Voltaic Systems - Solar DIY and Device Charging

Tablet Charging Update

Image by LGEPR on flickr. Tablet charging has been a top priority here at Voltaic. With the release of our V60 battery and updates to V11 and V39 batteries, it’s time to bring you up to speed on the compatibility …

January Gear Winner

Frédérique and Antoine are re-creating Jules Crevaux’s (the barefoot explorer) trek through the Amazonian rain forest. According to them, “This trek, including long river distances and a 15 day walk in the totally virgin forest hasn’t been done since Jules …

Solar Charger for GoPro – Update

In a previous post, we showed how you can charge GoPro Hero cameras from our solar chargers. Since this is such a popular device to charge, we did a bit more testing and discovered that you can charge a GoPro …

Solar Powered Lego Car

You know it is going to be a good day at work when you get a solar-powered Lego Car in the mail. The folks at Play-Well sent it to us after choosing to use our panels for this project (if …

December Gear Winner – Cross Country Human Rights Ride

Janessa Goldbeck is biking across the US in a 4,200 mile bicycle tour to deliver a message “that a robust foreign aid budget is necessary – not only to keep millions of people alive and safe – but because it …

Making the Array or OffGrid into a Solar Camera Bag

We tested two camera inserts to see how they fit in our Array Solar Laptop Charger and OffGrid Solar Backpack. Here’s the short video: We tested the Domke 414 ($57 from B&H) which fits firmly inside the Array and safely …

Review of Fuse for Bicycle Tour

Reed Dahlmeier took the Fuse 4W on a Vancouver to Santa Cruz (and back!) bike tour to charge his Canon T2i, mobile phone and GPS and came back a happy customer. The detailed review is here. “After over 2,000 miles …

DIY Solar Lamp

Here’s a guide to building a USB powered LED lamp compatible with Voltaic Systems products. This is a quick and easy way to convert the solar energy we’ve stored in our Voltaic Systems batteries into light. We’ve used ours when …

October Gear Winner Update

Our October Gear Winner just returned from her trip to the Galapagos on the National Geographic Endeavor. She sent us back these great photos. We gave $250 towards a Fuse 10W Solar Laptop Charger to power up a MacBook and …

Charging the Kindle Fire from Solar

The Kindle Fire, Amazon’s answer to the Barnes and Noble Nook Color, is a compact 7” color tablet device that occupies a middle ground between full fledged tablet PC and eReader. There are loads of product reviews out there, but …