When we developed the Pocket Socket, our first generator, we had modern electronics in mind.  It was designed to be a general purpose generator with a standard interface; this way we knew it would be forward compatible with products in the future that didn’t exist when the generator was being developed. Tablets are a good […] Read more

Being portable, lightweight and versatile, our generators work in many different scenarios. To better understand just how useful these generators truly are, consider their two primary uses: Emergency/Backup Power (On-Grid) We never expect the power to go out, sometimes it just does. Severe weather, natural disaster, and service equipment failure are just a few of the […] Read more

Back in May we featured a post about K-TOR generators and the Amazon 5000 expedition led by Mickey Grosman.  Along his grueling, self sustained expedition across South America, Mickey expected to encounter many things.  The harsh environment, ragged terrain, dense pristine jungles and dangerous wildlife requires Mickey’s best survival skills as he lives off the land – […] Read more

Last Friday we visited our manufacturer in Anaheim, SI Manufacturing, to review the production status of our soon to be released pedal power generator.  We built a sample production unit and discussed ways to streamline and optimize the assembly process as we look towards giving the green light for assembly. Before the Power Box goes […] Read more

Our hand crank generator, the Pocket Socket, will soon be available for sale on the Infowars.com store. Infowars.com is a website run by Alex Jones and is supported by his team of Infowars reporters. The website’s slogan “because there is a war on for your mind” is an overarching theme for the content reported within […] Read more

At the end of May, we featured a blog post about a group of students at the Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz, CA, who were modifying a K-TOR® Pocket Socket for a high school project. As part of their final design project in their Intro to Engineering course, the team planned to mount our hand […] Read more

We recently launched our affiliate program with Commission Junction as a way to foster sales and brand awareness.  Affiliate marketing is a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate (aslo known as the publisher). Commission Junction operates one of the […] Read more

We now have over 1,000 likes on our facbook page.  Over the past few months we’ve been working to take advantage of all the new features and functionality of Facebook’s timeline page.  Now you can read our blog posts, watch our youtube videos, look at pictures, and check the lastest updates all from our facebook […] Read more

Last weekend K-TOR founder Ken Torino (KB1YAO) attended the 2012 ARRL Field Day, visiting Rev. Homer Harden (KD8LNU) and other members of the Northern Panhandle Amateur Radio Club in Eastern Ohio. One of the main goals for the ARRL Field Day is to conduct an emergency Ham Radio test.  We also wanted to verify that our generators […] Read more