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#246676 - 06/06/12 01:46 PM deal on battery powered phone charger
TeacherRO Offline
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Registered: 03/11/05
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#246679 - 06/06/12 02:54 PM Re: deal on battery powered phone charger [Re: TeacherRO]
Lono Offline
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Registered: 10/19/06
Posts: 1013
Loc: Pacific NW, USA
FWIW I just put in an order for one of these so I don't have any basis for a review, but has anyone checked out the JOOS Orange solar charger? It appears to be a hardened solar charger with better capabilities than the norm. http://solarjoos.com/. Its available online and at local rei.com. I'll post a review after I've had a chance to use it for a while. My plan as usual is to deploy it as my charger when the power is out.

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#246701 - 06/07/12 05:10 AM Re: deal on battery powered phone charger [Re: TeacherRO]
Quietly_Learning Offline
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Registered: 05/29/12
Posts: 164
Thank you TeacherRO, I placed an order.

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#246704 - 06/07/12 06:54 AM Re: deal on battery powered phone charger [Re: Quietly_Learning]
haertig Offline
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Registered: 03/13/05
Posts: 2322
Loc: Colorado
Might be a neat thing to have, considering it's so cheap. But I think they might be a tad on the optimistic side with that "10 hours talk time" claim. My phone won't even do that with its heavy duty Li-Ion battery. And they claim to be able to do it with two AA batteries? Me thinks not. Try "a few minutes talk time". Which may be enough (especially if using text messages and not voice calls). A "10 hour" claim is pure nonsense. Maybe they're counting the 10 hours you'd be yelling at the silly thing after is exhausted itself in a few minutes as part of that "talk time"?

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#246711 - 06/07/12 02:12 PM Re: deal on battery powered phone charger [Re: TeacherRO]
chaosmagnet Offline
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Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3857
Loc: USA
I can get a significant charge on my iPhone with a similar unit. Not ten hours of talk time, but at least 30min. Way more with texting.

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