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Try launching this product with a straight face
GlacialLight, who are indeed related to GlacialTech, have released a new flashlight that also happens to be a very old joke. The DynaSolar LED torch is indeed a solar powered flashlight. Luckily it also comes with a hand crank for back up … you know when the sun goes down. Thankfully that isn’t their only new product, they’ve a long lineup of LED lights in singles and in huge banks that will work as spotlights, without the heat generation and using a lot less power. If having the ability to produce blinding light powered by the lighter in your car sounds like your kind of thing, visit The Inquirer for more.