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YogaBear
402
Oct 21, 2016
Just a small comment on using solar chargers efficiently - it's usually recommended to use them to charge a battery pack or similar, and then use the battery pack to charge your phone or similar.
This may seem strange, since you'll lose some power through the conversions, but the reason is that smartphones (and definitely *pads) are finicky when it comes to charging current. Hence, if you don't have perfect, sunny conditions your phone will probably not charge constantly from the solar panel, but will go "charging - not charging - charging" continously depending on input.
Battery packs tend to be easier to charge, or have less sensitive electronics, so they'll fill up much faster. Then they provide a steady current to charge your device.
Also, this means you don't have to leave your smartphone by the solar panel for hours.
it-man
720
Oct 21, 2016
YogaBearCompletely agree. Unless you are in an emergency.