A person would have better luck finding the Ark of the Covenant than finding batteries for the various gizmos around my house. I often forage other sources for energy when my Wii controller runs out of juice. Just ask the neglected remotes lying around the living room with their batteries ripped prematurely from their casing like an unwilling kidney donor in an ice-filled tub with a huge scar. Having no batteries is fine and dandy when the direst situation I face is an inability to change the channel from my couch, but if I need a flashlight because of power outages, or get a flat-tire at night, I want the battery-free and durable solution the Faraday Flashlight offers.

The Faraday works by shaking a high strength magnet between a wire coil that gives charge to the lights capacitor. When you first use it or if it's completely drained, about 60 seconds of shaking is required and for me that was half the fun. Let it be known I have no shame in looking like a tool when using one. For regular recharging it only requires about 30 seconds of shaking. It's also waterproof, indestructible (the video on their website shows a car running over it!), and the LED never needs replacing.

I tested out the Faraday in the deepest recesses under my cubicle, where only dust bunnies, lost pens, and my feet dare enter. The LED light was quite adequate for finding missing writing tools but I had to make sure to keep it away from the computer since it has such a strong magnetic field. They warn you to keep it away from any magnetic storage device or device affected by a magnetic field, so that means my grandpa will have to sit this flashlight out due to the pacemaker. For everyone else, the Faraday Flashlight is great for emergency situations, or in my case, is another convenient excuse to not buy batteries. It sells for $19.95.