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Varta Solar Charger including 2 x AA Rechargeable Batteries

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Varta Solar Charger including 2 x AA Rechargeable Batteries
 
Manufacturer: Varta
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Product Details

  • Solar powered charger for all your mobile devices
  • Charges by light or USB In
  • Charges your devices by USB Out
  • Includes 2xAA 2,100 mAh R2U rechargeable batteries and 6 adaptors for your mobile devices
  • 3 year warranty

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Nice little charger, shame about the fittings
 
Review Date: July 30, 2010
Reviewer: Jeremy Williams, Luton
I've been looking at some length for a solar charger that could do batteries and mobile phones, and after looking at a good twenty options both on Amazon and elsewhere, I went for this one.

First, the postives: the build quality is good, it's compact and neat, and very simple to use. The included rechargables are ready to use out of the pack, although not quite at full charge. The USB option is a useful alternative for overcast days, meaning you can always have a couple of batteries on trickle charge.

The negatives: I looked at the packaging and checked it was compatible with our phones, but the adaptors don't fit either my Samsung phone or my wife's Blackberry. Without the adaptor, I can't charge the phones either off the solar panels or the USB. Do Samsung and Blackberry have more than one kind of charger fitting, or is the packaging wrong? Either way, that's pretty annoying, and it means I can't comment on the phone charging aspects of the device.

It only charges AA batteries. It doesn't claim to do AAA, but it wouldn't have killed them to add that functionality.

I should also mention the charge time, which isn't included in the blurb here - you're looking at 18 hours charge time with the solar panels, 14 hours through the USB. That's fine for my normal rate of battery use, but it's not fast enough to take on holiday and run my camera. You'll know best if it would work for you.

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