[pct-l] Peek Charger

[David Thibault]

Patience Kea,  I saw your first post this morning at work but my charger and
scale were at home.

I'm still too laid back from 5 months on the trail - although my computer
almost ticked me off today.

As I said earlier 2.2 oz.  Unfortunately most places are terrible about
giving weighs of items - even places that make gear for hikers.

I had a lot of reservations on the battery life of the peek before the trip
cause I couldn't find a straight answer on how long in hours/minutes will it
last.   Instead I'd get answers like 4 days in typical use.  But what does
that mean - what is typical?  If worried a spare battery weighs very little
- I would weigh it but I no longer have mine as I accidentally smashed it a
short while ago and tossed it out.  But like I said I wouldn't even bother
carrying it again as I could recharge enough in towns that I never really
had an issue.  Although if your goal is to stay away from towns as much as
possible a spare battery would solve any issue.  It is also very easy to
change on the peek.

I have looked at carrying chargers (solar/battery/etc) but it always works
out that just having a back up battery is lighter and cheaper.  I do carry a
spare battery for my camera as it just sucks down that power and I have it
die before I can get to town.  I carry the charger for my camera too It
weighs about the same as the peek charger.




> Kea wrote:
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> Second time I'm sending this as the first version seems to have
> disappeared.
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> What is the weight of the Peek charger?  Can't find it on the useless Peek
> website.  Since the battery only lasts one week, I assume everyone carries
> the charger to charge at each town stop.
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