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

[Sir Mix-a-lot]

I'm pretty sure the gps doesn't have a built in charger, so that means
having a second set to charge while the first set is in the gps.

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 5:26 PM, John Casterline <tnx4asking at gmail.com>wrote:

> NO batteries in solar charger.  I had connections to charge almost anything
>
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> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Sir Mix-a-lot <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Is this for geotagging pictures? That's the only reason I can think you
>> need
>> for a gps to be on all the time since Halfmile already has great tracks
>> and
>> it's easy to stay on the trail.  In any case, you'll already have to carry
>> 2
>> pairs of AA's...one in the gps and another set in the solar charger.  If
>> you
>> went with rechargeables, you'd need to add a solar charger.  If you went
>> with lithiums, and assuming 4 days between trail towns, you would only
>> need
>> that second set of batteries that you would have had anyway...and lithiums
>> weigh less than nimh batteries.  If you get an Amazon Prime membership,
>> you
>> can get free 2 day shipping along with paying much less than in trail
>> towns.  Even the weight of twice as many lithiums would weigh less than a
>> solar charger.
>>
>> Now if you plan to keep that camera, AA's and phone charged solely with
>> the
>> solar charger, you're going to need a very substantial solar charger.  One
>> option is to use a camera that uses AA batteries so you can share
>> batteries
>> and eliminate one more device to charge.  I can't advise much on the cell
>> phone since I have a very simple dumb phone.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:57 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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