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

[John Casterline]

NO batteries in solar charger.  I had connections to charge almost anything

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Sir Mix-a-lot <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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