Our pick

Solar power bank

Tops itself up from daylight during a longer outage. Slow, but never fully dead.

What to look for

This is our recommendation. It supports the official GOV.UK advice but isn’t named in it.

Part of our light & power range.

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Why GOV.UK recommends a battery or wind-up radio, which features matter, and how to find UK emergency radio stations and frequencies.

GOV.UK checklist

First item on most power cut lists. GOV.UK says torches are safer than candles, and save your phone battery.

Our pick

Keeps both hands free for cooking, first aid or helping children.

GOV.UK checklist

GOV.UK names spare batteries for your torch and radio. Long-life alkaline batteries keep for up to 10 years.

GOV.UK checklist

A charged power bank is on the official checklist, for phones and compatible medical devices.