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Portable Charging Solutions
I had so far been able to go without having to pay to charge any of my electronic devices, which up here was not cheap (and you had a limited amount of cash with you). I did this by setting up my solar panel whenever we weren't hiking and whenever it was possible.. I would usually hang it up in a window, although this was not always effective. At lunch time it was usually sunny, so on some days I had my solar setup in my daypack and would quickly set it up before we ate lunch.
The solar panel was always set up to charge one of two external battery packs that I had brought, although one was fairly small and did not hold much of a charge. You could charge a phone and a half with it, maybe. The other pack was good for about 10 charges. Keeping these two battery packs charged using solar power during downtime was enough to keep my phone, camera, goPro, and e-book reader going for 14 days.
This day it was especially sunny and the sun was behind us, with of course no trees around, so it was a great opportunity to try hiking like this again
I tried this on one of the first days, and the charge just wasn't sticking.. there wasn't enough consistent sun
This day it actually worked! There was enough uninterrupted sun to actually charge my batteries a bit. I don't know if it made much of a difference in the end, but it sure felt great
I had so far been able to go without having to pay to charge any of my electronic devices, which up here was not cheap (and you had a limited amount of cash with you). I did this by setting up my solar panel whenever we weren't hiking and whenever it was possible.. I would usually hang it up in a window, although this was not always effective. At lunch time it was usually sunny, so on some days I had my solar setup in my daypack and would quickly set it up before we ate lunch.
The solar panel was always set up to charge one of two external battery packs that I had brought, although one was fairly small and did not hold much of a charge. You could charge a phone and a half with it, maybe. The other pack was good for about 10 charges. Keeping these two battery packs charged using solar power during downtime was enough to keep my phone, camera, goPro, and e-book reader going for 14 days.
This day it was especially sunny and the sun was behind us, with of course no trees around, so it was a great opportunity to try hiking like this again

I tried this on one of the first days, and the charge just wasn't sticking.. there wasn't enough consistent sun
This day it actually worked! There was enough uninterrupted sun to actually charge my batteries a bit. I don't know if it made much of a difference in the end, but it sure felt great