The problem with a power outage is that there is never a flashlight handy when the lights go out. Sure, you may know where your flashlights are and they may be fully charged but do you remember what’s lying on the floor or in the doorway? At least if you trip over something that you can’t see in your own home you know that you won’t sue yourself.

The Power Failure Light is a novel invention that makes a lot of sense. It’s a base that connects between your power socket and the light bulb. Six LED lights are fixed around it and when there’s a power outage they will switch on and give you a bright source of illumination in the dark.

The BT Baby Monitor 150 is set up with some advanced features not typically found in a standard monitor that actually seem fairly practical.

For starters the 150 is able to connect to your MP3 player and play back Hi-DS music, so you can download your infants favorite songs and play them through the monitor. Owners can also record their voice into the baby’s unit to play back at a later time giving the baby the familiar sound of your voice without having to get out of bed. If you do end up waking up the parent unit has a “talk back” feature that basically turns the monitor into a two-way radio, letting you talk to the monitor from the remote unit.

Brando has a new portable solar powered charger in their catalog that appears to be a fairly handy device. It measures only 137mm long and weighs a mere 240 grams which makes for a nice and compact fold-out package.

The charger uses solar power to charge up an internal battery that then can be used to power or charge your gadgets. It has a number of adapters from the standard USB output port to fit different types of gadgets, but what’s probably most notable is the fact that you can vary the …

Flashlights usually aren’t that exciting to me but I felt this Titan LED flashlight was worth writing about. After all, it is from SureFire who makes military grade flashlights. It’s also made out of titanium with a virtually indestructible LED, but its main feature is a continuous variable output from 0 to 65 lumens so you can adjust it to just about any amount of light anywhere in between.

This is the first “luxury flashlight” from Titan and its built to look good and last you just about forever, but it should …

Having a flashlight during outdoor activities and especially overnight trips is a must and this 3-in-1 FlareSafe flashlight can add a little more safety to your outing.

The flashlight alone consists of four LED’s that can be set for high-beam, low-beam or in an SOS strobe mode, but the light part of this gadget isn’t the coolest feature. The FlareSafe also has an optical smoke detector built in. By twisting open the back of the handle part way you expose the sensor which will alarm the second it detects smoke. You …

Thanks to the sudden turn for the extreme that the world’s weather is giving humanity these days we’re starting to think about preparing for the worst before it can happen, such as a long power outage due to a storm. The Black and Decker StormStation offers some peace of mind in case you find yourself in a lights out situation and at a very affordable price.

After plugging its 12-volt rechargeable battery into a socket and juicing it up you’ve got a 25-watt inverter to power a cordless phone or other small electronics, a …