Solar Panel On The Jmt

Carry a 2a charger.

Solar panel on the jmt.

In this video i talk about the electronics that i plan to use on my summer 2018 jmt hike. I will be bringing garmin inreach phone camera portable charger and solar panels. That amount of time exceeds daylight hours in most places. This is a review of the lixada 10w solar panel specifically in regard to ul backpacking.

Solar panels can help you to recharge on trail. You should also consider the weather in your region when you select a solar charger. I ended with a so called 10 w solar charger which can be bought for less than 15 us on sites like aliexpress or banggood. To my knowledge this is the lightest solar panel available and i haven t found much on it from backpackers.

You can expect a solid 3 5 4 w from this panel on a sunny day. There are few emergency devices out there but based on hiker blogs and facebook forums discussions spot and. Start hike with no solar panel and no usb battery. So there is a 5 5 oz weight difference to be fair i would be fine to eat this difference in lieu of a larger battery pack only however the problem there is that the 26 800 mah battery still wouldn t get me but about 7 days in.

If you need to recharge your electronics a lot choose a solar panel that can charge faster. The solar panel is pretty small so it charges the internal battery really slowly but it s better than nothing when you re all out of power and miles from a wall charger. Hang it on the outside of your backpack and it ll trickle charge that battery all day to extend the amount of devices you can charge during your trip. Most important piece of electronics i will be carrying on jmt is garmin inreach explorer plus for communication navigation and emergency assistance.

Links to items and write up below. 3 1oz weighted on my scale. At tuolumne top up phone at store or permit office. This is based on my sobo jmt trip which ended early with 150 miles done in 9 days.

At red s pick up a small usb battery eg 3 300mah in your resupply and charge phone at restaurant. My set up solar panel 13 000 mah battery and charging cord comes in at 16 6 oz. If you are really speedy you might not need this battery. Some solar panels can take 18 hours or more to power an external charger or electronic device.