Goal Zero 11406 Guide 10 Plus Silver Battery Pack

• Recharge your cell phone 1-3 times per charge
• Charges iPads, Kindles, tablets as well
• Built-in LED flashlight that runs 20+ hours per charge
• Stores power for charging devices day or night. Charge up the Guide 10 Plus via USB or GOAL ZERO Nomad Solar Panels.
• Includes 4 pack of AA rechargeable batteries

Don't try charging a Kindle 3 with this battery pack. I connected it to my Kindle and shortly there was smoke from the Guide 10. It's dead now. There should be some current limiting built into the unit (other than just burning up). Energizer 2500 mah nickel metal hydride batteries used.

Later that same day: Goal Zero offered a free replacement when I contacted them about getting the unit repaired. Hard to beat that kind of customer service.

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I purchased a kit at my local Costco during a Goal Zero road show back in March that included the Nomad 7 solar panel, the Guide 10+ along with several of the cables etc that are normally sold separately. So far everything has worked great except for the Guide 10+. They claim that the Guide 10+ will charge the average cell phone 3 times, I have an HTC EVO with the standard battery and since it is a smart phone I knew that I would get fewer charges. I was expecting to get at least 2 but my experience has been not even one full charge before the AA batteries are depleted. This might be acceptable except for one glaring omission in its design by Goal Zero. I do not know if they just did not think about it or wanted to save a penny on its manufacture but it does not have a blocking diode in its circuit. What does this mean? well a blocking diode prevents what ever you are charging from discharging back into the Guide 10 batteries when they become depleted. I was not paying close attention to charging my cell phone and when I looked at it the battery was indicating only a 50% charge when a few minutes earlier it was around 90% charged. When the AA batteries became depleted the cell battery then tried to charge the AA batteries back up because of the Guide 10 not having a blocking diode. This is at least for me unacceptable and a very poor design!

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I find it difficult to underhand why this unit is an add on item. This is a more versatile unit due to the up to 1.0 amp ability.

I have used it just a little so far to verify the ability to charge the high drain iPad.

Overall a solid system and while I don't like having to buy two separate chargers, I am glad for the ability to recharge 8 batteries at once with the Nomad 7.

Pros:

1.0 amp recharge ability.

included batteries are low discharge 2300mah type. Good cells.

can charge in addition to the regular guide 10 on one panel.

Cons:

shouldn't have to buy this as a separate unit.

Hope that helps.

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I have fully charged these batteries several times and when I attempt to use them they are nearly or completely discharged. I originally thought it was the charger somehow discharging them during storage so I removed batteries after charging them fully and stored on my desk, same result. I purchased the flexible light to use while camping but unless batteries are fully charged they wont even power the LEDs. I will be purchasing a different brand of AAs to test soon to try to isolate the issue. Upset.. like the idea/concept of goal zero but I probably wouldn't purchase other products because of this issue.

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Used this on a recent bicycle trip and it worked well to recharge my Kindle... but it wouldn't work with my smartphone.