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Solar charger - iPad, iPhone, Android
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I'm going to be headed off the grid for a few days, but would still like to use devices (all my books are on there after all).
Amazon's listings for solar chargers are suspect, and after buying a few iphone battery cases that didn't work or were outright forgeries, I'd prefer to buy direct or get a real brand name to look for.
Anyone use a solar charger, or have any suggestions? I have a few battery packs.
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The ones we sold at my former job in a former life were among the "good" ones, and they all sucked.
Which is to say, they worked, but they'd take a whole day of sunlight to charge the phone to get through the night.
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This is what the stuff on amazon is saying. Basically you're buying a battery pack, and maybe it will charge via solar as a bonus.
handcranking seems like it would get old fast.
Maybe I just charge up all the packs I have and call it good.
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Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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Denzel it.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
I'm going to be headed off the grid for a few days, but would still like to use devices (all my books are on there after all).
Amazon's listings for solar chargers are suspect, and after buying a few iphone battery cases that didn't work or were outright forgeries, I'd prefer to buy direct or get a real brand name to look for.
Anyone use a solar charger, or have any suggestions? I have a few battery packs.
The phone case batteries are too small to be of any value.
I have this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(you can get a similar wattage panel for less probably)
Use the battery at night to charge devices, and recharge the battery by day with the sun.
Works amazingly well with a couple of these. https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Wate...SPY80G07Z5DCGE
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