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Thing about those cheap wind up radios (and similar gadgets) is the
cheap wind up springs might fail when you need to use the radio in
emergency situations.A set of quality Alkaline batteries
www.rayovac.com should hold their charge while sitting in storage for
about a year.Then you can use those batteries in storage in something
else and put another fresh set of batteries in storage.
cuhulin

Thanks for the response.

It's certainly not for emergency use, I'll be using it a few times a week or
so. I expect to purchase more rechargable battery packs for the units which
is trivial, as they're only $5 or so each.

Once I've got both with me, I'll see which ones work best.

Incidentally, take a look at this; it looks pretty good. Seems like the same
as I got already but with 'porsche' written on it, and a nicer design:-

http://www.etoncorp.com/inthenewsart..._NewsId=135838

I'd buy it if it weren't £100. Hopefully the dollar will mark up more
against us here in GB, so I can get a bit cheaper