Best AA eneloop Solar Charger ?

Hi
Please suggest me the best Solar Charger to recharge AA eneloops for flashlights again and again that will run for years without any maintaince .
Thank you .

Price range?

The less the better . Within $100 .

I bought this Goal Zero charger/solar panel kit from Amazon. It comes with 4 LSD batteries but you can also put your Eneloops in it as well. The only catch is that it has to have 4 cells in it to charge (if you’re using the included charger). The “Plus” model works with some Apple products but not the Iphone5.

http://www.amazon.com/Goal-Zero-19010-Guide-Adventure/dp/B005XVBIL6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353439657&sr=8-1&keywords=goal+zero+guide+10+plus

It’s pretty neat. You’ll never get the money back on your investment charging your batteries with solar power but if you’re looking for something solar for emergency use (or for camping, etc) this is a great product and the company really stands behind their product.

curious to see some more suggestions here

Wasn’t cottenpicker over at CPF putting some kits together? Might check the FS pages over there, anyway.

I bought 2 of these, but haven’t gotten around to testing them extensively. So far I tested it with some electronics stuff and a ML-102 Charger which seemed to be charging even when not being hit by direct sunlight :bigsmile: , but I don’t have any equipment to test how much it’s charging until it arrives in the mail from the slow boat in china.

still haven’t found something comparable to the ML-102 charger for eneloops. I’ll probably end up using the ML-102 Charger to power an eneloop charger in the end.

I remember looking at the Goal Zero stuff a while back, but was turned off by the fact that some of their smaller panels (if not all) limited the power in the USB port to 500mah. Did they fix that or is it still the same?

That’s still the same if going directly to the panel.

You can get 1.0A if you use the USB port on the battery charger. That’s how they recommend you charge Ipads and things that need more than 0.5A. You are supposed to connect the Ipad to the 4AA-charger while the 4AA-charger is connected to the Solar Panel.

Solar Panel Outputs:
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USB Port 5V, 0.5A max (2.5W), linear regulated
12V Port 13-15V, 0.2A max (3W), boost regulated
Solar Port (for Guide 10) 6-6.5V, 1.0A max (6W), not regulated
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4AA-Charger output:
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USB Standard Port 5.0V, 1.0A max (5W)
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How is powerfilm foldable AA charger ? Or Sunforce or ccrane ?
Will anyone tell me ?

something like original Eneloop, like this
or this
or including” light”:http://img1.kakaku.k-img.com/images/productimage/fullscale/K0000242640.jpg

or the older, bulky version,” like this”:http://item.shopping.c.yimg.jp/i/j/ease-style_nc-sc1

they are original eneloop! which stands for quality :wink:

Though could not read anything else than in English , it seems that eneloop has its own solar charger ! Great !
Hope they ars as durable as the cells .
Whats the cost and more info about them , please .

It means that powerfilm AA solar charger ( without usb ) is better choice ?
How durable and fast is this ?

Nice suggestion !
Im also thinking to install pannel , portable as campers use . It would charge cells faster and securely .
Can you give any idea about watt and volt require to charge 8 eneloops ( 2100 mAh ) and how to use them better for charging ?
Thank you once more .

Have you try to buy it online ?. If not then go forward there are so many reputed online resources findable also in cheap price. Wagawoo can be a good option for online buy try it.

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