If there’s one thing that I know about all of the mobile electronics I’ve got, its that power is a problem. I’ve got more device holders and power cords in my car than I know what to do with, AND I have so many that I had to get a goo-jam that increased the number of power sockets in my car from 1 to 3.  Yeah…I’ve got gadgets.  Now about powering them…yeah, that’s a problem too.

Over the past year or so, I’ve bumped into problems where I’ve run out of power at the most inconvenient times and places.  So what do you do, especially when you carry more than one device, and carrying a spare and/or extended battery for each device is not an option?  The answer is simple if you have the Devotec Solar Charger…you carry it and the appropriate power tip. But does it do the job?  I mean, does it have the juice to give you what you need on the go?  Let’s take a quick look and find out.

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With all the news lately about the price of oil, and our oil addiction, it is nice to be able to do a review that not only involves a very cool piece of technology, but is also environmentally conscious.  I actually got the idea for a review like this one a few months back when I was having trouble with my laptop battery.  Wouldn’t it be great, I thought, if I could just slap a solar cell on my laptop and continually charge my battery with the power of the sun.  Of course, it was not that easy, but the Brunton Solaris came pretty close.  And, in this new age of renewable resources and alternate forms of energy, this could be just what the doctor ordered to keep your energy hungry gadgets running day and night.

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