 works like a charm |
| Review Date: May 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Ritt, |
| This works great. I've even used it in airports by a window when no AC is available. |
Somewhat useful; get it on sale
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| Review Date: May 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. L. Stiles, Chicago, IL USA |
Looks like this item is being discontinued. I picked mine up on a whim at REI for about $60, marked down from $120.
I've experimented with this little thing a bit, and it will charge my BlackBerry Curve easily enough with direct sun contact here in Chicago. It will product some current through a window, but it's not really enough to do much other than give the phone the idea that it's plugged in without actually charging. I can't seem to get it to work with the iPod Touch or iPhone, however. Still working on it. Haven't tried the battery charger.
Edit: WAS finally able to get it to charge the iPod Touch and iPhone via cigarette lighter adapter. Still won't do it off of USB, but that doesn't bother me. Another thing to carry, but not a big deal. I'd bump this thing up to 4 stars now. |
Poor results and no response from tech support
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| Review Date: September 4, 2008 |
| Reviewer: C. Roberton, Port Angeles, WA USA |
| I am very disappointed in the Brunton Solarport 4.4. I wanted to charge my iPhone but was unable to charge it; even in full sunlight with the phone turned off. It did charge my Garmin Forerunner (a smaller device.) Not much bang for the buck; I wouldn't recommend it. No response from product support guy; won't return calls. |
It works but...
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| Review Date: August 18, 2008 |
| Reviewer: M. Wiechers, WI |
I, like many others had a hard time figuring out how to get this thing to work. It has one major design flaw. When it is not in DIRECT sunlight, the battery charger indicator lights will show that the batteries are fully charged. For a long time I thought that it wasn't working.
It needs full on, undiffused sunlight or it just won't work. When you find a patch of sunlight it works great. Due to this I would recommend keeping a good supply of charged batteries on hand if on a long trip out in the field in case of extended times of cloudiness.
For the money it works well, just make sure you keep it in DIRECT sunlight. |
Not Recommended
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| Review Date: April 14, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Denver Guy, Denver, CO |
It's a great concept. Unfortunately, it didn't work that well for me. Even in the bright sunlight here in Colorado, I could only charge 2 NMH batteries at the same time. And it won't work through a window. Not very good for $110.
Tech support? They have one guy, and you have to call the main switchboard - they don't have a tech support number. Good luck reaching him. I left him a message 3 days ago and never heard back. As far as I'm concerned, their tech support is non-existent.
I returned mine. |
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