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

[Robert Kristoferitsch]

thanks to you all!

great feedback in such short time... love this community!
halfmile, your tracks are fantastic and i really appreciate your work!
my habit is to gps-track all my trails by myself... my personal log.

i always use rechargeables so i'm used to my 2-day-limit.
it's right that lithium ones last longer... haven't thought about it... thanks!
maybe i'll plant some extra trees in austria to minimize my bad feeling about filling up the landfill with old batteries.

the next step is to find out how to write my journal and with camera i'll take with me.

yogi writes that everyone has a kind of luxury items...
mine will be my gps and some extra batteries :-)
so i still hope to become a thru-hiker in 2012 !

cu
robert
 


Am 18.09.2011 um 02:41 schrieb Halfmile:

> Robert,
> Last time I looked into this (which was a couple of years ago) small
> solar panels didn't really have the capacity to charge AA batteries
> very quickly.
> 
> I have done a lot of GPS trail logging and I end up using AA lithium
> batteries. They last about twice as long as alkaline or rechargeables.
> I typically get 3.5 days use from a pair in my GPSMap60CSx and expect
> the new 62 series will get about the same life. As a bonus lithium
> batteries are about 1/3 lighter weight. The downsides are cost (about
> $10 per week) and filling up our landfills with all those old
> batteries.
> 
> It could be that something new and revolutionary has come along but if
> I were hiking and serious about GPS logging I would use Eveready
> Lithiums and probably something like this for the other devices:
> 
> http://www.newtrent.com/Default.asp
> 
> I will be interested in hearing what you decide to do.
> 
> -Halfmile
> www.pctmap.net
> 
> 
> 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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