Portable solar charger for camcorder

[Call of the Wild]

Any hi-tech guys here?

I’m struggling to find a portable solar panel charger for camcorders. From the camcorder list I’m planning to buy, the battery is recharged from a wall plug in (connected to the camcorder which has a battery). Panels I found use a USB cable to charge electronic device. I want to carry a small camcorder, handycam style, for my 12 days hunt in the mountains this August and I’m not very interested to carry a bunch of spare batteries (weight and cost).

So would like to find a way to charge the battery while I’m off the grid in paradise, the mountains. While taking this into consideration, a product that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg would be great. But the main aspect I’m interested about is a low weight and small volume/compact charger.

I appreciate any suggestion

Call of the wild



Here’s some product I found so far.


Brunton products, UBS:

-http://www.bluepacificsolar.com/solar-power/brunton-explorer-81-000009.html

Solio, USB:

-http://www.solio.com/charger/solio-charger-classic.html

Backup Power:
With a female cigarette lighter adapter I could use as inverter for the camcorder charging cables?
-http://www.backup-power.ca/catalog/item/2510459/1958097.htm
-http://www.backup-power.ca/catalog/item/3393232/3440553.htm

[KodiakHntr]

What camera are you looking to buy? More importantly, find out if it will charge from a mini-usb port, or if the battery has to be removed from the cam to charge.

A lot of digital critters these days will charge through the mini-usb.

[Slinky Pickle]

I would look at a combination of one of these...

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4/Auto/SolarPortablePower/PowerPacks/PRD~0111810P/Motomaster%252BEliminator%252B600A%252BPowerBox.js p?locale=en

paired with one of these.....

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4/Auto/SolarPortablePower/SolarEnergy/PRD~0111884P/Eliminator%252BSolar%252BPanel%25252C%252B5.5W.jsp ?locale=en

A bit of a pricey option but it would double duty as a battery booster, AC power source, DC power source.... and maybe a welder if you got creative. You never know what you're going to need out in the middle of no where. :confused:

It would be too heavy to pack into a remote camp but if your vehicle (or quad) can get to your base camp then you would be ok.