While you are busy skiing, hiking, biking or paddling to relive those extraordinary outdoor moments, your portable gadgets do feel the heat sometimes when their batteries run out of juice. To tackle such fiddly situations, HighGear introduces the HighGear Solar Pod that features a 5.5V solar panel coupled with an inbuilt, 3.7V 650mAh Li-ion battery. The battery gets fully charge in 8 hours of sunlight or in 4 hours if charged with a computer USB.
highgear solar pod portable gadget charger
The Solar Pod comes with eight connector tips for Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and ZTE phones, Mini USB, iPod and iPhone. The 68g device also features a carbiner carry clip and a battery status indicator. Available here for $50 only.
Via: Campsaver
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