Aligned with our interest in emergency kits, we’ve been looking into what items should go inside of them, according to agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Among first aid kits and ...

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The Solar Joos Orange is a portable solar battery charger. It’s designed to charge cell phones, tablets, GPS units, MP3 players, digital cameras and more. It’s a very rugged unit with a polycarbonate ...

Voltaic Systems has been making backpacks and laptop cases with built-in solar chargers since 2004. But so far most of the company’s backpacks have only generated enough electricity to charge small ...

The dream of going wireless with a laptop or iPad becomes pretty meaningless when reality hits and you’re left with a battery drained to nothing. But Voltaic’s new solar backpack brings things back ...

Keeping your smartphone charged while you’re out on the go can be a difficult task. Sometimes you’re just going from meeting to meeting or event to event, and don’t have time to plug your phone into ...

Adventure van buyers have a new problem: the gear got better, but the batteries got hungrier. A fridge, lights, laptop, ...

Let’s face it, our phones are often teetering on the edge of shutting down, typically due to a drained battery. This is particularly frustrating on a hike, camping trip, or other excursions where you ...