It comes with a standard female 12v cigarette lighter cable (and others charging cables).

You just need a basic adapter....should be simple enough.

Yes...for sure.

Nope. Apple products, and most modern electronics, have built-in overcharge protection.

Either panel will work, but you get more charging power (in less time) for your money with the Solaris 12. If my math is right, he NP-FF51 should charge (in good conditions) in about an hour. The NP-FF71 should charge in about 1.5 hours. If you use the Solaris 6 watt version, double the times, at least. Brunton estimates the charge time for camcorders is 1 -2 hours with the Solaris 12, which seems accurate for your situation.

As for how you do this, you will need a vehicle power adapter since the Solaris units come with the female coupling (I assume this comes with the units here, but you should check). You can pick up a male car adapter online for less than $30. Make sure it's specific to your camcorder's model. Wasabi Power makes one as does TurboCharger. Sony might even have one in their accessories (I didn't check). Once you have that, you just find some sun, plug in the adapter that comes with the Brunton unit into the solar array then plug in your car adapter into that and connect your camcorder for almost magic charging.

You should test this before you go, and in a variety of weather conditions in order to get the approximate charge times so you can plan ahead and know what to expect.

Go to Amazon - they have good deals right now eg. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GEFFBO/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

Cheers JK

Yes. This is only really useful to trickle charge higher voltage devices though. As stringing a bunch of these together in series will not allow them to supply more current.

Read carefully Corey, you purchased a 6 watt model, not a 6 volt model. That said, it sounds like you want this:http://www.amazon.com/Jensen-JP2401-Dc-USB-Charger/dp/B000IAPCWI

the larger 12 watt panel above will TRICKLE charge your laptop. ie: charge the batteries over the course of a day or two.

That sounds very ambitious. I hope for your sake that it works. The largest one they sell on Backcountry is this onehttp://www.backcountry.com/store/BRU0200/Brunton-Solaris-52-Solar-Panel.htmlby Brunton Solaris. It measures 50 x 31.5in and has an output of 52 Watts at 12V in direct sunlight. Not sure how that would do on a vehicle. Best of Luck

Lets say you have a 3.6V, 1000 mAh (the same as 1 Ah) cellphone battery. That means that you have a 3.6 Watt hour battery (3.6 V * 1 Ah =3.6 VAh=3.6 Wh). That means that at 100% efficiency, a 6 watt panel could charge your battery in 40 mins (a 6 watt panel can charge a 6 Wh battery in 1 hour). Expect it to take at least an hour in good sunlight because of various losses to heat.