idea where a flashlight is in my house!!(probably down in the 'man cave' somewhere! sigh)
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love it you can just wind it up to use it, sick of replacing batteries
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we lose power in the winter
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this flashlight would come in handy, because I live out in the country. The electric goes out, and sometimes it can be awhile before they get to us. This would be a huge help. Plus it doesnt need batteries.
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It sounds like a great product. I think having one in the car would be very useful for road-side emergencies, but I also like the idea of having one in my earthquake kit.
This would come in handy during a storm or power outage.
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We go camping a lot in the summer and this flashlight would be perfect for that!
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this would come in handy on our next camping trip
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We just had blackouts in our area around 2 weeks ago. This really would have come in handy.
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I love that it has an adapter for a cell phone and in 1 minute you can charge the phone for an emergency call. I would give this to my son who would use it for the cub scouts and camping.
This would come in handy for my daughter. She needs a flashlight next to her bed. She doesn't want a light on all night, but would love a flashlight to use in case she needs to use the restroom at night. Also, it'd be nice to have on our annual camping trips!
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It would come in handy when the electricity goes out.
This flashlight would come in handy in the home if power goes off. It would also come in handy in the car in case you have car trouble at night.
I would like to put it in my emergency bag.