Hi Misanthrope,

I would go with the Brunton Solaris 6 Foldable Solar Array at

http://www.rei.com/product/744034

It is more powerful, lighter to carry, more compact and more weatherproof.


Combine this with a Universal AAA and AA charger, which has a 12 V car cigarette power adapter. Use Eneloop NiMh cells. Have one set of batteries for your equipment while another set can be on the charger. Additional 12v car adapters will, should be available for PDAs, Ipods, MP3 players, portable TVs, cellular phones, media players, digital cameras, GPS etc which may have their own internal cell.
A 12v Universal car type power adapter which switch modes to lower voltages such as 9v, 6v, 5.0v, 4.5v, 3v etc can also be purchased. But you have to be careful to get the voltage and polarity of the connector tip correct though.

With this solar array you could even recharge a car vehicle battery (would take a long time though) or keep it topped up in an emergency. It may be enough to get the vehicle going if the car battery is flat.