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I was always told that solar chargers for cell phones are not very reliable. However, the newer cell phones have a c-type USB port that permits up to 100 watts instead of 5 watts like the old micro USB ports.
Does that make them quicker to charge and hence a solar charger more efficient?
I see this new ad for $100 solar charger with a C-type USB connection. Is it worth it? https://litsolar.com/
I was always told that solar chargers for cell phones are not very reliable. However, the newer cell phones have a c-type USB port that permits up to 100 watts instead of 5 watts like the old micro USB ports.
Does that make them quicker to charge and hence a solar charger more efficient?
I see this new ad for $100 solar charger with a C-type USB connection. Is it worth it? https://litsolar.com/
Charging the powerbank varies anywhere from 8 hours with a wall plug to 80 hours via solar.
What affects the speed of charging your phone from the powerbank are the amps, not watts.
Typically a 2A charger or better is considered a "fast" charger.
The type-c charger listed on the page is rated as a Quickcharge 3.0 charger providing up to 2.5A. It will fast charge most devices.
It's also generally better to use a solar charger to charge up a battery, and then use that to charge the phone, as opposed to charging a phone directly.
Make sure you look at any solar charger's rated Time To Charge examples. Most people VASTLY overrate the actual power available from solar.
The link you provides shows an 8.5 hour time frame to charge a 10k bank, but doesn't say how much less to charge the on-board 2k bank.
This means such devices are probably useful if you will be off-grid for days, but if you're where a wall outlet is handy, that will always be much faster.
It's just a normal battery pack with small solar panel. They typically take around 4 days to charge assuming it's a decent panel. So if you can leave it sitting there for four days to charge that's fairly useful. E.g., if you're off grid and set it on a rock that gets direct sunlight all day during the day it will charge enough to bring it inside and charge up a cell phone from empty to full at night.
On the other hand a normal 20,000 mAh battery pack that you charge by off a wall socket is 20 or 30 bucks. You can just charge that overnight and it's good for 4 or 5 charges on a normal cellphone. For most people that's more useful. Of course you can charge the solar one off an outlet too but then is it worth spending an extra 70 or 80 bucks?
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