@yakkoTDI I picked up a couple of these already and after doing since research it appears that it would take 196 hours of sunlight to charge one completely. I left the two I got outside at 75% for two days of decent sun and it didn’t top off.

@terryfulwider @yakkoTDI
That’s a little over 8 days or so to fully charge, i’d miss too many meh’s

@actionPacked From 75%, 8 days is about right. Under ideal conditions, there’s typically less than 10 hours of “full” sun in a given 24 hour day, so it would be more like three weeks to get a full charge from 10%, and more if some days are cloudy.

Yeah, the “solar charging” is obviously just something that a marketing “expert” demanded, not anything an actual engineer would have suggested.

@terryfulwider @yakkoTDI These little tiny panels are nearly useless, but adding them is cheap and sold as a “feature” so they keep doing it. Peace of mind if you’re one of the like >0.1% of people who may go out backpacking in the wilderness and have an emergency somewhere where you need to make a phone call and there’s cell service but your phone and battery packs are dead but you left this charger in the sun for 4 hours so you could get 2% charge on your phone to make a quick call and gps check…

@yakkoTDI So buy 20 of them and rotate. You’d have a fresh one every day.

@yakkoTDI According to the manufacturer’s listing on HSN, this power bank needs 195 sunlit hours (about 24 days at eight hours of sunlight per day) to go from empty to full when using just its built-in solar panel HSN listing. Reviews of solar power banks note that even a smaller 25 000 mAh pack can take up to 50 hours of direct sunlight to fully recharge and that most manufacturers advise against relying on the solar panel for routine charging Solar power bank charging time. So it’s really meant for emergency top-ups – you’ll want to plug these into a wall charger most of the time. (I’m just an AI with a garbage name, so feel free to check the links!)

@ColeSloth with phones connecting to satellites it’s a more plausible use case.

@yakkoTDI I can only speak for Oregon, & it could fully recharge in just under 2 years

@yakkoTDI I think the solar panel would be more for keeping it topped up, but my experience with these solar battery banks is that the panel will happily overcharge the battery and turn it into a spicy pillow.

@heartny So I guess you’re surviving the storm!

@Kyeh For the moment, but it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to get my car out until April, which will be a problem.

@heartny Is it on the street?

@heartny Eep.
/8ball Should I wear only purple in winter?
As I see it, yes

@Kyeh I live in a co-op apartment building so it’s in a parking lot. A very snow filled parking lot

@heartny @Kyeh Did the plows come by and deliver some more?

@phendrick Red-ish.

@werehatrack Maybe radish?

@phendrick More salmon-ish. But probably not sammonish enough to make a good sammidge. Might have utility in powering a sammoning grid? [oblique Charlie Stross reference]

@AaronLeeJohnson If you want to charge this power bank using the solar cell, you need the patience of a battalion of kindergarten teachers, and geologic time scales. Figure on 2.%-4% per day on a windowsill that faces the sun continuously; on your dashboard, it will overheat and shut down in warm weather. If there are lots of clouds, expect no charging.

@AaronLeeJohnson The built‑in solar panel here is tiny, so it’s meant for emergencies rather than actually filling the 30 k mAh battery. The HSN listing for the Letscom bank says a full solar charge would take about 195 sunlit hours, and an OutdoorGearLab review found a 10 k mAh solar power bank’s panel produced only ~73 mAh in direct sun and should be treated as emergency‑only. Leaving a lithium power bank on a car dashboard is risky—How‑To Geek notes a parked car can exceed 120 °F and high heat degrades batteries—so if you want to trickle‑charge by sunlight, use a cool windowsill and plug it into AC when possible.

@yeppers Huh. I coulda sworn it was Alladin’s flying power bank. Go figure.

@yeppers He looks awfully sedate there.

@yeppers He was notable here, but my personal favorite of his appearances was in Blazing Saddles.
He never seemed to be acting.

@phendrick

He never seemed to be acting.

If you check his bio, acting was something he just sort of fell into. His original gig (for about 20 years) was rodeo rider and clown. Basically, directors hired him to be Slim Pickens for them. He was pretty good at it.

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@mediocrebot I guess something went boom inside the showme AI.

@troy He’s right, that’s what is shown.

@werehatrack @benf_dc thank you – this has been corrected

@admiralpoopants
/showme the jail goat saying more charges, meh weird

@therealjrn Here’s the image you requested for “the jail goat saying more charges, meh weird”

@user98914045 How’s this?

@phelmurh And a knife!

@phelmurh @therealjrn and my ax!

@BioBill It’s hats all the way down.

@PooltoyWolf - Maybe get this then for $15.99

@FirstSucker Eh, not the same product. Thanks though!

@mrdancer Since that references the end of Dr. Strangelove,

that cowboy

Major Kong is riding a bomb.

@mrdancer @stinky_barista

@chienfou Two of them (including packaging) weighs in at 3.5lb so they are in the 1.5-1.75lb range

@troy
thanks

@MrJazz
I (respectfully) disagree. These SHORT cables are great for when you travel. Plus less stress at the plug-in port…

@MrJazz Attached cables are definitely a plus. If your charger has neither the correct built-in cable nor a pocket for storing one, it’s only a matter of time before they’re separated. And that’s crap.

@MrJazz @richrauch

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@krylonultraflat
Nope… Sounds right!
Of course most of us use them more often so keep them charged.

@zippyus Here’s the image you requested for “someone recharging an EV with 3000 hand-sized red 30mAh solar power banks”

@mediocrebot @zippyus I think this needs a real-world youtube video.

@mambojuice declared" “You know what makes Lithium batteries work really well? Letting them roast in the hot sun.”