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-- Edited by Firefly on Saturday 10th of December 2011 06:12:35 PM

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-- Edited by Firefly on Saturday 10th of December 2011 06:12:35 PM

 OK FF, I give up biggrin



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Me too

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What the??????????????



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FF is leading us all up the garden path biggrin



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_wombat_ wrote:

FF is leading us all up the garden path biggrin

 You wish pal.LOL



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Up the garden path with a small solar panel on our backpack. Whats up FF?

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Whoopsy, thought I added not took away, sorry guys. eyepopping.gif

It was an add in the Mitre 10 catalogue for a solar charger that can be used to charge mobiles, cameras, GPS and ipods etc.

It was a portable little thing you can attach to your backpack and charge up as you go along.

$99 was the price and I wondered if anyone had seen or used one.

Sorry again. no



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So you havn't lost the plot then FF. GOOD. Sounds a good idea though. The charger thingy that is.

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I lost the plot when I gave birth mate.

I tried to post a link to the catalogue but I couldn't find one then tried for a picture but alas, I just blanked it out and didn't check it.



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When I blank out my kids call it a seniors moment, had one yeterday in fact. They seem to come on a regular basis these days. I mention them to my GP and he has pleasure in saying "well Doug you are getting older" all those years of training he had to do just to tell me that.

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Hi FF,

I use a solar charger for my AA batteries, stick them in, close the unit and put it on my dashboard, (see pic below) you can get one here

http://www.todae.com.au/Solar-Battery-Charger

 

here's the item you are looking for it's called a Power Monkey just scroll down this page

http://www.dynamicsolarsolutions.com.au/solar_battery_charger.htm

 

Just found this one on eBay, don't forget the shipping cost's

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Powertraveller-Power-Monkey-Explorer-Solar-Charger-Grey-/390371967772?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae3fb831c



-- Edited by _wombat_ on Sunday 11th of December 2011 09:37:57 AM

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Firefly wrote:

I lost the plot when I gave birth mate.

 

 It wasnt somuch the births as the years following that did my head in! biggrin



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If you Just want a couple of AAA batteries charged use a solar light like we use around our rigs at night. Just dont worry about the cover jsut add the battereis put it out in the sun or on the dash and let them charge. Only a couple of dollars at Bunny's
Plus you got a light if need be.
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I cant get to the Mtr10 cat.....but this is what FF is looking at

 

http://www.goalzero.com.au/shoppingcart/categories/Solar-Panels/

 

 



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Thats pretty close Smokey. You can plug your phone in and it charges as you trek along. It looked like a good idea but I just can't find it on their site at all. no



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is it trivaconfuse



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RALPHRALPH wrote:

is it trivaconfuse

 In what way Ralph? smile



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