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February 4th, 2010, 19:20
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Solar-charged batteries (http://www.engadget.com/tag/solar%2Cbattery) aren't exactly wow factors these days, unless they're dirt cheap like this Scosche (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Scosche) solBAT II. With 1,500mAh of juice, this dongle can carry slightly more power than your average smartphone, and can also take any device with a USB cable. However, before you fork out $29.99 to Scosche, you should know that the solBAT takes between four to five days (!) to charge up fully under sunlight -- not ideal for most power-hungry smartphones nowadays. There's always the $93.23 Energizer SP2000 (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/energizer-expands-energi-to-go-charging-line-with-more-solar-ip/) (2,000mAh) for your consideration -- it's bulkier, but with three solar panels it only needs six hours of solar-charge time. Guess we'll just take the faster one, thanks.Continue reading Scosche solBAT II collects solar power, distributes it to USB devices (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/04/scosche-solbat-ii-collects-solar-power-distributes-it-to-usb-de/)
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Solar-charged batteries (http://www.engadget.com/tag/solar%2Cbattery) aren't exactly wow factors these days, unless they're dirt cheap like this Scosche (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Scosche) solBAT II. With 1,500mAh of juice, this dongle can carry slightly more power than your average smartphone, and can also take any device with a USB cable. However, before you fork out $29.99 to Scosche, you should know that the solBAT takes between four to five days (!) to charge up fully under sunlight -- not ideal for most power-hungry smartphones nowadays. There's always the $93.23 Energizer SP2000 (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/energizer-expands-energi-to-go-charging-line-with-more-solar-ip/) (2,000mAh) for your consideration -- it's bulkier, but with three solar panels it only needs six hours of solar-charge time. Guess we'll just take the faster one, thanks.Continue reading Scosche solBAT II collects solar power, distributes it to USB devices (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/04/scosche-solbat-ii-collects-solar-power-distributes-it-to-usb-de/)
Scosche solBAT II collects solar power, distributes it to USB devices (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/04/scosche-solbat-ii-collects-solar-power-distributes-it-to-usb-de/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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