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Good Luck Getting Service

By Rocky Thompson on August 18th, 2006

solio charger

Suffer the ring of your cell phone in the backcountry an extra day with the Solio solar charger. This fanned-out solar panel gives you a full charge after about 8 hours in the sun, and it includes a suction cup that attaches to windows—hopefully your tent has windows. You’ll have to make sure you stay within a couple miles of the highway so you stay in cell range, too.

The Solio also charges iPods, but you’ll just have to bring spare batteries for your noise-canceling headphones while hiking.

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One Response to “Good Luck Getting Service”

  1. Backcountry.com: The Goat » Blog Archive » Solar Cell Phone Still Won’t Get Signal in the Backcountry March 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pm

    [...] Anyone can charge their cell phone with a solar panel in the backcountry (or the city), but one Chinese company has a cell phone with built-in solar panels. It gets 25 minutes of talk time after 40 minutes strapped to the top of your backpack or (more realistically) sitting under florescent lights on your desk at work. Too bad you still won’t be able to find a signal in the ski resort parking lot. [...]