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| Brand: Solio
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
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Rating:  26 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 3 x 6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: S19-G07A
Model: S19-G07A
UPC: 873028000662
EAN: 5065000778866
ASIN: B000HHOD5O
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 11-15 of 26
 Worked great on the JMT October 9, 2007
D. DeKeyser (San Jose, CA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Just had to chime in since there are too many negative reviews.
I purchased this device so that I could recharge my Archos 604
video player while hiking for 2 weeks on the John Muir Trail.
What I did was strap the thing to the top of my backpack. After
a day of hiking typically I would get well over 1 hour of play time
on the Archos. Since sometimes I was walking within tree cover or
the sky was cloudy the device would not fully charge in 1 day.
Fairly certain if I could have left the device in full sun for a
day it would fully charge.
Anyway, it works great and I will be taking it on backpacking trips
in the future that are >3 days!
For instructions find the manual on their website. The "instructions"
that come with the device itself are laughable.
I love my solio! September 22, 2007
J. Hicks (Kerry Country)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This thing is all I imagined it would be. I am able to charge my Cellular phone, Mp3 players & my handheld computer. It takes 2 or 3 days to fully charge the battery by sun. If you camp alot or just want to do a small part to help the enviorment you'll love this product!
 I smell something burning... September 18, 2007
Shawn Singmeuanthong (Santa Rosa, Ca United States)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Both my boyfriend and I got the solio as gifts, the solio he got burned his cell phone and the solio I got burned my mp3 player. Two completely different units and both fried our devices. Although Solio refunded my boyfriend for his cell phone they did nothing with mine...so unless you want a burned device go for it, otherwise be smart and don't let you devices get fried up inside.
 Wow I wanted this to work August 31, 2007
L. Sullivan (New Boston, NH, USA)
47 out of 48 found this review helpful
I reluctantly returned this product after a few weeks. It just does not charge in sunlight the way I expected it to.
Even the manual say it takes two days of sun to fully charge the battery. I placed it in a West facing window for a week and it never fully charged. The company said the usual stuff. Window coating can diminish results, clouds, haze, etc. Plus the instructions say it has to be pointed right at the sun to charge correctly. So if you are driving West with the device on the front windshield it still won't charge correctly. You have to point it RIGHT at the sun.
I laid it on my deck. It was drenched in sun and still didn't get a good charge.
If you plug it into a wall outlet overnight then it will do a good job as a backup battery. But that isn't why I bought it.
Plus it doesn't work quite right with iPods. When you plug the iPod in and hit the start button on the Solio, the Solio will charge the iPod. But after a few hours it will quit charging and the iPod will run off the internal battery until you hit start on the Solio again.
Solio tech support said this is a known issue.
I guess I will try again in a few years.
Great idea, just not ready for prime time.
 Solar Charger August 27, 2007
L. Carter (CA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The charger really works! I used it backpacking in Yosemite for a week to recharge my GPS and it charged perfectly. The only problem with the charger is, like the manufacturer says, it takes a long time to charge even in direct sun. This is a problem when you don't have enough hours of sunlight to fully charge the device. Otherwise, the charger is great.
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