[pct-l] Solar Chargers

[Brian Watt]

Jinx

On the specs webpage at 
http://www.suntactics.com/product/usb-solar-charger-5/ it shows the 
weight is 8.4 oz. The unit has a standard USB port and I could attach 
either the iPhone 5 to the port, or the battery to the port to charge 
one or the other. The s5 has 4 holes on the corners and I used mini 
S-biners to attach it to the mesh on the top of my backpack.

The battery was external, and was purchased separately from Amazon. As I 
said it was an Anker 3000 mAh lipstick battery. See 
http://www.amazon.com/Astro-Lipstick-Sized-Portable-External-Technology/dp/B005X1Y7I2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427080112&sr=8-2&keywords=Anker+3000+mAh.

As Dave said, the Suntactics s5 would and could charge my iPhone 
directly, but the iPhone needed to be turned on to do that, so when you 
went into shade, for example in the forests of Oregon, I found that the 
ratio of shade vs sun was insufficient to fully charge the phone very 
much. As a result I found using an intermediate battery to be the best 
solution.

Tartan