How to Keep Your Electronics Charged While Backpacking

[livingston]

Something to think about if you are trying to get home during a SHTF situation.. .. Many of these cellphones one cannot even make it one day without a charge ..

Gear Review: BioLite Stove - SoCal Hiker

The idea of a lightweight, clean-burning wood stove that's about the size of a 1-liter water bottle is promising. Not having to worry about fuel canisters (or carry them) is pretty cool, too. Quickly boiling water with nothing more than a handful of twigs is awesome. Recharging your iPhone using…

socalhiker.net

This device will charge a phone just by burning wood ...Have heard results are mixed ...
I know if my girlfriend would freak out if she could not reach me in a SHTF situation.. Just something to throw out there . We are in a connected world .. For me a few minute phone call at night would suffice...But you know woman folk ... as I said freak out time ...

 

[S&W Fan]

I’ve used this while remote camping with good results.

Patriot Power Cell 1 Pack

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[Robin]

Worth considering!

How And When To Buy A Satellite Phone

You can debate all you want about whether global warming is causing the extreme and violent swings in weather conditions we've been experiencing, but it's always a good idea to be prepared for when all those hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and fires wreak havoc on our power and telecommunications...

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Robin

 

[SonOfSun]

Something to think about if you are trying to get home during a SHTF situation.. .. Many of these cellphones one cannot even make it one day without a charge ..

Gear Review: BioLite Stove - SoCal Hiker

The idea of a lightweight, clean-burning wood stove that's about the size of a 1-liter water bottle is promising. Not having to worry about fuel canisters (or carry them) is pretty cool, too. Quickly boiling water with nothing more than a handful of twigs is awesome. Recharging your iPhone using…

socalhiker.net

This device will charge a phone just by burning wood ...Have heard results are mixed ...
I know if my girlfriend would freak out if she could not reach me in a SHTF situation.. Just something to throw out there . We are in a connected world .. For me a few minute phone call at night would suffice...But you know woman folk ... as I said freak out time ...

Those things suck. It's not due to that manufacturer either. It's essentially a TEG. TEGs are horribly inefficient. Not even looking at the specs I bet that thing charges slow as hell and you need to feed it a combustible to boot.

Thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

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I'd bet dollars that this thing is just a TEG coupled with voltage regulation to USB spec.

In most cases you'd be much better served by a quality 35-50 watt portable solar setup.

 

[spat]

Those things suck. It's not due to that manufacturer either. It's essentially a TEG. TEGs are horribly inefficient. Not even looking at the specs I bet that thing charges slow as hell and you need to feed it a combustible to boot.

Thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I'd bet dollars that this thing is just a TEG coupled with voltage regulation to USB spec.

In most cases you'd be much better served by a quality 35-50 watt portable solar setup.

I want an RTG.

Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

If it can keep the Voyager probes running for 50 years billions of miles in deep space and hundreds of degrees below zero, they'll work for my phone

 

[libertysnake]

Given the capacity of portable batteries, you're better off just taking several with you. I have so many between free ones and otherwise, if I charged them all I'd have enough phone charges for a month, probably. Just take a few batteries and call it a day. The only reason you'd need a panel is if you're backpacking for your sabbatical at work or something and have a few months to kill.

 

[Acer-m14]

1 megawatt generator all you need ..

 

[Cleck]

Given the capacity of portable batteries, you're better off just taking several with you. I have so many between free ones and otherwise, if I charged them all I'd have enough phone charges for a month, probably. Just take a few batteries and call it a day. The only reason you'd need a panel is if you're backpacking for your sabbatical at work or something and have a few months to kill.

This is what I do when I go camping. I put it in ultra conservative mode which increases the life by turning shit off, and the externals get me a couple charges. I have thought about a solar pack to charge, most I've got now is a solar light that can charge a phone off it.