ICP Solar 22001 BattPak Battery Charger

I thought that this is a solar battery charger, but no... You have to purchase a different component before you can charge batteries with sunlight. I found that to be quite misleading.

It's true, this doesn't have any inherent solar panel you can buy all manner of different ones (one that clips nicely to the back (low power) or a big folding panel that gives 25W you choose based on what you need.

The unit itself is very well made is an excellent 10xAA trickle charger and has a 12V cigar lighter socket for 12V output as well (no messing with all those funny tips from other manufacturers). e.g. plug in your iphone/ipod/cellphone 12V cable and your off.

The only thing really missing with this unit nowadays is a USB socket, but again, easy to get a 12V male to USB adapter.

Best thing is that you can plug into the 12V charging socket in a vehicle and charge while driving (something that is often available in 'wilderness areas' where no AC is available), you can use AC to pre-load the cells before you head out or trickle them, and then solar is available when all else fails.

It also feels incredibly sturdy (like the way that old Motorola phones used to) and feels as though it would survive a drop.

Careful if you fly with this though...with 10 AAs in, it has an x-ray profile that looks remarkably like the magazine for an assault rifle...found that out the hard way!!

Excellent component in a AA based backup power setup...

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Read description carefully. Its only solar powered if you buy an extra accesory. If you call it a solar charger it should do just that without buying something else.

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This product does what it is supposed to do, I like it and hope it continues to work as well as it does now.

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This is sold as a solar charger but you need to purchase a seperate unit to make that happen. I will return it just because I hate being misled...