Most highway emergency kits that are carried in vehicles contain incendiary road flares which, while they burn brightly, can cause severe burns and damage to vehicles. They also burn out after a few minutes.

The SOS TurboFlare is a revolutionary battery-operated electronic flare that is extremely bright in low light conditions, safe, rugged and durable and operates far longer than standard incendiary flares.

The SOS TurboFlare uses 20 extremely bright Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) to create a pulsating, chasing, highly visible light source effective even from great distances. These LEDs are powered by four C cell batteries that will last for up to 100 hours. A low battery indicator illuminates when there is about 20 percent of battery life remaining.

The SOS TurboFlare's lens and body are made of DuPont Surlyn, a unique ionomer class material of unbelievable strength and resistant to jet fuel, gasoline, diesel fuels, road salts and chlorine. The body is also shock and vibration resistant and weatherproof. Without batteries, the SOS TurboFlare weighs just over half a pound, and weighs 1.2 pounds with batteries. It's 8.125 inches in diameter and 2 inches high. Visibility from the pulsing light is more than 5 miles. The unit is activated by pushing an on/off switch on the body. There are approximately 200 flashes of the LEDs per minute.

This emergency light is ideal for disabled cars and trucks, accident scenes, police emergencies, skiing accidents, for RVs, boats or aircraft, for emergency signaling by stranded hikers and in any number of other situations where bright warning light is needed. Red or amber LED light for the SOS TurboFlare are standard (specify on order) and blue, white or green LED light for the SOS TurboFlare are available by special order.