Reddit mentions of Solar 11-in-1 Battery Charger

What kinda charger you want?

I do AAs and AAAs in this http://www.amazon.com/C-Crane-SBC-11-in-1-Battery-Charger/dp/B001BKS3Z2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1394830367&sr=8-4&keywords=solar+aa+charger

works great, usually 3 hrs of direct sun will do er, even in winter. rain snow and ice don't affect it

Amazon has some. This one has 3 USB ports for charging . And, this one charges rechargable batteries

I want to create a light curtain by twisting, wire wrapping, or somehow connecting various light strings to use on our canopy. They're be battery powered, so stocking up on a solar powered battery chargers is going to be important. Not only will it be great to help up notice our campsite in those dark woods, but it'll also create a really nice chill vibe if anyone wants to work on changing out their gloving batteries, make some grub, or just sit and talk after their mind's been blown all day. I also want to create with EL wire a sign that says "WELCOME HOME".
Same goes for if we bring a totem! Rechargeable batteries with a solar power charger will be great for our EL wire that would be decorating our possible-totem.
Using a couple of chargers (such as this http://www.amazon.com/C-Crane-SBC-11-in-1-Battery-Charger/dp/B001BKS3Z2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426689084&sr=8-2&keywords=solar+battery+charger) will help us cut down on how many batteries we use. Also hoping it works with my current hoop's batteries as well!

In my group we have some huge "earth nerds" (marine biology majors, some people interested in setting up co-op work farms, some general lovers of nature and the earth), so not being wasteful is one of our top priorities.

And of course, as a hooper, I will be lighting up the night with my hoops! My soon-to-come-in "smart" hoops run on rechargeable batteries!

Here is a link to my hooping channel: http://www.youtube.com/amethystlor

(but here's a link to my fave flow lately lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSErFBQLaBY)

Thanks so much for this opportunity! Astral Hoops has always been creating BEAUTIFUL light equipment.

-moxie

Howdy!

That's the way most of the home made camper van showers work, except we use hula hoops, regular shower curtains & hooks from the dollar store.

There is also a manual pump up version of that sprayer so you're not burning through a set of batteries every week or so.

If you do decide to go with the battery version, they have solar battery chargers that you can just sit in a window.

Example:

http://www.amazon.com/C-Crane-SBC-11-in-1-Battery-Charger/dp/B001BKS3Z2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413631003&sr=8-1&keywords=solar+battery+charger

I've investigated this problem a little bit too for my backcountry photographing. I think the easiest solution is just to buy several batteries, they are very small and light and last quite awhile (the AW100 manual says 250 shots). I have a camera with a very similar battery (Canon SX260hs) and on a recent overnight trek I took 120 pictures over two days and made hardly a dent in the one battery I had (I think it still showed as 100%).

If you can find a good camera that uses AA batteries numerous solar chargers exists for those, such as this. You could have such a thing on the outside of your pack all day charging and have a couple sets of batteries. I don't know how good of a camera you could get that uses AAs though.

Trying to rig some sort of charger from a panel to a Li-ion battery would be tricky and I wouldn't want to mess with that myself, and I'm an electrical engineer. Li-ions have a tendency to explode.

Do they make usb chargers specifically for that camera battery? A possible unique option would be the biolite campstove which burns plant matter for both cooking food and usb charging. I've never used it though and I don't know how much charging you'd get.

As I said, I think the path of least resistance is just to get like 4 batteries and call it good.