Solar 2 in 1 Folding Panel, Power supply, AA and AAA battery charger.

by Everestep

Product Features

• Includes a full set of multi-plug conectors
• Icludes a battery compartment for charging AA and AAA batteries
• Can charge cell phones, hand held games and music devices

Product Description

This is a Folding Pocket Solar Charger. It comes with a battery charging unit for charging 4 AA or 4 AAA rechargeable batteries at a time. The power cord has a pre wired multiplug connector. It will fit common power supply ports on your electronic devises. It has a blocking diode to prevent reverse flow at night. The rugid housing unfolds to expose the solar panel to the sun. It also comes with a belt clip that will alow you to clip it to your backpack, purse or belt. The omni plug fits the Nokia Cell phone pictured, but it may not be suitable for all cell phones. Rechargable batteries and cell phone pictured are not included. What you get: 6 volt, 200 mA folding solar panel. AA, AAA battery charger unit (batteries not included) Power cord with Omni plug Belt clip Wire junction (to replace battery charger when not in use)

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000XD9O2E
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,009 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good value for the money, May 6, 2009

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Jane A. Taylor Jaehning - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solar 2 in 1 Folding Panel, Power supply, AA and AAA battery charger. (Misc.)

It does have enough solar panel to charge batteries, but it takes all day. You must install either 4 2A or 3A at a time. You can't do just 2. I can't get it to charge my phone as shown. I have to charge up the batteries, then hook up the phone so it is the batteries and not the panel charging the phone at that point. I am hoping that I can use it on my long distance bicycle ride.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Choice, December 30, 2009

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Ra Tera "crablegs" (Honolulu, Hi USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Solar 2 in 1 Folding Panel, Power supply, AA and AAA battery charger. (Misc.)

Great Charger!
Cons- You have only 2 options on batteries capacity. You must use either 4-AA or 4-AAA batteries during charging. And it's recommended of the same brand and Mah capacity for uniformity. Also, the cables do not include a USB connector to charge your MP3 player or Cellphone directly, but you could work around this with a second dedicated charger for your Cell.

Pros- The solar cells are good quality. At least, my unit was a good one. There may be duds as with any product. Living in Hawaii we have great sunlight. It takes only 5-8 hours to fully charge batteries from a fully discharged condition. Unlike expensive chargers with a built-in lithium battery, you can use any standard NiMH batteries of greater capacity to store your energy. Compare a 2800 Mah lithium capacity to say, 4-AA batteries of 2500 Mah each! When the lithium battery dies in the expensive charger, youre stuck! Not with this. You simply use new batteries. Now, this is what I do --- I can connect this charger and charge another smaller solar charger with an internal battery that does have a USB connector to charge my Cell or MP3 player. So even if the built-in lithium of my smaller charger dies, I simply hook up the chargers and I'm in business. But the important thing is that solar cells are of good quality and really charge in short time. And the fact that you can use any AA or AAA NiMH batteries for storage of power.

One more minor PRO - the battery compartment is separate from the solar panels, so you can protect it from the sun and not have to worry about it melting. Highly recommend.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a little weak, June 1, 2009

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Daniel Ethan Rieber "astroman" (denver) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solar 2 in 1 Folding Panel, Power supply, AA and AAA battery charger. (Misc.)

it is light weight and works ok, so long as you are in constant direct sunlight. not gunna work in the Pacific NW, or even just intermittent cloudy days.