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Uni-Com Wind-Up Torch

Our second offering from Uni-Com (this time sourced from Homebase) proved a little off the pace in just about every area of the test. It has one of the lowest light outputs of all our products, and the beam is tightly focused, with a wide, dark band before some faint illumination at the edges.

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The result is that it doesn’t work well under the bonnet. And although the price is appealing, stamina is only average and it isn’t the easiest torch to wind.

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