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We changed our support interface recently using the system from desk.com – it goes from static pages where users navigate by product to a search driven page with a constantly evolving knowledge base. Both Voltaic and our customers can contribute …

Roadmonkey is Guest Gear Contest Judge for May

Paul von Zielbauer from roadmonkey has agreed to be our guest judge for March’s Free Gear Contest. Roadmonkey is a pioneer in adventure philanthropy, pairing adventure travel with a geographic and cultural experience. Like every month, we’ll be looking for …

Fuse 10W on cover of Home Power Magazine

The good folks over at Home Power Magazine recently ran a story on solar chargers and they chose the Fuse 10W Solar Laptop Charger for the cover photo. Photo credit to Shawn Schreiner. Get the current issue of Home Power …

April Gear Winner to Canoe down the Mississippi

Congratulations to Camden Sweet who is soon to embark on a 2,552 mile canoe trip down the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana. Camden will be raising money and awareness for Pulmonary Embolisms. You can donate here to support the …

DIY Solar Charger for Ortlieb Bag

We love it when customers use our panels to design a system that fits their needs. A Dutch customer recently mod-ed his Ortlieb handlebar bag. He wanted a removable and waterproof system. We like the detailed wire work, the storage …

Home iPad Charging Station in Life Edited Apartment

What do you do when you really want solar power, but you live in a 350 square foot apartment in NYC with no roof access? That is what our friends at Life Edited asked us to work on. Sunlight was …

March Gear Winner – Trip from Canada to Brazil via Horseback

The free solar gear award for March goes to Filipe Masetti Leite. Inspired by Aime Tchiffely’s 1925 journey from Argentina to New York, he will ride two horses more than 16,000 km home to Brazil. What we liked about the …

Solar Charger Tutorial – Part 4 Battery Protection

Part 4: How do you protect the battery? The goal of a charge circuit is to protect both the battery and your device. If you don’t have charge protection, you can damage the cells on a battery or cause a …

Compatibility with new iPad (aka iPad 3)

We managed to get our hands on a friend’s new, 3rd generation iPad last night and we were able to charge it from both our V39 battery (included with the Spark solar iPad charger) and V60 battery (included with all …

Solar Buddha Machine

For those of you who don’t already know about the FM3 Buddha Machine, here’s the scoop: The Buddha Machine is a small plastic box that plays meditative music composed by Christiaan Virant and Zhang Jian. (source: fm3buddhamachine.com/) The device is …