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Solar Technology Freeloader

As people become more environmentally conscious, and learning to save money, they're now looking to the sky to save their wallets. That big ball of fire known as the Sun is the source for quite a bit of energy and companies are increasing the efficiency in converting that energy into something useful like listening to Michael Jackson.

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Solar Technology Freeloader
MSRP $60.00
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The Freeloader from Solar Technology is one of the more economical offerings to charge your mobile gadgets. It ships with a variety of connectors that allow the charger to attach to everything from your iPod to Blackberry to PSP and DS.

Inside the Freeloader is the requisite solar cells used to charge the internal 1000mAh battery, which should keep an iPod humming away for 18 hours. The battery can also be charged through USB, and can power a device while charging its own internal battery at the same time.

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1.  avatar hammjw said:

I purchased two of these, one for myself and one for a friend. The plan was to use them on a trip to Europe to keep cell phones charge on long days out. Well both failed... and somewhat dangerously. I charged the first unit and it seemed to charge fine but when I plugged it into my iPhone to test its charging ability it failed. After about a minute of charging the iPhone, the freeloader pack made a little pop sound and then would no longer charge any devices.

After seeing the first unit fail, I decide to test my friends. Well it did about the same thing but this time I saw what made the pop sound. While charging a device, I saw a spark in the USB socket of the freeloader and smelled the odor of burning plastic. After this the freeloader would not longer charge devices.

It seems that the freeloader battery pack can overload when charging devices. I may have thought this to be an isolated problem but it happened with two different units. This could be dangerous if the pack were in a bag or something during charges.

I would not recommend the freeloader to anyone...in fact if they all have potential to fail the way mine did, then they should be pulled from the market.
Jun 21, 2008 8:27pm
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