The mobile device market has exploded since the introduction of the iPhone. Music players, smartphones and tablets can be found everywhere, and it would be hard to walk down the street and not see someone using a mobile device. Of course, one issue with mobile devices is battery life. Whenever a new smartphone or tablet is introduced into the market the discussion can quickly turn to the battery life of the new device.
With the battery life of a device being important, it is equally important to recharge the battery anywhere at anytime. The last thing you need is to have a dead smartphone in the event of an emergency. There may be times where you aren’t near a power source, so an alternative is to use another method of charging your device: the sun.
The Window Solar Battery Charger
If you are like me, you would probably plug an adapter into an outlet, and then connect a USB cable to the adapter. The USB cable would then plug into your mobile device and begin charging the battery in the device. You can easily carry the adapter and USB cable from place to place without any problems.
Of course, if you are also like me, you may forget to charge your device and realize that the battery in the device is low on power, or completely dead. While you can simply just plug the phone into an outlet to recharge the battery, but what if the power is out? What if you are at a place that doesn’t have an available power source – think camping?
In such a situation you can use an alternative method of charging your device with a window solar battery charger. Don’t be fooled, though, as the charger can be used without a window as it is essentially a solar charger.
The charger has a 1800 mAH rechargeable lithium battery that can fully charge in 13 hours with direct sunlight. When you connect a device into the USB port of the charger, the battery will then charge the device.
There are two USB ports on the charger: a standard-size USB port and a small-sized USB port. The standard-size USB port is the same as most wall adapters use for charging devices.
The charger is 3.94 inches x 3.15 inches x 1.97 inches (length x width x height) in size, so it isn’t overly large and can be stored or carried easily. Most of the size is probably taken up by the internal lithium battery. It weighs 7.04 ounces so it is heavier than a typical charger that can be plugged into a wall outlet – but then again the outlet adapter doesn’t contain a battery.
Of course, as with any solar product, the charging capacity of the device is relative to the amount of sun available. Direct sunlight will charge the battery faster. Using the window solar battery charger on a cloudy day will still charge the battery, but it will take more time as the sun isn’t has strong.
For under $30 on Amazon, the window solar battery charger is not a significant investment, and can help out in the moments where you need to charge your device in an emergency where power isn’t readily available.