Charge Up Your Vacation with powermonkey-eXplorer

A decent portable solar electronics charger is the perfect green travelers companion, especially if you happen to be a green traveler who can’t leave home without your cell, iPod, digital camera and so fourth. Following is the powermonkey-eXplorer, one excellent solar charger option for your green travels.

The powermonkey-eXplorer was rated “Awesome” by MacLife, and it’s super slick. The powermonkey-eXplorer is compatible with the majority of mobile phones, iPods (including 2nd Gen iPhone), MP3 / MP4, PDAs and portable games consoles including the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS & DS-Lite. Features include:

• 96 hours of standby on your mobile, 40 hours on your iPod, 5 hours on your games console, 48 hours on your PDA and 6 hours on MP3/MP4 players.
• powermonkey-eXplorer can be charged three ways: via the solarmonkey portable solar charger, included universal mains charger or via USB.

• Kit includes a useful Velcro strap, enabling the solarmonkey to be attached to your backpack (see above). You can also hang  your charger from a window or leave it on your sunny car seat to charge up.
• Solarmonkey solar charger recharges your device directly i.e. plug the solarmonkey into the back of one of your devices and it’ll run on the power of the sun – no batteries needed.
• Style wise the powermonkey-eXplorer is ultra compact, lightweight, water resistant and made from rubberised casing to stand up to travel and the occasional drop. Plus it’s available in four nice color choices – Blue, Grey, Pink and Yellow – although no green
• LCD screen that displays battery capacity and the level of charge.
• Short-circuit protection, over-charging protection and anti-discharging protection.
• Interchangeable heads for UK, Europe, US and Australia – so you can use it in over 150 countries around the world!

Each powermonkey-eXplorer kit contains…

• 1 x powermonkey-eXplorer portable charger
• 1 x solarmonkey portable solar charger
• 1 x universal mains charger which will work in over 150 countries and has interchangeable heads for UK, Europe, US & Australia
• Tips for: Nokia and mini Nokia, Motorola V66, Samsung E900, LG Chocolate and Sony Ericsson wide connector
• 1 x mini USB for Motorola RazR V series, Blackberrys and Bluetooth headsets
• 1 x retractable USB cable
• 1 x Female USB
• 1 x iPod connector
• 1 x connector for Sony PSP and most digital cameras
• 1 x Black travel pouch
• 1 x Storage case
• 1 x User guide

This is a great on-the-go charger for you and with the holidays coming up, you may want to consider a solar charger as a gift for your favorite friend as well. Learn more at powertraveller.

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