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Linus tech tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by NCI XCOM your source for great technology selection and service along with corsair memory and western digital now this isn't our first time covering an eight on product but we're going to start with something that will look a little bit familiar for you guys so this is the rugged ruckus to which is similar to the old one that is to say it's splash-proof drop proof very very rugged and of course it is a Bluetooth speaker so it supports Bluetooth 4.0 on the new version it has an upgraded solar panel with a higher amperage output so it can charge your device is better as well as charging its own internal battery better it supports NFC as well as speakerphone on like the old one and it has improved audio quality so here's the look there we go there's that USB out on the back whatever will do b-roll of that this right here is the ruckus extreme which is pretty much that one except more of the same it has a much better quality audio compared to the regular rugged ruckus too now we're moving into something that I promised the guys here at the booth I would describe as ridiculous this is the FRx series we've got the FRx for as well as the FRx 5 they are AM and FM radios they support general weather alerts as well as local weather alerts using s AME there are four different ways of charging these they can charged by solar we've come to expect that from them they can charge via a hand crank right there they can charge using alkaline batteries so you can put them in right there and finally they can charge over USB so you will pretty much never be stuck in the dark or out of the loop because it also supports an LA LED flashlight on the top the main difference between the 4 and the 5 is of course the increased size of the LED flashlight as well as this is the one that supports s AM II the last thing that I believe I did miss just a moment to go on this one is the fact that it also charges your USB devices so you can use the crank to keep your phone topped up in an emergency the last one speaking of emergencies is the blackout buddy see oh so this is just like the regular black out buddy it plugs into your wall outlet and in the event of a power loss the flashlight automatically goes off on so that you can find it and pick it up and use it as a flashlight it also acts as a nightlight regularly so if you cover up the light sensor it'll just have a nice little blow to it and this one unlike the original one also has a built-in carbon monoxide detector so in the event of emergency it does have a battery on board so it will continue to function very cool little piece of technology guys don't miss any of our CES 2014 coverage on Linus tech tips our sponsors this year are NCIX your source for great technology selection and service por ser and western digital