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

[giniajim]

Just a note, don't put batteries in the landfill.  They can be recycled.

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From: "Robert Kristoferitsch" <robert at kristoferitsch.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Cc: "Halfmile" <halfmile at pctmap.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] solar panels - useful or not?


> 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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