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SolarMonkey' Portable Charger
SolarMonkey' Portable Charger

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Brand: PowerTraveller
Category: CE

Buy New: £25.39



New (23) from £21.95

Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3219

Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 1.8

MPN: SoLM
Model: SoLM
EAN: 6781860005742
ASIN: B0012NISZS

Release Date: May 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours

Features:
  • Ever wondered what it would be like to have free power? Well now you can with the Solarmonkey.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Ever wondered what it would be like to have free power? Well now you can with the Solarmonkey - a fantastic portable solar charger that folds up neatly and can be stored away until you next need it!
With a tough, rubberised casing, the Solarmonkey can be attached to a rucksack, hung from a window, left in a car or taken anywhere the sun shines!

Please be aware that this is a solar product with no internal battery, it works from UV light so the stronger the sunlight - the better your solarmonkey will work - it's perfect if you're going on holiday! Charge your phone...

The Solarmonkey can be connected directly to your phone, enabling you to recharge without the need for batteries or a mains power supply!

The Solarmonkey comes with tips for the most popular makes of mobile phones:

Nokia and Mini Nokia tips
Motorola V66 tip
Samsung E900 tip
LG Chocolate tip
Sony Ericsson K750i tip
Charge your iPod...

Fed up with your iPod battery running out whilst you're sunning yourself on the beach? Don't fret! Solarmonkey is here and ready to provide you with power - directly from the sun! You won't even have to get off your sun lounger...

Free play...

Get free play from your iPod - wherever you are

If you've got Soundtraveller speakers, you can use the Solarmonkey to provide you with power to play your music! Simply plug the Solarmonkey into the back of the speaker and away you go!
Did you know that the solarmonkey will also work under incandescent lights such as a table lamp - genius!With no need for batteries or mains chargers, the Solarmonkey and soundtraveller really are a match made in technology heaven!



Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Rubbish - would give zero stars if I could   July 26, 2008
 3 out of 5 found this review helpful

Bought this at Heathrow to recharge my Tom Tom sat nav as I'd left the charger in the car. Thought it would at least do something helpful. No chance! Sunny and hot all week in Ireland in July. It took a full week to recharge the Tom Tom. After a 3 hour car journey there wasn't enough power for it to even start up. Considering returning it to Dixons on the basis it doesn't comply with the Sale of Goods Act.


5 out of 5 stars Very clever item!!   July 16, 2008
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I have one of these sat in the window charging my Nokia now, i use it to charge my ipod, PSP and BB. It works as long as there is some sun, but will work under a bright lamp as well, I would think you have a damaged/faulty unit. I have used loads of other so called solar chargers and this is the only one that really works...



1 out of 5 stars Not suitable in the UK   July 10, 2008
 6 out of 10 found this review helpful

This is a great concept and being someone that spends alot of time outdoors, I thought it would be great for me.

However, I have come to the conclusion that it is absolutely useless in the UK. We just don't have a strong enough strength of sunlight for it to work.

I have tried leaving it for a full day connected to various devices and it just doesn't work. I will take it on holiday abroad to see if it is any better there, but here in the UK .... it is useless.

Pity. I just wish someone else had written such a review before I parted with the money for mine. But, hey, I suppose someone had to be the guinea pig for it.





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