We love Earth Hour. We don't understand why anyone would want to keep their lights on all night when they've closed shop and gone home. We took a bunch of Firewinders to the South Bank in London and met up with some new friends. It was good to see some notable buildings on the landscape become darkened silhouettes. If you don't know... we're all about off-grid and wind-powered lights... we're part of the solution, not part of the problem.

This is a step-by-step guide showing you how to quickly, simply and safely install your Firewinder product. Firewinder Inventor Tom Lawton takes you through the process of installing Firewinder in a typical garden location. If you are not familiar with the product we do recommend watching this video before you install the product yourself.

We went to Handley Page Lab at City University in London to conduct a series of controlled experiments using a wind tunnel on our final production units. Amongst our testing was a top end speed test where we successfully demonstrated Firewinder's performance at winds in excess of 75mph - universally called Hurricane speed. Of course, our tests are well prepared for and our Firewinders are fixed to posts which are bolted to the apparatus... and although we only use the standard bracket mounting system we supply with your Firewinder and as you'll see the Firewinder performs beautifully, we wouldn't recommend anyone else using a Firewinder in such high winds.

Exhibiting as part of Newcastle's Design Event 2008, Firewinder was again invited to participate in the Lighten Up exhibition organised by Re:Design - this time we were showcased in a curated exhibition within the North Tower of the Tyne Bridge. We also installed a Firewinder on the rooftop of the bridge where it can be seen until the end of October, from as far away as the Millennium Bridge some 400 metres away. Amongst the shows opening activities we dressed a bike with a Firewinder and went about spreading the word along the river side.

Firewinder filmed in variable winds up to 12mph on Parliament Hill, London at 'Earth Hour' in March 2008.