| The FreeLoader Portable Solar Charger is a neat | | | | mostly sunny day in Los Angeles. Still, that's no |
| little gadget which provides you with energy for | | | | problem, because if you want a faster charge |
| your portable devices while you're on the go, or | | | | time you can just plug it into a USB port (three |
| when you otherwise don't have access to a | | | | hours, roughly) or charge the device directly by |
| power socket. It is versatile though, and can even | | | | hooking it in while FreeLoader charges. |
| be used without sun, as long as you have a | | | | The only claim I don't believe from their |
| computer. | | | | marketing rhetoric is that it will charge "any hand |
| The FreeLoader works in three ways, and can: | | | | held device." There are two plugins on the device |
| * Charge its internal battery from the sun (as is | | | | itself, and a further 22 adapter tips that come |
| obvious from the name) | | | | with it. That is a lot, no mistake, but I'm not sure |
| * Charge its internal battery from a computer via | | | | it's enough to justify the "any hand held device" |
| a USB connection | | | | label. |
| * Charge your portable devices without wait time | | | | Still, these are pretty much the only flaws with |
| either by solar power or USB if you hook them in | | | | this neat charging gadget. If you have a lot of |
| when it's charging. | | | | portable devices that need charging on a regular |
| The only drawbacks are minor ones. First, there's | | | | basis, its many adapters are great. If you spend a |
| a kind of slow charge time if you're using the | | | | lot of time outdoors away from power sockets, |
| solar option. It took about eight and a half hours | | | | it's great for that too. |
| for me to charge my FreeLoader Portable Solar | | | | Definitely worth checking out! |
| Charger immediately after I received it on a | | | | |