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max_wedge Posts: > 500

The Freeloader 8.0

http://www.solartechnology.co[....]/solar_chargers/freeloader.asp

120mA premium quality crystalline solar cells
1000mAh environmentally friendly Li-ion battery – typical battery life is 2 years.
Freeloaders solar panels can charge its internal battery in as little as 5 hours or 3 hours when using the supplied USB charging cable
Supplied with a computer USB charging cable
Supplied with a power master cable and twelve adaptors to fit the following:
LG Chocolate series phones

Motorola V66 series and current V3 series phones
All Nokia current and N series phones
Samsung A288 and current D800 series phones
Sony Ericsson T28 and current K750 series phones
4mm straight jack for Sony PSP, Tom Tom sat nav, digital camera’s, PDA’s and two-way radio’s
Mini USB for Blackberry Smart phones, Bluetooth headsets etc
USB 2.0 female socket for iPod, iPod Shuffle, MP3 players, smart phones, PDA’s, GPS plus much more
Nintendo DS lite connector
Supports iPod, iPod shuffle & iPod video up to and including 60Gb*

Impact resistant, rust free aluminium body.
Freeloader holds its battery charge for up to 3 months
Supplied with detailed user manual
Size – 123x62x17
Weight – 185g

* will support 80Gig with optional iPod Connector

I want one of these babies! Great for camping

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Posted: 2008-03-20 12:50:40
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Muhammad-Oli Posts: > 500

Yeah I saw one in a smallish town in New Zealand called Alexandra when I went camping over the xmas holidays. The only thing that held me back from buying it was that the shop had just one left and it was only shop stock and not in great condition.

Cool though. And decently priced. Wouldn't mind one for next time I go camping!

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Posted: 2008-03-20 13:33:53
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max_wedge Posts: > 500

yep I'm keen. On pricing though, in Australia the cheapest I've seen them is $100 Australian, usually they are closer to $129. They retail for 30 Pounds in UK.

That's about $65 here, so I'm a bit dirty. $35 is a lot just for postage, especially when a canny retailer will buy a batch of them so the overall postage for them is a lot less than I would pay to have only one shipped from the UK. I might buy one from the UK just to stick it up the local retailers. It'll still be a lot cheaper.
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Posted: 2008-03-20 14:03:49
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Muhammad-Oli Posts: > 500

That seems like far too much! The one I saw selling in NZ was $90, and going on current exchange rates (NZ dollar is strong right now), it would be AU$79.12, which is considerably cheaper! The shopkeeper was going to offer me discount seeing it was display stock too! Maybe I should have taken it...
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Posted: 2008-03-20 14:09:03
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max_wedge Posts: > 500

Yeah, Aussie retailers are often tight assed knobheads. All accessories in Aussie are stupidly priced. If only they realised these things would walk out the door if they were properly priced.

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Posted: 2008-03-20 14:21:19
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Muhammad-Oli Posts: > 500

Nah you generally have it better than we do. Accessories here are stupidly overpriced and when I visited Australia a few years ago (Sydney), I found most things, after factoring in the exchange rate, were cheaper for you guys. In fact its not just accessories, its pretty much everything including phones, MP3 players, cameras, etc.

A few years ago Vodafone used to overcharge purposely for things such as USB cables because they knew it was a free way to transfer things to and from a computer. Vodafone wanted people to buy their music, pictures, songs, etc and not get free stuff from the internet (or at least use their MMS services). Our other service provider didn't bring out a Bluetooth enabled phone for several years for the same reason. I think that this blatant monopolising still makes our accessory prices high today.

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Posted: 2008-03-20 14:32:04
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max_wedge Posts: > 500

Sounds suckful. Vodafone in Aussie usually have the best priced accessories, so I take that back about Aussie retailers

Still there are those that try it on.

Hopefully I can find a local retailer stocking the freeloader at a reasonable price.
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Posted: 2008-03-20 14:38:37
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Muhammad-Oli Posts: > 500

Yeah good luck with that!

Not many places stock it here. In fact I've only seen it that one time, and then once in a smalltime NZ magazine. Hopefully it grows in popularity so it becomes widely available as I wouldn't have a clue where to start looking for one in my city!
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Posted: 2008-03-20 14:44:07
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batesie Posts: > 500

theyve got them here and there actually pretty good too! https://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/
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Posted: 2008-03-20 15:35:29
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