Pitot Static standby instruments on B707/727/737/757/767 as well as B747 'Classics' and Fokker F50 and F100 are "suck and blow" (usually only an ASI and Altimeter though) but you'll need a torch to read them in the dark. Cannot speak for types that I'm not rated on.
In a total power failure its the Standby Horizon that's going to kill you when the battery goes flat. If the Standby Altimeter is unwinding fast, the Standby ASI is reading way too high or your pencils and checklists are stuck to the overhead panel, you'd better believe them!
In simulator tests of 200 pilots, 198 lost control within two minutes of being deprived of any horizon reference in IMC in an otherwise serviceable aircraft. Only one succeeded in landing the simulator. (An ex-naval aviator - perhaps he had better sea legs?)
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[This message has been edited by Blacksheep (edited 27 March 2001).]