Reader Ben Bethel writes in with an excellent suggestion: a discussion about what gadgets people should have on hand for a blackout. We managed to miss the whole thing (we’ve been in California for the past few weeks), but we realized that we don’t even have a flashlight back at Gizmodo HQ in New York (I know, I know), let alone a Honda generator. So what gear are you going to buy in preparation for the next time the power goes out? Or is there some indispensable gadget that helped get you through that you’d recommend to others?
