Gary & Arnies 69k trek - Backpack, Tent and Solar charger

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Backpack, Tent and Solar charger

I collected backpack tonight and got a 3L water bladder for it as well.  Tent arrived last Saturday and Solar phone charger arrived today as well.

So now I have back pack I can check if any of the sleeping bags we have can be used.

Solar charger has a power bank on it so apparently you charge it from mains 1st it then has approx 5 charges in it, but it will pick up 1 phone charge a day when its hanging on back pack so in theory should never run out.  We'll see.

16 days to go so I have time to test a few things.

[Update 06/06/15]
This is the solar charger
http://www.mobilesolarchargers.co.uk/shop/details/camping-solar-charger

I managed to charge my phone 4 times as follows

1. Half charge
2. Full Charge well phone on 14%
3. Half charge
4. Full Charge phone on 8%

Now testing the solar side of it so fully recharged power bank from mains.

1. Starting point fully recharged power bank from mains.
2. Fully Charged up phone from 14%
3. Left power bank out in sunny cloudy day was outside for at least 8 hours 1 green bar showing
4. Fully Charged phone from 12%
5. Left power bank out on overcast in morning and then sunny cloudy day was outside for at least 8 hours 1 green bar showing, had 3 blue by end of day outside.
6. Phone now charging again from about 14% > Fully charged by morning
7. Left power bank out in sunny cloudy day was outside for at least 9.5 hours 1 green bar showing
8. Phone now charging again from 9% > Phone charged to 43% by morning
9. Left power bank out in sunny cloudy day was outside for at least 9.5 hours 1 green bar showing
10. Phone now charging again from about 14% > No difference to phone in morning still at 14%
11. Recharging phone on mains as phone bank fully drained and solar making no difference.

I contacted the company and they were very good, said that it sounded like I had a faulty unit as it should charge better than that. They dispatched another one straight away (arrived next morning.  Also sent a solar panel for me to trial so that should be fun.