[pct-l] Solar Chargers

[Seth Jacobs]

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I tested a solar charger for about 6 months before taking in on the trail,
where it promptly failed.  I had planned to use it to charge my Android
phone and my Kindle.  The Kindle never needed a charge, but the phone only
lasted about 2 days.  It wasn't much of a problem, other than I liked to
text my wife when I would bed down at night.  I had told her not to worry
if she didn't hear from me every night because I didn't know what sort of
coverage I would have but after not hearing from me for 3 days she did
begin to worry.  Persons following your progress should know that not
hearing from you for a couple of days is not cause for worry (usually).

Seth


> Message: 33
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:53:09 -0700
> From: Nathan Adame <nathan4517 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] A few gear questions
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> Hello Everyone,
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> In planning for the 2013 year I have a few questions for the group:
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> My wife and I will both bring Iphone?s (4S) for music, Halfmiles Map
> App(As backup), and our only cameras.
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> We are just starting to map out our resupply points but it looks like we
> will be in a town roughly every 3 days. My guess is we can get around 1.5
> days of power from each phone so we will need to recharge on the trail. My
> two considerations are a solar charger or an external battery.
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> The pros of a solar charger is you never run out of power (provided you?re
> in a sunny area) and you don?t have to wait hours in town for all of your
> battery?s to charge.
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> So far I am leaning towards 1 6000mAh(4 Charges) battery backup.? There
> are other options out there that offer 7 charges and 11 charges but I am
> just not sure how much power one typical uses.
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