PV Gap

Sally Said:

Buying a portable power source and solar charger?

We Answered:

A few options are available to you.

Rather than rely on Amazon, look at the products available at Northern tool, and check out Powerfilm who is a manufacturer, but has links to their vendors who might be quite close to you.

http://www.northerntool.com
http://www.powerfilmsolar.com

Depending what power supplies your TV and Xbox use for power, and you might already be doing this, but in the event they have a wall warts rated for 12 to 15 volts, you might consider just trying to power the two directly from a sealed lead acid battery with no wall wart transformer and no inverter. You power straight off 12 volts. In effect, you would use something like a lighter plug to Xbox, and lighter plug to TV.

You might also consider using a more non branded name power unit and save yourself considerable money. Those should be available through Northern Tool, Harbor Freight, Etc for much less money and will last about the same amount of time.

You might also consider instead using some Black and Decker "Power to Go" packs. While you could charge with solar, charging from the wall will giver better longevity to the battery packs.

Jack Said:

Can you recommend a laptop/Notebook with really good battery life/efficiency?

We Answered:

acer aspire
saw that on TV shopping channel
it has >8 hrs battery lif..100% energy star
also those netbooks really saves battery