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Brunton Solaris 25 - 2006

Brunton Solaris 25 - 2006

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Brunton Solaris 25 - 2006

Brunton's all new Solaris 25 converts sunshine into 25 watts of 12V DC power. Its tri-fold solar array has the muscle to run all sorts of portable electronics, including satellite phones. Slip your Solaris 25 into its rugged Cordura case that stows nicely with your laptop. At its heart are three durable, high performance polycrystalline Solar Cells. Link multiple 8oz Solaris 25's together for even more juice. Sweet!

Bottom Line: Here comes the sun, do do do do!

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Rating for this product: 4

Solaris 25, A Perspective

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May 20, 2005

My initial experience with the panel is favorable. That is, it did what I needed it to do when I needed it done. My purpose was to find a panel with enough power to run a GPS unit in real time as well as maintain a charge or completely recharge a 7 amp/hr battery while I biked to camping sites around the state. I found that it was perfect for a Ipac on site, for I placed a few movies on the memory card, brought along a bluetooth keyboard which was perfect in both it's size (stowability) and function (writing an account of the touring). The Laptop was simply too heavy and large for bike travel.

I mounted the unit on particle board on the back rack. The only caveat was the unfolded size as a bit over the size of my twin rear back packs loaded to the gills. Additional units were purchased in order to run a laptop in real time and I can verify that it did that as well. Unfortunately daylight hours plays hob with a laptop screen which reduced its functionality.

On the downside, a twelve volt 91 amp/hr marine battery never reached float, topping off at 14.2 volts, even with three panels connected as directed. A “good” but not great. It took an 80 watt unit to bring the battery up to float, which is a huge panel weighing 20lb. It's looking like that capability will have to wait for long term camping with a van to carry all the gear.

All in all, an excellent way to bring along some electricity to spite those Ipac, ipod, nightlight, TV and radio battery eaters.

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Tech Specs:

Dimensions:
15x12x1.5 in 
Weight:
8oz