[pct-l] solar panels - useful or not?

[John Casterline]

I had very good success with Power Monkey.  I blogged every night and did my
emails almost every night.  I charged my Iphone every night.  Total WT = 6
oz ( 3 oz panels and 3 oz capacitor).

To see picture - go to my web site  postholer.com/tnx4asking   and look at
the Apr 14th entry.

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Robert Kristoferitsch <
robert at kristoferitsch.com> wrote:

> hi folks!
>
> i will use my Garmin GPSMap62s on my 2012 hike...
> with 2AA batteries it will last two days permanent tracking... so I'll need
> a lot of AAs
>
> recharging in town needs time I do not have :-(
> always buying new ones  costs a lot and isn't environmentally friendly  :-(
>
> are there some hikers out there using any kind of solar panels?... any
> suggestions?
> i'll also have a small camera and some journaling device (cell phone)...
>
> thanks,
> robert
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