| If you love hiking and camping with little more | | | | hiking or camping, there are other solutions as |
| than a backpack of supplies, solar backpacking is a | | | | well. |
| great way to go! | | | | Solar backpacking technology can be used in the |
| Many of us would love to be able to take our | | | | city just as easily. The units themselves are not |
| electronic devices into the wilderness such as | | | | as big or bulky as you would expect. Bags come |
| iPods, phones, GPS units or even laptops. The | | | | in several shapes and sizes to suit your needs, |
| trouble is in charging these items once you are | | | | including a messenger bag and a bag specifically |
| out in the wilderness, or even worse, running to | | | | designed to charge your laptop. You can charge all |
| the parking lot to plug your charger into the car! | | | | of your standard devices if you are at the beach, |
| These problems are a thing of the past. Solar | | | | walking around the city, or riding your bike to the |
| backpacking chargers such as the Voltaic Solar | | | | coffee shop! |
| Backpack, use the sun to store energy and | | | | Another cool idea for solar backpacking is carrying |
| charge up your devices when needed. They | | | | a lightweight flexible solar panel with you. These |
| typically come with many different adapters to | | | | panels can range from 6watts to 600watts of |
| suit your device at any given time. | | | | power and can charge small devices as well as |
| Sun Not Shining? No worries! These packs almost | | | | laptops or even car batteries! They are less |
| always include an li ion battery charger that stores | | | | expensive than the bags with panels built in, and |
| excess power from sunny days for charging | | | | obviously you are not limited in where you can |
| when solar panels do not have access to the sun. | | | | take the panels. They roll or fold up and fit almost |
| Solar backpacking is not limited to the wilderness. | | | | anywhere. |
| Although the backpacks are great for travel, | | | | |