XPost: uk.telecom.mobile, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: aero.spike@mail.com   
      
   Alan Browne  wrote:   
   > On 2024-04-13 20:37, Ant wrote:   
   >> In misc.phone.mobile.iphone Alan Browne  wrote:   
   >> ...   
   >>> About 175g - 200g or so.  Given the functionality, that's quite light.   
   >>> Of course re-charging will be an issue - so add a small solar panel to   
   >>> your burden if out for more than 2 days.   
   >>   
   >> Can those portable solar panels recharge iPhones fast though? I read that   
   they don't.   
   >   
   >   
   > I read that when hiking I won't find hot and cold running water and nice   
   > clean porcelain toilets along the trail either.   
   >   
   > When hiking one would not normally deplete the iPhone battery on a daily   
   > basis.  Or even close.  If one is doing so, maybe they should re-think   
   > their hiking goals.   
   >   
   > Hiking panels (20 - 30W) run 600 - 700g.  It's in that zone of "I'll   
   > bring it if I _have_ to, not want to."  Depending on rest time, you'd   
   > probably be able to keep the battery up.   
   >   
   > There are higher power portable panels - of course (shocking revelation   
   > ahead) they are heavier and bulkier.   
   >   
   > All that said, I've never brought a solar panel hiking - this summer   
   > camping trip (drive in) I may acquire 100 or 200W of solar capacity - TBD.   
      
   Soldiers backpacks on D-Day could weigh 70 to 100lbs…and that was before   
   they were soaked in sea-water.   
      
   Some paratroops equipment weighed 150lbs, if they were also carrying   
   base-plates, tubes, or ammunition for mortars, and they had to be shoved up   
   the ladder into their C-47s.   
      
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