Comments on: Keep Your iPhone, iPod Charged: RichardSolo 1800 Smart Battery Backup http://practicaltravelgear.com/keep-your-iphone-ipod-charged-richardsolo-1800-smart-battery-backup/ Travel gear reviews, gadgets reviews, and travel clothing that is worth packing. Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JohnG http://practicaltravelgear.com/keep-your-iphone-ipod-charged-richardsolo-1800-smart-battery-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-806 JohnG Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:08:55 +0000 http://practicaltravelgear.com/?p=3246#comment-806 @ Buzz: My colleague, Tim, did review one of the Callpod models, the Fueltank, <a href="http://practicaltravelgear.com/callpod-fueltank-charger-review/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. @ Buzz: My colleague, Tim, did review one of the Callpod models, the Fueltank, here.

]]> By: Buzz http://practicaltravelgear.com/keep-your-iphone-ipod-charged-richardsolo-1800-smart-battery-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-805 Buzz Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:53:24 +0000 http://practicaltravelgear.com/?p=3246#comment-805 Have you checked out either the Fueltank Uno or Fueltank Duo made by Callpod? They can charge almost any "smaller" device--ipod, iphone, cellphones, digital cameras, etc. I can get 2-3 charges for my Ipod Touch with the Fueltank Uno. Have you checked out either the Fueltank Uno or Fueltank Duo made by Callpod? They can charge almost any “smaller” device–ipod, iphone, cellphones, digital cameras, etc. I can get 2-3 charges for my Ipod Touch with the Fueltank Uno.

]]> By: Adam http://practicaltravelgear.com/keep-your-iphone-ipod-charged-richardsolo-1800-smart-battery-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Adam Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:18:42 +0000 http://practicaltravelgear.com/?p=3246#comment-804 I arrived in New Zealand for 2 months of flashpacking and realised immediately that I had left my wall charger attached to the wall (funnily enough) so my option was waste money on a wall charger, or get a spare battery. I was chewing up heaps of power using google maps and 3G all day and the only way I could charge it was when I turned my laptop on, so I bought this device from eBay in Australia and got a friend to send it to me. As you said, the great thing is that it comes with a wall charger and a great USB cable. In fact, the USB cable solved a problem for me as I have a universal external battery ( http://www.dvhardware.net/review120_acryan_mobilit.html) for my UMPC tablet but it will not charge iPhones as they draw power from USB data pins. With the Richard Solo USB cable I can now charge both my iphone and the solo from that bigger battery, and theoretically go weeks without seeing a power point. I am about to go flashpacking for another 12 months and having the Richard Solo means I never have to question myself if I should really turn up the brightness higher, or play that game for an hour which will kill my battery, or reach 8pm at night and worry my battery is too low. I arrived in New Zealand for 2 months of flashpacking and realised immediately that I had left my wall charger attached to the wall (funnily enough) so my option was waste money on a wall charger, or get a spare battery. I was chewing up heaps of power using google maps and 3G all day and the only way I could charge it was when I turned my laptop on, so I bought this device from eBay in Australia and got a friend to send it to me.

As you said, the great thing is that it comes with a wall charger and a great USB cable. In fact, the USB cable solved a problem for me as I have a universal external battery ( http://www.dvhardware.net/review120_acryan_mobilit.html) for my UMPC tablet but it will not charge iPhones as they draw power from USB data pins. With the Richard Solo USB cable I can now charge both my iphone and the solo from that bigger battery, and theoretically go weeks without seeing a power point.

I am about to go flashpacking for another 12 months and having the Richard Solo means I never have to question myself if I should really turn up the brightness higher, or play that game for an hour which will kill my battery, or reach 8pm at night and worry my battery is too low.

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