Quote Originally Posted by bikerHen View Post
Anybody use one on a tour? We have a two week, self supported, mostly camping adventure in the Canadian Rockies planned for this summer. I have been refining my touring gear and the last item I would like to have is some sort of solar charging system for my garmin and phone. I tried a Solio charger last year and it didn't work at all. I'm currently looking at this, www.voltaicsystems.com We would be buying the parts and making our own carrying system to cut down on the weight. Anyone have any experience with this system or any system? I still have some time, but want to decide on something by late spring. bikerHen
Really a good bag! There are many this kind of products in the market. A common disadvantage is take long time to recharge it by sunlight, because solar panel is too small. But in some special situation, for example, no grid area, it's really a useful product. I had a solar charger for my cell phone. If put it under the sun light only takes about 4 hours to fully charge, I have used for several months, work well now.