This portable Re-Wind radio is simply a superb piece of travelling kit. As it says on the box, batteries are never needed, and it is all done with the help of an in-built power unit that only needs to be re-wound, for one minute a month if the internal “Battery” is fully charged to keep its functions running in perfect order.

If your arms get too tired winding then leave the power to build up with its solar power system and away you go. With functions as a clock, a bright and competent 3 LED torch, headphone jack, internal light, DC In/Out socket to charge a mobile phone, if needs be, via a USB and a OFF and ON switch underneath the unit to completely turn off the whole system to save it energy and more.

The whole unit is large enough to fit into your whole hand and feels strong and sturdy enough to manage a long, or short, trip to the Lakes or Lake Como and the two controls for on/off - volume and tuning are protected by a design that encases them around the unit itself, a nice little touch.

The look of the unit too is both practical and strong feeling and as a whole, again, it is a very nice piece of kit, no worries for batteries just the choice of how you want to keep its power charged. Priced around the £17.95 mark, and can be found on particular web sites, it may feel a tad too much but, in general, this will be reimbursed, in time, with its selling point of “Batteries Not Included”.