Lidl Solar Charger - 16/05/13

[Dos_Box]

This looks very good, especially for the price (£12.99): Our Offers - Thursday, 16.05. - Solar-Powered Charger - Lidl UK

It's a solar USB charger that has a built in 2000mAh battery so you can charge/run your device off that once that has charged from the sun. I think I'll be investing

 

[Sunnyknight]

This looks very good, especially for the price (£12.99): Our Offers - Thursday, 16.05. - Solar-Powered Charger - Lidl UK

It's a solar USB charger that has a built in 2000mAh battery so you can charge/run your device off that once that has charged from the sun. I think I'll be investing

 

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Good sir, i salute you! *Slaps @Dos_Box*

[Dos_Box]

Just been looking to see if it is a good deal. Found a similar one on Amazon for £11.21 however it only has a 1100mAh battery.

PowerBee Compact solar phone charger: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

For a 1500mAh battery version the price goes up to £17.21: PowerBee Elite Solar Phone Charger for Iphones / Ipods: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Looks like I'll defiantly be investing

[john]

Are you expecting further sunshine @Dos_Box? Even the sun has run away from London My south facing balcony is a bleak and cold place now the sun has vanished

[LosOjos]

I might try one... though last time I tried a solar charging device (the Solio, about 5 years ago), it failed miserably. I took it with me to a music festival in Benicassim, southern Spain at the height of summer, clear blue skies and beating sunshine every day. Left it out on the beach all day, managed about a 10 minute charge of my mobile, which eventually wasn't enough to keep the thing going. It went in the bin!

 

I'm hoping the technology has come a long way since then...

[SteveBentley]

What isn't explicit is whether you can charge the battery from USB/power adapter as an alternative to solar - most of these units do provide that -which would make it a much more useful standby power supply.

[Gibbo]

Good point. It would be nice to go away with it fully charged.

[SYNACK]

I have a cheap - actually more expensive than that (nz pricing) - Chinese one that works once then refuses to even solar charge till you plug it in and charge it from the power point, kind of defeats the point. It drains while not charging a phone too. Don't get your hopes too high.

[Sunnyknight]

I have a cheap - actually more expensive than that (nz pricing) - Chinese one that works once then refuses to even solar charge till you plug it in and charge it from the power point, kind of defeats the point. It drains while not charging a phone too. Don't get your hopes too high.

 

So..... you bought something that does exactly the opposite? lol

[SYNACK]

So..... you bought something that does exactly the opposite? lol

 

Quality Chinese engineering at its finest.