Author Archives: Jeff Crystal
We’re Shifting to “Social Support”
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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NorthFace Adventure Pack plus Fuse 4W
Chris Gee, part of the Sycons Solar DJ team shows off what he calls his “Solar Mobile Hi-Def Trekking/Mountaineering video Solution,” pairing the Fuse 4W with his NorthFace Adventure Pack. We like how Chris has secured the Fuse snugly up …
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February Gear Winner – A Trip South
We had some great entrants in our Free Gear contest in February. The Grand Prize went to A Trip South (website, facebook). They received $250 towards a powerful laptop, cameras (Canon XA10 HD, Contour HD Helmet Camera, Nikon D3000, Nikon …
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What and Why Voltaic Insources
There’s been a lot of buzz about insourcing lately. We wanted to share what we do locally vs internationally and why. What We have a dozen plus manufacturing partners in China who produce a range of components for us including …
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