Portable Solar Battery Charger

You’ve probably had this happen to you: you’re out of the office or out running errands, and you suddenly realize that your cell phone is dead. Even worse, you’re out of town for a business conference and you forget to pack your cell charger. What happens if you’re out camping or hiking and need to charge your phone? When your battery runs dead in these cases, you can always turn to a universal solar charger to repower your phone (of course, this assumes you remember to pack it!).

A universal solar charger, or portable solar battery charger, is basically a solar panel on the go. It’s small and light, and you can easily fold it up and stash it in your backpack, briefcase, or even your purse. Whenever your phone has gone dead, you just pull out the universal solar charger, connect the necessary adapter to the mini-USB cord, plug that into your phone, and set the solar panel in the sun. After two to three hours, you’ll have a fully charged cell phone! There’s no need for electrical outlets at all, and you can charge your phone anywhere.

The universal solar charger comes with a number of different adapters so you can use it with almost any phone, including those made by Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, Ericsson, Samsung, and Sony. The charger even works with most BlackBerry models and iPods, too, so you can charge up your smartphone and keep your music playing.

While it is another piece of equipment you have to carry around (and, let’s face it, if you forget your phone charger, you may forget the portable solar battery charger as well), it’s one that can actually replace several different chargers. If you travel with your spouse, for example, and you both have cell phones, you can take the universal solar charger instead of both chargers. You can also leave the iPod charger at home so you have less stuff to keep up with.

Sun Cookers

Do you enjoy camping but hate all the stuff you have to drag out to the campsite with you? For some people, building a campfire and cooking hotdogs over it is great, but if you’re going to be camping out for several days or even a week, there’s only so much you can cook on your fire. You probably won’t want to eat hotdogs for every meal, but it can be difficult to cook other types of food over an open fire. You can take a small grill with you, but that often means taking grilling accessories, charcoal or other fuel, and more.

However, there is a new alternative to cooking outdoors: sun cookers. You may have never heard of sun cookers before, but they are basically a solar powered way of cooking meals. They can make a number of great dishes, and one of the best things about them is that they require no fuel at all! You don’t have to gather wood, purchase gas, or get charcoal. Instead, all you need is a sunny area to set up your sun cooker. Once you’ve found the ideal spot, you just unfold the solar reflectors and put your food in the cooking area. The glass door lets you watch as the sun’s rays cook your lunch or dinner while you wait.

Sun cookers come with built-in thermometers and are adjustable. They heat up to 350 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, which is enough to cook many different meals. The interior of the solar oven is large enough to fit several dishes at once. While it’s not the fastest cooking oven around—it takes about 40 minutes to cook a cup of rice—it can provide you with alternatives to eating hot dogs every day. If you go camping often, one of these sun cookers may be exactly what you need to open up your menu.

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Below are some new green gadgets for the On-The-Go lifestyle:

1) Solar Backpacks

The new Solar Backpacks not only look cool but with Solar Panels on the back you can keep all your devices juiced up without ever plugging in. These bags include standard adapters for common cell phones and other handheld devices. Read more