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Price : $97.95

Features

• Charges your small electronics from solar power
• Polycrystalline solar panel construction
• Lightweight and sturdy
• Comes with BattJack Rapid Charger

Product Description

Your power source for anywhere! Brunton SolarPort 4.4 Portable Solar Charger. Keep your electronics charged and ready when no power is available. This Solar Charger produces enough power to charge small electronics and run cell phones, GPS units, digital cameras and more. It’s made with durable polycrystalline solar cells and is weatherproof to stand up to the rigors of camping and backpacking. There’s more: 6V or 12V selectable; maximum output is 4.4 watts; USB connection with USB output (5V @ 500 mA); Link up to three units together for even more output; Includes BattJack battery charger for AA / AAA batteries; 12V DC vehicle outlet in the hinge; Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 6 x 1 1/2; weighs 19 ozs. 1-year limited warranty. The power to order is in your hands… don’t wait! Brunton SolarPort Portable Solar Charger

Customer Reviews

Review date : 2008-09-04
I am very disappointed in the Brunton Solarport 4.4. I wanted to charge my iPhone but was unable to charge it; even in full sunlight with the phone turned off. It did charge my Garmin Forerunner (a smaller device.) Not much bang for the buck; I wouldn’t recommend it. No response from product support guy; won’t return calls.

Review date : 2008-08-18
I, like many others had a hard time figuring out how to get this thing to work. It has one major design flaw. When it is not in DIRECT sunlight, the battery charger indicator lights will show that the batteries are fully charged. For a long time I thought that it wasn’t working.
It needs full on, undiffused sunlight or it just won’t work. When you find a patch of sunlight it works great. Due to this I would recommend keeping a good supply of charged batteries on hand if on a long trip out in the field in case of extended times of cloudiness.
For the money it works well, just make sure you keep it in DIRECT sunlight.

Review date : 2008-04-14
It’s a great concept. Unfortunately, it didn’t work that well for me. Even in the bright sunlight here in Colorado, I could only charge 2 NMH batteries at the same time. And it won’t work through a window. Not very good for $110.

Tech support? They have one guy, and you have to call the main switchboard - they don’t have a tech support number. Good luck reaching him. I left him a message 3 days ago and never heard back. As far as I’m concerned, their tech support is non-existent.

I returned mine.

Review date : 2007-10-06
The solarport has some really neat features. It includes a cigarette lighter plug-in port and it also comes with a battery recharger for AA and AAA batteries. One down side is to charge your cell phone you have to turn it off, which can be frustrating to turn off your phone in the middle of the day. However, it charges really quick in bout 3 minutes i can charge my cell phone 5%. This is a really good product for camping and hiking also. I’m still figuring out new ways to use it every day. It is one of my favorite gadgets and I reccomend it.

Review date : 2007-08-21
Generally, I find the Brunton Solarport works as advertised, but there are a couple things people should know before getting one. First, it has trouble charging hi-capacity NiMH batteries (1800mAh ). It might charge 2 in very bright light, but not 4. Second, don’t expect it to charge well using light that has passed through a window. Window glass often filters and/or reflects light, so the unit receives less light and is therefore less effective. (Of course, you can solve these problems by spending another $100 for another Solarport and linking the 2 together, but for $200 you might consider another solar option.)

This is the eighth article in our True Power series. If you haven’t been following the series, visit TheARTrepreneur.com to read the foundational material on beliefs before continuing.

?Realism? is Often Severely Unrealistic

Often times when you?re out there, trying to express your own individual vision, you?ll be told that you?re not being realistic, that you need to be more realistic. Being realistic, however, is the biggest con ever perpetrated on the unsuspecting public. What it really means is expect the worst. Being realistic teaches you to look outside yourself for goals and aspirations, defined by who knows who. It teaches you to ignore your impulses. It teaches you, in other words, to create problems. What?s more, it makes you a coward, whispering, Don?t get your hopes up, or you?ll be disappointed.

Let?s take a look at what happens when people are realistic. Meet Steve. Steve has made it. He has a super-successful job as creative director for a popular television series. He has a big house, a new car, a pretty wife and two healthy children. But Steve has a dirty little secret. Steve wants to be a barber. He keeps the desire to himself because he?s afraid his family and friends will think he?s a failure for even contemplating the idea of giving up his high paying job. Instead, Steve takes his misery out on his co-workers, he drinks too much, and he tries, through constant distraction, to drown out his true desire.

Then there?s Sandra. Sandra is a high school dropout, working retail in a less-than-desirable neighborhood. Sandra loves music but, as her family will tell you, Sandra can?t hold a tune: A howling dog could do a better job. Sandra wants to be a singer more than anything, but she keeps the desire hidden, stuffing it down where it festers. Instead of pursuing her true love, she barks at customers who don?t have correct change.

Steve and Sandra believe their desires are unrealistic. Now, many people have given up white collar jobs to work with their hands, and more than a few pop stars can?t sing. In truth, Steve and Sandra?s desires are not at all unrealistic. In fact, the very impulses are supposed to lead them to fulfilling futures. By following those impulses, Steve and Sandra will feel enriched, vital, and radiate enthusiasm even if it leads them to activities other than those of the original impulse. By hiding their desires, they spread their unhappiness around.

The real question is who is defining realism in these situations? There is no one-size-fits-all career or lifestyle. If you can call anything sacred, it would be individuality. No two anything are exactly alike, and this is meant to tell you something. Therefore, no-one but you can know what?s right for you, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to pursue your desires even if it means you?re the most unrealistic person in the world.

Becoming Unrealistic Exercise (1/2 hour)

In this exercise pretend there are no outside opinions from any source whatsoever ? parents, siblings, spouse, friends, T.V., magazines, newspapers, radio, movies, books, internet, etc. It?s amazing how many people create careers out of showing someone they could do it. It?s nice that you proved your sixth grade classmate was wrong when he said you were too stupid to become a doctor, but maybe you never wanted to be a doctor. Thus, for this exercise, turn those voices off.

What do you want to do now? Let your mind gravitate to the ideal lifestyle, the rhythm and pursuits that would make life interesting and energetic. Most people will find that their true desires do not come packaged in glamorous wrappings. They will be quite ordinary pursuits. Just make sure here, whatever you do, that you?re not being realistic.

Next: True Power Part 9: Choose Your Emotions, Choose Life

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