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SunnyBag Leather Bags with 3 Watt Solar Panel

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:47:19 +0000

The Sunny Bags are the creations of Stefan Ponsold, who runs a company called SunnyBag based in Austria. The bags are a dark brown or black cowskin-leather, designed as a shoulder-bag for laptops and paperwork. The unique aspect of this bag is that it includes a 3 Watt solar panel with a 1600mAh LI-Ion battery pack. The high power solar panel allows the internal battery to be charged, even with cloudy and overcast days.

The Sunny Bags come with a range of adaptors to charge your portable gadgets, including the iPhone, iPod, most mobile phone models and USB. With the battery, the bag weighs approximately 1.4kg (or 3lb) and measures 42cm x 32cm x 8cm. The Business Pro model of the bags are able to comfortably house a 15.4″ laptop computer.

Prices start at €165.83 plus shipping fees. SunnyBag will happily ship their bags to the EU and internationally.

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Juice Bag Solar Beach Tote

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:00:38 +0000

The Juice Bag Solar Beach Tote is essentially a reusable tote-based bag with a large solar film panel on the side of it. The juice bag has a universal female car charger socket so that you can connect your devices to charge them up. The solar panel outputs a maximum current of 325mA at 12V, which will charge most devices in 1 to 4 hours.

The solar panel itself measures 300mm x 300mm (12″ x 12″), and the bag measures 480mm x 380mm x 280mm (19″ wide x 15″ high x 11″ deep). Inside the bag is a special pocket which can be used to hold small gadgets such as mobile phones and PDAs. The bag has been designed to be very robust, with heavy duty cotton webbing handles, a waterproof support for the bottom of the bag and a specially designed frame too.

I would have preferred to see a USB socket rather than the car charger socket, as that’s much smaller. However, that would involve some electronics to regulate the voltage so that your gadgets don’t blow up! What’s interesting is that the Reware SolarSistem solar panel is removable, meaning you don’t need to use it specifically with your bag.

The bags are pretty pricey at $249.99, but that’s because the solar film panels are still expensive to make, and are only just coming down in price. The manufacturer Reware has a whole range of solar panel bags which are worth checking out.

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Black Hills Solar Charger BackPack

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:00:08 +0000

The Black Hills Solar Charger Rucksack is a spacious and lightweight 25 litre backpack that features a solar powered charger built into it. The Black Hills Solar Backpack uses sunlight to trickle-charge the internal Lithium battery. The charger can then be used to charge all of your gadgets, such as MP3 players, mobile phones, PDAs, etc.

The solar panel on the backpack delivers a maximum output of 6V at 120mA, and the battery delivers a maximum output of 3.7V at 800mA. In strong sunlight, it takes around 10 to 14 hours to fully charge the internal battery. However, if you want to top up the internal battery, you can do so with the provided USB cable or AC adaptor. Using the USB or AC alternative, you can charge the internal battery in just 2 hours.

The backpack will fully charge most devices in around 2-3 hours. The bag comes with 17 essential adaptors, which covers the majority of gadgets. The bag also features a headphone port, presumably so that you can keep your music play in your bag and plug your headphones in from outside the bag.

The Black Hills Solar Charger Rucksack costs around £49, with free delivery in the UK. Looks like this bag is a great combination of quality and features, and it easily beats other solar-charger bags that I’ve seen!

Source: Eco Travel Gadgets

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E-Charger – Solar Powered Charger Bags

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:00:00 +0000

E-Charger, a UK company, have a range of solar-powered bags that come in a range of styles, are spacious, waterproof and hardwearing. The solar panels are capable of charging most small gadgets, including mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players, game consoles, digital cameras, sat navs, CD players, etc.

For the traveller, the solar-powered bag is perfect, as you could use it to charge up GPS navigation devices or your music player whilst you’re out and about.

The pouch page is suitable for a range of situations, perhaps climbing, perhaps running outdoor events.

The business bag is ideal for charging mobile phones and PDA when you’re on the go. If long days are not unusual, then a portable charger will be very useful. Sadly, I doubt that it will be able to charge up a laptop, as laptops are just a little too demanding.

The solar panels are pretty small, so I don’t think they’ll charge your gadgets particularly quickly. However, the bags look great and are completely functional.

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Solar Powered Camera Bag

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:00:59 +0000

If you’re an amateur or professional photographer, you’ll know how quickly your digital SLR cameras eat through batteries. I imagine that you use rechargeable batteries, otherwise it would cost you a fortune in standard disposable batteries. The Solar Powered Camera Bag is an ideal eco gadget that will help keep your camera batteries fully charged.

If you’re using rechargable batteries already, you’re already open to the idea of being eco friendly. Chances are, you already have a 12V battery charger that you use in your vehicle. The solar camera bag can exploit your 12V battery charger to correctly top up your camera batteries.

If you’ve got a long day doing a photo shoot, you might find you need a fresh charge of batteries on the day. At the very least, you have the opportunity to charge your batteries in the field, rather than waiting until you get home.

Source: Eclipse Solar Gear

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