Originally Posted by
ScottC
I've been through a LOT of solar chargers, and almost none of them were worth their money. The panel on that Freeloader Pico is rated for 75mA (which is its maximum power - that means that on a cloudy day, you'll need about 40 hours of sunlight to get the measly 800mAh battery pack to 100%.
Also, an 800mAh pack is dismal - when you consider the iPhone battery pack, or most of them in an Android device at around 1800mAh.
If you don't want to go the bag route, get one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/New-Trent-IMP5...534480&sr=8-10
At 5000mAh, it'll get you 2-3 full charges of your device. If you want REAL solar power, check out Goal Zero:
http://www.goalzero.com/small-guide.html
If you'll pardon the pun you're more of a power user than me and I suspect need to charge your devices more than I do. I can usually get by for a week between charges on my Berry (9700) and my Samsung B2100 does usually 3-4 days (and I have a spare battery). I only intend to use this as emergency back up and normally it will stay fully charged from the home electricity via USB and if it wants to get some power from solar to keep topped up, so much the better. Take your point though and I wouldn't suggest anyone rely on the solar aspect for a full charge.