Portable Solar Power For Portable Hardware?

Tjeerd writes "Because the 'green revolution' is accelerating, I felt it was time to get involved. Last week I started with buying a portable solar energy charger for my mobile phone. But soon I was thinking of also recharging my Asus Eee netbook with a portable solar energy recharger. I found things like the Portable Power Pack, Foldable Solar Chargers, and the Solar Gorilla. The Solar Gorilla looks quite interesting and might be able to recharge my netbook and fits nicely in a rucksack. But I would like some real-life feedback. If you have experience with these or other portable solar devices, what has worked for you?"

Comments

Stop with the "CO2 produced in making of it", OK?

[denzacar]

The CO2 produced by making those things is more than you'll ever get back from using them.

And all that CO2 will go to waste unless someone buys and uses the thing.
Plus the CO2 created transporting it to the store, then from the store to the recycling center or garbage dump.
Where it will at best create even more CO2 being recycled or just plain sit there for the next 10.000 years slowly leaking chemicals into the ground.

On the other hand, if you DO buy it and use it you WILL reduce some minuscule amount of CO2 created and you will feel better about yourself while at the same time you will be investing in the clean energy industry.

Stop with the "And how much CO2 was created in making of the gadget?" already.
Its not as if when you pay for it someone presses a button on the ThingyMaker3000TM and on the one side it pops out a new gadget and on the other side it blows a giant cloud of CO2.
Those things are already created. Use them.