Delivery / Material / Application
The charger consists of -drei- sewn into durable RIP nylon solar panels and an insert pocket, in the connecting cable are with charger plug.
In this case the smartphone to protect against direct sunlight / overheating takes place during the charging process at any time.
The "Nylon wallet" with the clean sewn panels (approximately 10 x 20 cm surface) provides, as described by the manufacturer, a visually appealing, durable and absolutely weatherproof impression.
When not in use or transportation is the charger, similar to a four-part presentation folder, folded to about DIN A5 format.
In fully expanded state which has Velcro provided and only a few
mm thick charger dimensions of about 63 x 22.5 cm.
Apart from that everyone will understand manual (handling is self-explanatory even without instructions) are supplied with four aluminum carabiner included.
These hooks (metallic green) the deployed and provided with metal eyelets "nylon wallet" can be hung or with a cord in the viewing direction "sun / light" be lashed.
Function
The best charging function, as guaranteed in all other solar modules, with sun and a cloudless sky. Under these conditions, even the newer generation smartphones are (I had a Samsung Galaxy S4 and an iPhone 5 available) fully charged in about 3 to 3.5 hours.
Since such weather conditions were extremely rare within the last few weeks, the most smart phones had to be loaded in less favorable weather conditions.
Even if the charging time is partially extended by several hours under a cloudy sky, so the solar charger is yet to attest that the panels also under this condition are on duty. In addition, the charging function started on the windowsill behind a pane of glass, even with a little more dense clouds - only requirement: panels toward the light source (even though the sun is hidden behind the clouds part) up.
For charging batteries with a greater capacity (eg tablets), I would definitely use the more powerful version with 15 watts with respect to the charging time.
Of users
Basically, the solar charger can, under appropriate weather conditions wherever no outlet is available, to be used wisely.
This would, inter alia, with all-day stays at the lake (of my iPhone battery survives at intensive use meantime no more 8 hrs), in mountain huts or (for example, motorcyclists) holidays on campsites without electricity.
Very important: The solar charger can -Should the environment trustworthy Being of course mobile battery packs are loaded in your absence
(Eg camping). With the charged battery pack in turn, can (from a light source independently) in the evening the batteries from your smartphone or tablet to be charged.
Conclusion
Whether direct power supply of your smartphone or charging of a mobile battery packs - the RAVPower Solar Charger was able to convince when it comes to processing, functionality and performance (taking into account the prevailing conditions) completely.
Therefore, I can express a full purchase recommendation.