| Solio Classic Universal Hybrid Charger (Silver) | 
| Brand: Solio
Category: Sports
Department: unisex-adult
Buy New: Too low to display
as of 9/2/2010 12:56 MDT details
New (7)
Seller: The Price Pros
Rating:  59 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Size: 4.7 x 2.5 x 1.3 in.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 7 x 3
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: S11-B38D
Model: S11-B38D
UPC: 873028000594
EAN: 5060155060156
ASIN: B00152OCAQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | High capacity internal battery stores energy for up to a year | | • | Adapter Tip System reduces waste and increases compatibility | | • | Rechargeable from included USB cable or the sun | | • | A full Solio Classic will charge a typical mobile phone over two times | | • | Durable and weather resistant |
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Product Description
Award-winning, compact and versatile, Solio stores power from the sun or socket, freeing you to recharge your mobile phone, iPod and other handheld devices anywhere, anytime. A fully charged Solio will recharge the average phone up to two times or give you up to 15 hours of MP3 music. Solio's intelligent internal circuitry and Adapter Tip System let you charge devices at about the same rate as a wall charger. Solio generates free and clean energy immediately. Plug more devices into your Solio with our range of adapter tips. With universal connectors like the USB Cable, Mini-USB tip, and 12V Universal Adapter, Solio powers even more gadgets. With wall adapters for US, Europe, UK and Australia-New Zealand, leave all those heavy chargers behind and let Solio be your indispensable travel companion. Rated output - 4-12V, 0-1A Solar panel output - 155mA at 6V Internal battery - rechargeable 3.6V, 1600mAh Lithium Ion Dimensions - Length 4.7 x Height 1.3 x Width 2.5 (11.94x3.30x6.35cm) Weight - 5.6 ounces (156 grams)
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 59
 Just not practical August 8, 2010
Jeremy Kinney (Colorado)
I really wanted to love this product, it seemed like the perfect solution for extending battery life of my favorite electronics. Here is what I don't like:
-This IS NOT the unit that uses iGo adapters, if you must get a solio, get that one, not this one. The adapters that come with this are very custom.
-It takes forever to charge. I know solar power isn't super speedy/efficient, but days to a full charge seems excessive.
-It feels like junk. It is plastic, with a cheap feel to it.
-It isn't small.
-No wall charger (USB only)
What I like:
-It's a solar charger.
-It has a battery
All in all, I just can't recommend it. I won't return it, but I'm going to keep the box and mine might make it onto ebay.
 forget it! July 27, 2010
Francis J. Mcmahon (Bethesda, MD, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Worse than useless. We were relying on this during a recent trip, but it simply doesn't work. It seemed to be charged after a full day in the sun, but then would not give any charge to my iphone or my wife's motorola mobile. Next time: plain old batteries.
It doesn't work June 11, 2010
W. Bradley M. Kemp (Lawrence, Kansas, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's a nicely designed item, but it doesn't work and the manufacturer's customer service is mediocre. I fully charged the Solio and then took it on a trip, hoping to use it to recharge my iPhone when I couldn't plug it into a wall. When I plugged the Solio into the phone, it would start transferring its charge to the phone, but when the phone then went to sleep (after a minute or two), the Solio would stop transferring the charge. Desperate at one point to charge my phone, I kept it awake while the Solio was plugged in, and got some charge. But this was a real bother -- and because I was using battery power while simultaneously trying to charge the battery, it was pretty ineffective, too.
I emailed the company when I returned home -- and got a response, and one from a person, I think, too. But an exchange of several emails wasn't helpful. They asked if I'd charged the Solio. (I had.) They asked if I was using the right tip. (I was.) That sort of thing. Once customer service had run out of routine (and obvious) suggestions, they stopped responding to my emails.
The Solio isn't a portable charger if it can't successfully transfer a charge to your phone or other device, and it can't.
Terrible Customer Service June 7, 2010
Denver Guy (Denver, CO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I tried calling them with a pre-sales question. They jerk you around through their terrible voicemail system until you hang up.
I won't buy from them - ever.
 Works for me May 28, 2010
J. Seidel (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Left it on the window sill for a few days until I needed it and it worked perfectly. A little slower to charge up the Kindle than if I had plugged the Kindle into the wall but the Solio will be great while traveling, during a power outage, or when I'm camping in the woods. Funny little instruction sheet with almost no writing and lots of pictures. Once I mastered the art of deciphering the pictures, it worked well for powering my original Kindle. FYI, I had to purchase a special connector tip for the Kindle 1; I believe that one of the tips that came with the Solio would have worked for the Kindle 2. No matter because Solio has ba-jillions of tips on their website for almost every phone and device.
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