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Monday, March 12, 2012
A useful SpareOne
If we told you that a new mobile phone would be appearing on the UK market this month and that all it did was make and receive calls – you might not be very impressed.
But wait! Don’t be so quick to judge!
This phone, called SpareOne, runs on a single AA battery and stays charged for about 15 years.
It has been designed by XPAL Power to be a back-up mobile phone kept in the glove compartment of a car in case of emergencies.
Imagine being stranded in the middle of nowhere and having no battery left on your mobile. No problem, if you have the SpareOne!
“It’s essentially designed to make and receive the most important calls, no matter what,” stated an XPAL Power spokesperson.
It sounds to us like this is yet another piece of very useful emergency kit to have in your car. A quick ‘will you be buying one?’ around the office makes a lot of heads nod.
We wouldn’t be surprised if breakdown companies start listing these handy mobiles as something that every motorists should have somewhere in their vehicle, just in case.
If you’re interested, the phone will be on sale in Britain on the 15th of March and will cost £60.
But wait! Don’t be so quick to judge! This phone, called SpareOne, runs on a single AA battery and stays charged for about 15 years.
It has been designed by XPAL Power to be a back-up mobile phone kept in the glove compartment of a car in case of emergencies.
Imagine being stranded in the middle of nowhere and having no battery left on your mobile. No problem, if you have the SpareOne!
“It’s essentially designed to make and receive the most important calls, no matter what,” stated an XPAL Power spokesperson.
It sounds to us like this is yet another piece of very useful emergency kit to have in your car. A quick ‘will you be buying one?’ around the office makes a lot of heads nod.
We wouldn’t be surprised if breakdown companies start listing these handy mobiles as something that every motorists should have somewhere in their vehicle, just in case.
If you’re interested, the phone will be on sale in Britain on the 15th of March and will cost £60.
Photo © akbarici via photobucket
Labels: AA battery, breakdown, calls, car, charged, emergencies, emergency kit, glove compartment, mobile phone, SpareOne, UK, vehicle, XPAL Power
Friday, December 23, 2011
Keeping cosy in the car
Getting into my car during the winter is tough. Yes, I’d much rather be in it than slipping and sliding down the pavement in the rain and slush, but when I first sit down it’s so cold!
At least when I walk I warm up pretty quickly, but when I’m sitting down, immobile, it takes me a good while longer to feel cosy.
One morning, recently, I sat in my car with the heater going for about ten minutes before my hands where warm enough to grip the steering wheel.
While I was sat there I wondered what I would feel like if my car broke down and couldn’t be reached by a breakdown service for a few hours. Without the heater on, how long would it be before I was suffering from hypothermia?
With that in mind, I have now got emergency supplies in my car, ready for such a situation. I have four of those heating pads that you click to begin a chemical reaction which produces heat, two blankets, a thermos flask which I fill with hot chocolate before any long journey, and Bun Bun (my toy rabbit don’t you dare laugh I love him).
All of these items, I feel, would help me through a long wait for rescue in relative comfort – although I’m hoping that I don’t ever have to find out.
I thoroughly recommend loading these sorts of emergency supplies in your car. Other useful things to have just in case are a torch, fully charged mobile phone, some ready-to-eat food, and water.
Good luck out there winter drivers.
At least when I walk I warm up pretty quickly, but when I’m sitting down, immobile, it takes me a good while longer to feel cosy. One morning, recently, I sat in my car with the heater going for about ten minutes before my hands where warm enough to grip the steering wheel.
While I was sat there I wondered what I would feel like if my car broke down and couldn’t be reached by a breakdown service for a few hours. Without the heater on, how long would it be before I was suffering from hypothermia?
With that in mind, I have now got emergency supplies in my car, ready for such a situation. I have four of those heating pads that you click to begin a chemical reaction which produces heat, two blankets, a thermos flask which I fill with hot chocolate before any long journey, and Bun Bun (my toy rabbit don’t you dare laugh I love him).
All of these items, I feel, would help me through a long wait for rescue in relative comfort – although I’m hoping that I don’t ever have to find out.
I thoroughly recommend loading these sorts of emergency supplies in your car. Other useful things to have just in case are a torch, fully charged mobile phone, some ready-to-eat food, and water.
Good luck out there winter drivers.
Photo © possan via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: breakdown, car, cold, driver, emergency supplies, heater, steering wheel, winter