Freeloader Solar charger

[punk003452]

Can you charge 2 mobile phones at the same time mate ?

[gadgetman92]

@punk003452 sorry it can't charge 2 devices @ once not enough juice, the device you intend to charge probably woundn't recognise the charge it would be so low with 2 on board.

[WOOTFAILLOLxD]

Hey i want to charge my laptop with it. would it work if i bought 3 and used an usb squid and then hook it up to my pc?

[bob16cl]

You forgot to take the plastic protectors off the solar panels

[robmandems]

Good Video, showed me how easy it is to use.

so does everything that you showed in the video come in the box?

where did you buy this from?

thanks

[BrainFrezz101]

Is it worth the money? Cos it has bad reviews.

[garrysurrey]

i lost all my plugs XD

[bestvidsdottk]

I Like that shirt cockney

[TheSmyth18]

deos it charges samsung phones and deos it charge laptops

[gadgetman92]

This is what it said on product summury ''Samsung A288 and current D800 series phones''. This device will NOT charge laptops or netbooks.

[brandon14872]

@TheSmyth18 did you notice how small it is? anything that small would not be able to charge laptops

[Halonerd33]

can you charge the iphone 3g s

[gadgetman92]

i can't be sure, if this helps it doesn't charge my ipod touch.

[rudebwoi93]

r u sure, its supposed to charge it... have you got a 2nd generation? I was thinking of getting one of these to charge mine, but if it wont work...

[billypallikaras]

nice review and interesting gadget. just got 1 question sinse i got an archos too (archos 5) does it worth buying it for charching the archos or it isnt that good for that, thanks

[gadgetman92]

unfortunatley it's not the best thing to charge the archos family, on holiday this year it hardly had enough grunt to sustain standby on my archos never mind charge. It's a weird thing the Archos batterys are very difficult to charge, i mean from the mains it takes my archos about 3 maybe 4 - 6 hours to charge. So to round up, DON'T buy it just to charge your Archos. Though i have come up with a recomendation, have a look and research into PowerMonkey cahrgers, they seem to be very good.

[billypallikaras]

nice review and interesting gadget.

just got 1 question sinse i got an achos too how much time does it takes to charge it and does it worth buying for only charging the archos? thanks

[matty810]

great review!, just one question though, i know it will charge itself, but can you plug a device in e.g a phone, and charge that from the solar panels(not from the battery straight from the solar panels), thanks

matt

[gadgetman92]

no unfortunatly the freelaoder has to charge itself before charging anything plugged into it.

[dmitria]

Thank you gadgetman92, it helps me much :)

[loopydoopi]

can i charge the freeloader using the solar panels while charging my psp at the same time?

[gadgetman92]

Unfortunatly not, you have to wait for the freeloader to chrage using the solar panels.(or by usb charge) Then using that charge to charge whatever it is you want to charge. hope that helps.

[ozzie147]

would it work on my google G1?

[gadgetman92]

what connector does it use.

[ozzie147]

its a weird shape but it has a usb wire to put things onto the phone e.g music. would that work?

[gadgetman92]

can you charge it via usb the big one that you would otherwise plug into a computer, NOT the small one called mini usb. If so then you would use the usb socket attachment, plug the usb cable into that, plug the usb cable into your g1. then attach to freeloader, though i couldn't guarantee that it would charge because i'm not up the the latest freelaoder compatability charts.

[ozzie147]

it uses a weird one, but it does have a usb cable to transfer music and videos and stuff onto the phone, would that work???

[wrxsti111]

i got a simular solar charger but it comes with 10 adapters and a built in rechargable battery so if the sun dims it charges ur item from the backup battery. mine was bought for £10 off ebay and its small and nice, 1 hour charge for mobile phones.

[jaimedominguez82]

if u say the name of the charger will be very helpful for everyone.

[gadgetman92]

the name of the charger is 'Freeloader solar charger'

[kwdwn]

does it work with a iPod classic 80 gb cause i really gonna need this in one week so i must know before i buy it

[gadgetman92]

I'll be completly truthfull and say i don't know, the only advice i can give you is that it charges my old ipod nano but !!not!! my new ipod touch. I'm sorry i can't help i feel pathetic. What i would say though is try and get to a shop where they sell both the freelaoder and the solio, (i'm guessing you need somesort of portable power as you won't be near a socket), go in and just ask what they think, after all a shop wants to sell and probally be willing to help you.

[doctorpingu]

How long do these take to charge Via the sun?

Averagely?

Thanks

[gadgetman92]

Ok the box says ''as little as 5 hours'' but from my experience it takes about three days. That's if you just left and didn't move it to follow the track of the sun. That was in the middle of july and it was sunny for as long as possible. So averagely about 3-5 days of mild to strong sunshine. Dramatically increased in winter.

[doctorpingu]

How long does it take to charge it up, using the sun?

Like averagely?

Thanks

[gadgetman92]

well the box says "as little as 5 hours", but in my experience about a 3-5 days, just left, not moved to keep track of the sun.

[Juliet4herRomeo]

HEYYYYYY lmao its your youtube is it ali

lmao hows your holidays going ?

you going to prom on friday?

Emily x

[gadgetman92]

yer hols goin good thanks and how about u, and yer i did go 2 prom

[gadgetman92]

if you need something that's cheap to top up your gadgets then this is it, but if your looking for reliability then shell out a bit more cash and buy the solio, from watching other peoples videos on the solio, it proves itself to be the better of the two. Also i have encountered what you are talking about, the sun charges the freeloaders internal battery which intern then charges the device connected, so the sun can't directly charge the devices battery the freeloader needs to charge first.

[incomplte1perfection]

I'm thinking of getting one, but heard that it doesnt actually work when its the sun charging up the gadgets...

[BelgianWallOfDeath]

That's just a genius invention

[WildTaiko]

that is very cool

[audiofreeq]

shame it took them 30 years from the one i got from tandy in 1978,now all i got todo is wait another 30 years for my laptop to do what i want for the money,or camcorder,GPS,home cinema,games machine & and all the other toys the 40 somthing generation were talking about in the 70s

[fangaas]

totally getting one