4 Watt 250 MA 12V Mono-crystalline zipper bag Solar Battery Charger Kit with Siemens Solar Cells
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This solar charger has one 12V cigarette lighter outlet for you to attach any car adapter to recharge your cell phones, I-Pod, MP3 Players, and other electronics devices. It even can recharge a 12V car battery. It recharges the 10 rechargeable AA NIMH or NICD batteries in about 4 hours (batteries not included). The energy stored in the batteries can be used to continue charging your cell phone even in the dark.
There are three types of Solar Cells on the market. All our Solar chargers are using the best - Mono-Crystalline Solar Cells.
Amorphous or Dual Junction Solar Glass are the cheapest but are only 7% energy efficient and have 5 years of service life. They are big and heavy.
Poly-Crystalline have 25 plus years of service life under direct sunlight and are 13% efficient.
Mono-Crystalline have 25 plus years of service life and are up to 20% efficient. This is the same type used in solar car racing or the solar airplane. This type of solar cells is now in a worldwide shortage because only a few companies can manufacture these solar cells.
This bag charger is using the best Siemens mono-crystalline solar cells. It is currently in a worldwide shortage and it is getting more expensive.
Product Details
Uses the most efficient Siemens Mono-Crystalline Solar Cells
Powerful 4 Watt solar cells provide power to charge up to 10 AA batteries
10 rechargeable AA battery compartment (batteries not included) to store energy to continue charging indoor
Can be used together with built-in cigarette lighter socket for using with car adapters
Recharge your cell phones, I-Pod, MP3 Players, and other electronic devices
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Customer Reviews
Off-Grid Solar for iPods, Smart Phone, 12V Receiver
Review Date: May 19, 2010
Reviewer: J. Hastings, Las Vegas, NV
I've been testing this in Southwest sunshine since February with no melting of the battery pack. I bought 10 rechargeable AA cells separately, the "solar cells" are the photovoltaic pieces. It has a cigarette power socket like in a car.
Don't expect it to charge your car battery or power an inverter for your laptop. Maybe you could finesse those things with some hardware fiddling, but you'd need patience since it's four watts, not forty watts.
It's perfect for existing iPhone and cell phone cigarette lighter chargers as is. I got it to work with a 12 volt scanner I bought at Radio Shack years ago. Again, that required adding my own cigarette adapter connected to the appropriate size power plug.
It also seems to run emergency Citizen Band rigs designed to plug into car 12 volt socket. A good way to keep in touch when parked without draining your car battery. A great addition to your "Blackout Bag."
Does Not Work
Review Date: May 8, 2010
Reviewer: CHBJ, Hawaii
I've been an Amazon.com customer for years. A few weeks ago, I purchased this Mono-Crystalline Solar Battery Charger at Amazon.com from Exciting Products. It does not work, despite repeated attempts with it in the Hawaii sun. I'm returning this solar charger for my money back.
Excellent product for a very good price
Review Date: December 18, 2009
Reviewer: Amateur Radio operator, St. Louis, MO
I have had this solar bag recharger now for a short while and really have to commend the inventor/ creator for an excellently designed and manufactured product. Wish the manufacturer where named by the reseller.
The review about the battery case in the sun warping - do not be fooled by it. The materials used in this product, as well as the workmanship, are top notch. Houston is most certainly hot and my guess is that the pack was left in a car to recharge, that's 140F and more. No plastic will stay unharmed by such heat.
The one star rating given by someone else, also missed the point. A product isn't bad just because the owner bought the wrong product for his needs. I'd like to see a product this size which does run an inverter, this is not a big solar farm. This product also was not designed to charge a car battery, but if wanted, a male-male connector could be used without a problem.
For the size that this bag has, combined with the female cigarette lighter plug, together with an additional zip-able pocket to take along connectors or whatever, it is a great product. I use it to recharge my handheld HAM radio on the go and I am looking forward to next summer when it will undoubtedly keep my transceiver going endlessly. Even when nighttime has come it keeps going with the charged batteries in the pack. I personally filled it up with Eneloop AA batteries so the charged energy isn't lost within a few days.
I will update this review with specifications as soon as possible.
I certainly did not regret this buy. Anyone interested in a durable, reliable emergency power supply for small gadgets, be it cell phones, GPS, you name it - will not regret ordering it.
a super great product
Review Date: March 29, 2008
Reviewer: B. Kali, charlotte,nc
the best solar charger for cellphones and small appliances.it also charges aa batteries included with the charger.10 rechargeable batts.that's fantastique.unfortunetly i want to buy more and i cannot find it.
what a pity!
kali
dont waste your money
Review Date: October 3, 2007
Reviewer: russianbrother, montana
It charges AA batteries just fine but you cant put an inverter on it to run a radio. I tried and it doesnt work. There are other solar powered battery chargers that charge all different sized batteries.Thats what I should of bought instead. All this is good for is chargeing AA batteries and that is it.I use the inverter in my car to charge my cell phone when im on the road.I dont know how you can charge a car battery with this thing when the cigarette lighter on the panel is a female fitting and wont fit in the cigarette lighter unless there are alagator clips with a male plug on the end of them. even so you would be hanging around your car for about 8 hours waiting for the panel to charge the car battery.
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