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JEEPER1219

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  1. This topic has near to my heart for awhile. I commonly hike 8-10 days and don't like carrying the batteries needed to power my garmin legend while out there. I have looked at the solio as well. An option that I have seriously considered was the following: there are some rechargeable AA batteries called USBCell. They look like normal AA batteries but the positive terminal flips up to reveal a male USB plug. This can be plugged into any usb port. Combine these batteries with the solio which provides a USB charging port and you have solar powered batteries. There was some talk here about the varied power from the sun. I think Solio has solved this by actually having an internal battery. The primary use of the Solio was to charge it's battery and then use that battery to charge other things. But they have seen a large market for things like mp3 players and GPS units so they have outfitted a lot of connector tips. I have also considered upgrading to the Legend Hcx because it can be powered from a USB cable which in theory could be plugged into the solio and now you have a solar powered Garmin.

     

    www.usbcell.com

    www.solio.com

  2. Looking at my list of querries, it does not appear that I have multiple. I am receiving them all on the same day. It is exactly four for every PQ that I have. It has been doing this ever since day one. Thanks to everyone for the help.

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