powermonkey
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I've had a couple of cheap solar chargers and they were pretty useless, refusing to charge unless they were in direct sunlight and then taking hours and hours to recharge themselves.
I have considered spending more money on a "premium" product such as a Powermonkey, but the independant reviews I've Googled are a pretty mixed bag. Again, seems to work ok if in bright sunlight for several hours, but if it's cloudy then there just isn't enough light to charge it effectively.
The alternative I'm currently looking at is a high capacity powerbank such as this one from EC Technology link. I normally go camping/touring for a max of 4 or 5 days at a time, and this would have more than enough power to keep my devices going for that time. If I needed it for longer, then I could use powerpoints in cafes/campsites etc to give it a boost whilst on the road.
Depends where you're think of going really. If it's the UK, then you can't realistically rely on the weather.
I have considered spending more money on a "premium" product such as a Powermonkey, but the independant reviews I've Googled are a pretty mixed bag. Again, seems to work ok if in bright sunlight for several hours, but if it's cloudy then there just isn't enough light to charge it effectively.
The alternative I'm currently looking at is a high capacity powerbank such as this one from EC Technology link. I normally go camping/touring for a max of 4 or 5 days at a time, and this would have more than enough power to keep my devices going for that time. If I needed it for longer, then I could use powerpoints in cafes/campsites etc to give it a boost whilst on the road.
Depends where you're think of going really. If it's the UK, then you can't realistically rely on the weather.
Thanks for that info I go away camping for about the same amount of time aim thinking maybe being able to charge of the dynamo I have a hub nexus I think a read you can replace the front light with one that has usb charger that comes with it will look at this option how do the power banks work are they reachable batteries that you power up
A powerbank is basically a big battery that you charge up from the mains. You then plug your phone/garmin into it to recharge, depleting the remaining power in the powerbank. With a powerbank of this size, you should be able to comfortably recharge your phone & garmin maybe 5 or 6 times each without recharging the powerbank, Then when the powerbank starts to run low on power, you plug it back into the mains to top it up again.