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Voltaic's Sun-Sippin', Laptop Chargin' Generator Bag

Voltaic’s Generator bag is a rather excellent product with one huge drawback: it costs $500. Let’s be clear on that — $500 for a bag. But what a bag. If it fulfills its promise, the Generator could give you all-day mobile computing. From the blurb: The Voltaic Generator is the first solar bag powerful enough […]

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Voltaic's Generator bag is a rather excellent product with one huge drawback: it costs $500. Let's be clear on that -- $500 for a bag.

But what a bag. If it fulfills its promise, the Generator could give you all-day mobile computing. From the blurb:

The Voltaic Generator is the first solar bag powerful enough to charge a laptop.

The juice is stored in an internal battery, ready to supply your notebook when you plug it in. The battery, similar in capacity to a regular laptop battery, can be charged fully in around five hours by the 15 watt panels. Other than that, it's a fairly normal bag, other than that it is made from old soda bottles and has a "charging" light on the handle.

I'd buy one in a second, especially as I live in sunny Spain. But, damn! $500?

Product page [Voltaic Systems via Joel 90]