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Brunton Explorer2 Solar Panel

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The Brunton Explorer 2 solar panel is a compact workhorse that folds down to fit easily inside a backpack or drybag. It captures the sun's energy and juices up a wide range of handeld electronics.

Set of 4 polycrystalline solar panels convert sunlight put out up to 1,000mA of electricity for recharging GPS units, smart phones, PDAs, iPods® and other USB devices
The Brunton Explorer 2 solar panel folds to 9 x 4.5 x 1 in.

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Brunton Explorer2 Solar Panel Customer Reviews

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Brunton Explorer2 Solar Panel

3.0

(based on 2 reviews)

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Jan

2013

5.0

Worked great for camera batteries!

By Fcisco

from Lake Forest, CA

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Pros

Charges Quickly
Good Value
Long Lasting
Powerful
Reliable Performance

Cons

Best Uses

Travel

Comments about Brunton Explorer2 Solar Panel:

We used this panel to keep 4 camera and 2 phone batteries charged while in Africa. It worked great even with low sunlight.

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Jun

2012

(24 of 28 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Disappointed

By scoopslack

from Raleigh, NC

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Pros

Cons

Charges slowly

Best Uses

Travel

Comments about Brunton Explorer2 Solar Panel:

I purchased this unit for a week-long camping trip with the expectation that my group would use it to keep our cell phones operable out in the woods.

I liked the fact that it does not have an internal battery, which keeps the weight down somewhat, but it's not exactly light, so consider that if this is a backpacking purchase.

Once on our trip, we set out the panels on a cloudless 80-degree day in direct sunlight and plugged in a Droid smart phone. The phone indicated it was charging and everything looked good. However, checking back after 4 hours, we discovered the phone had actually lost net charge.

Next, we tried leaving the phone turned off. After a similar 4-5 hour period, the phone showed it had only progressed one bar on its charge scale.

Thinking it was a problem with that phone, we tried numerous other devices over the following days – including an iPhone and a Motorola external battery pack – with exactly the same results.

When we returned from our trip, I contacted Brunton through its customer service email address listed on its web page to ask if my experience was a normal one.

It's been a week, and I have not heard back. I've also Googled around and found reviews on other sites of people complaining of the same experience, so I'm a bit mystified why this product is being marketed at all - seeing as most people have smart phones these days that require a bit more juice to charge.

Thankfully, the great folks at REI allowed me to return mine without any questions.