If really weights 8 oz it is a bit on the heavy side. You can get 4.5 W out of a <4 oz panel.
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Otherwise I fully agree, I walked last year from Campo to South Lake Tahoe with a similar setup, then swapped it for a bigger battery because of more trees and lower sun.
Henning
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Gesendet: Montag, 27. Januar 2025 um 16:15
Von: "Jeff Rolka via groups.io" <jeffrolka@...>
Betreff: Re: [JMT-groups.io] Solar Charger
FWIW - I used this last year:
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And it worked much better than I expected. The carabiners were useless, but I used a little cordage to tie loops in the panel's eyelets and then ran my backpacks top strap through the loops to secure it. I was hiking NOBO, and I had the panel plugged into my Nitecore battery. I never had to charge the battery anywhere other than the panel the whole trip.?
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Henning Rech