Jeremy M. Van Zee Power up Power, it is said, corrupts. But try living without it. Solardyne's Solar Power Pack may be the answer if you find yourself miles, or hundreds of miles, from an outlet. Weighing in at about 24 pounds with accessories that include a backpack, the unit can be lugged almost anywhere. It provides many hours of AC or DC current.
Solar panels charge up the battery in about six hours.
The panels are waterproof, but keep the Power Pack away from water to avoid serious shock or worse. The Solar Pack could light a field hospital set up by relief workers in the remotest corner of the globe, keep the freezer from thawing in a power outage or power a frozen daiquiri machine on the beach. In a recent test, it powered a laptop deployed near White Rock Lake in Dallas for about three hours. The Solar Power Pack also comes with jumper cables, just in case the car battery goes on the fritz. Read more about Digital Convergence .