ninjapuppet wrote:Plenty to choose from here with free shipping to australia: http://dx.com/s/usb+AA+charger
216 usb AA chargers to choose from!
Strider wrote:ninjapuppet wrote:Plenty to choose from here with free shipping to australia: http://dx.com/s/usb+AA+charger
216 usb AA chargers to choose from!
But how many of them are solar?
ninjapuppet wrote:I honestly dont know how they can justify free shipping sometimes. I ordered a few items for $2 with free shipping from Hong Kong to Australia. I think it would have costed me more to send it via Australia post to the next suburb.
Onestepmore wrote:I am looking for a neat AA battery charger that can charge via solar and has the capacity to charge via a USB port (so that if need be I can charge it from a battery, my computer, car etc), preferably with a loop etc so I can clip it on with a carabiner to my pack.
Thanks for the options of the USB charger ones
I was just wondering if someone had some whizz bang one they found that worked well and wasn't dodgy! The choice on-line is mind boggling, but many look very dubious.
Onestepmore wrote:How they can make a profit on a $1 item is anybody's guess!
Onestepmore wrote:<Snip> I'd like to get a small, neat AA (I think they nearly always charge AAA as well) charger that will utilise a USB port for charging (from the car for example) and have solar charging ability as well <Snip
Any suggestions?
mountnman wrote:I'm also looking for a solar charger for AA batteries that used 1.5v batteries, as my GPS doesn't work on the 1.2v rechargables. Does such a thing exist? Or am I stuck taking 30 AA batteries on my next expedition?
Phillipsart wrote:Onestepmore wrote:I am looking for a neat AA battery charger that can charge via solar and has the capacity to charge via a USB port (so that if need be I can charge it from a battery, my computer, car etc), preferably with a loop etc so I can clip it on with a carabiner to my pack.
Thanks for the options of the USB charger ones
I was just wondering if someone had some whizz bang one they found that worked well and wasn't dodgy! The choice on-line is mind boggling, but many look very dubious.
goalzero Nomad 7 solar Kit. The pack does all the above.
pulseevents wrote:Phillipsart wrote:Onestepmore wrote:I am looking for a neat AA battery charger that can charge via solar and has the capacity to charge via a USB port (so that if need be I can charge it from a battery, my computer, car etc), preferably with a loop etc so I can clip it on with a carabiner to my pack.
Thanks for the options of the USB charger ones
I was just wondering if someone had some whizz bang one they found that worked well and wasn't dodgy! The choice on-line is mind boggling, but many look very dubious.
goalzero Nomad 7 solar Kit. The pack does all the above.
I second that. I recently bought a goal zero nomad 7 with a guide 10 batt pack. will charge aa and aaa batteries(4) in around 1.5hrs of good sun. Light and hangs easy over pack when walking.
Was sceptikal about how good it would be but rate it 100%.
Also the rechargeable batteries from ALDI are a good buy, easily out perform the energizer ones i have and are as good as the ones that came with it.
Mountain Design stock the goal zero and are within $10 of buying online, the only thing they need is a glasses cleaning cloth to put between the panels when folded to stop them scratching each other.
pulseevents wrote:maybe my batteries were not fully discharged but they didn't have enough grunt left in them to put any charge in my HTC. Will fully drain them this weekend and see how long they take to recharge.
How many mah are the batteries you use?
mountnman wrote:I went into the City today to Paddy Pallin, and spoke to one of the guys there about recharging AA batteries via solar and how it can be a difficult process. I told him what I wanted to use it for, to recharge batteries for my GPS, which was (note: "was") the old garmin etrex base model, with a serial port
. He mentioned that the new etrex series can be powered (not charged), buy a power monkey via mini USB. This option I hadn't even considered, but I realised it would do exactly what I wanted it to, which is power a GPS and charge a mobile phone.
So, I walked out of Paddy Pallin with a Power Monkey Adventurer, a new Garmin eTrex 30 GPS, a Fast Find 220 PLB, a headtorch, a shirt, a new mattress, a pillow, a water carrier, a beanie, and a spork (and I think I forgot something!)
And all I actually went in to do was to get a tent fly sent away for repair!
Onestepmore wrote:mountnman wrote:I went into the City today to Paddy Pallin, and spoke to one of the guys there about recharging AA batteries via solar and how it can be a difficult process. I told him what I wanted to use it for, to recharge batteries for my GPS, which was (note: "was") the old garmin etrex base model, with a serial port
. He mentioned that the new etrex series can be powered (not charged), buy a power monkey via mini USB. This option I hadn't even considered, but I realised it would do exactly what I wanted it to, which is power a GPS and charge a mobile phone.
So, I walked out of Paddy Pallin with a Power Monkey Adventurer, a new Garmin eTrex 30 GPS, a Fast Find 220 PLB, a headtorch, a shirt, a new mattress, a pillow, a water carrier, a beanie, and a spork (and I think I forgot something!)
And all I actually went in to do was to get a tent fly sent away for repair!
Ha , you sound like me when I go to the $2 shop to get a roll of sticky tape.
Good salesman - he identified you had a need when even you didn't realise what it was!
Well...several needs it seems![]()
The longer you spend in a shop, the more stuff you are likey to buy. It's one of the reasons why staples like bread milk and eggs are sually placed at the back of the supermarket, so you have to pass many other items to get there, thus increasing the liklihood of an impulse buy. Also why they regularly change the whole store and shelf layout, so you can't just automatically go and purchase 'the usual' in a quick focussed dash.
I already have a power monkey adventurer and it can charge devices directly, which is great
I don't think what I am after actually exists - a small compact solar charger that will effectively just charge a couple of AA or AA batteries (with the preferable option of also have a USB port or 12v adapter with which to fast charge the batteries). It doesn't have to have the capacity to power other devices. I have a small 240v plug in one which is fine for the intial charge of the batteries at home.
This looks close - anyone tried this one specifially ?
http://store.sundancesolar.com/poaafosobach.html
I'll do a bit of research on the Goal Zero Nomad 7, but once again it seems to be doubling up on what I already have, and the experiences described in a couple of posts above of inadequate charging capacity don't sound promising. Outdoorgearlab reviewed it and noted the glich in trying to charge iphone4 if the sun exposure gets interrupted at all, maybe this is what is happening to yours Phillipsart, but all the time?
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