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I like this one.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I took an 8gb iPod nano (2nd generation). I would seriously consider picking up one of the re-furbs at the apple store for $150 right now- the old style used less battery than the new ones do, and weighed a little less.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I used the Silva Tech4o (4.2 oz) solar charger to charge 2700mAh AA batteries (About 1 oz each- I had 6, 2 for camera, 2 charging, and 2 charged at any time), and then used a single AA powered iPod and cell recharger (1 oz). Total setup cost (including batteries)- 11oz, and that includes batteries and charger for cell phone and camera.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The solar panel was able to charge a cell phone (use about 10 mins per day avg) a Canon a710 (about 150 photos per day) and a iPod (listened on average 6 hours a day.) I wouldn't recommend adding another device to the list- that was about maximizing what the solar panel was able to keep up with.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I highly recommend getting books on tape. I used audible.com and simply download at the quality level 2. Its good enough quality still to enjoy, and 24hrs of book on tape is about 100mb. I had the nano about three quarters full of music, and about a quarter full of audio books, which was about 480 hours of book on tape- about 40 books, including War and Peace (excellent book for trips like this) Brothers Karamazov, and many other awesome things to listen to.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I would give music and books on tape two thumbs up. Some seriously hard-core outdoorsman (or at least people who claimed they were) criticized me for bringing an iPod, but I didn't hike with other hikers at all (save for about 4 hours one day) and things can get pretty lonely. I was very glad to have taken the books on tape (and the music was nice too to lift the spirits late in the evenings some times.)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If you have any other questions, let me know!</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>God Bless,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Alden Dale</div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 17, 2007, at 9:52 PM, detour74 wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>To those of you that take music with you on those long hikes or thru hikes,what is a good IPod/MP3 for trail use in terms of battery life/reliability,etc...?</div> <div> </div> <div>Detour</div><div> <br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><hr size="1">Looking for last minute shopping deals? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51734/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping"> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Pct-l mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Pct-l@backcountry.net">Pct-l@backcountry.net</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To unsubscribe or change list options (digest, etc):</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>