As simple as that: In the head of every listing table you will find a drop-down-field named 'sort by'. Here you can choos between three sort orders. 'Best value' is the default sort order - 'name' will sort the items by their names - and 'price' will sort all items by price.

Every icon represents a special feature of the shown product. A short description will apear every time you point with your mouse cursor on the icon. The desriptions are as follows:

- This article is equipped with a CLA-socket.

- This article is equipped with one USB-socket.

- This article is equipped with two USB-sockets.

- This article comes with an IPod charging cable.

- This article comes with multiple cell phone power adaptors.

- This article is equipped with a solar battery.

- This article is equipped with a special charging unit together with an integrated powerful solar battery.

- This article is capable of charging mobile computers.

- This article is equipped with a flexible solar panel with CIGS-technology.

- Free delivery within Germany.

- Special trade price for this article available.

- This article has been produced under ecological aspects.

- This article is waterproof.

- This article is proper for Trekking purposes.

- This article is proper for Sporting and Adventure purposes.

You won't find any items of poor quality at our site. The items with reletively low prices usually do not have some advanced features or are not that powerfull than items with higher prices. I.e. if you aim for a solar gear proper for charging your portable computer you will have to spend at least around 400 EUR.

Using laptops together with solar bags can be tricky. Laptops demand a higher consistent charge than a small solar panel will give you. So while the most solar bags work really well for handheld devices (cell phones, ipods, etc.), they will not work for a laptop. At the moment there are just a view manufacturers who offer solar bags capable of handling mobile computers: ANTON, PICARD and SUNLOAD. The charging unit comes from SUNLOAD. An intelligent charging circuit in connection with a high capacity battery pack will do the job. With these bags you are able to recharge or even run your Laptop. Moreover SUNLOAD provides a range of suitable solar extension panels that improve recharging times noticeably. To savely charge a full site laptop computer we recommend a minimum solar pansl power of 25Wp.

Yes, manufacturers as SUNLOAD and VOLTAIC already offer solar bags as well as solar power packs with charging units capable of running and charging laptops. Simultaneously some manufacturers are actually developing additional laptop kits that have the solar panel and battery needed to supply portable computers with power. Most of these kits include a large fold out solar unit and a larger battery. Future development strongly depends on the availability of new, more powerful, bag size solar panels.

Most of the manufacturers we included in our catalog try to integrate sustainability into their product line. The manufacturer NOON SOLAR offers with its GREEN LINE concept by far the the most sustainable produced items available.

Any of your smaller electronic devices can easily be charged with your solar bag - Mobile Phones, Satellite Phones, MP3 players, PDA's, Game players, GPSs, Digital Cameras, you name it! But the more power you got on your solar bag the shorter the recharging cycles of your devices. For laptops you need the most powerful solar bags available and you have to use extension solar panels (view above for more details).

It is really simple all you need to have is the plug you normally use in the car. You just connect your Car charger into the socket included in the bags ( we call this the CLA, or cigarette lighter apadter). Most of the manufacturers use the same plug as the one you use in the car because they know that almost every device has that type of plug made for it. If you still don't have an CLA-adaptor for your device just order it here. Many manufacturers can offer you cell-phone-adaptors, adaptors for small devices as well as laptop-adaptors. The second common connection type for solar power supply are USB sockets. A broad range of devices are already designed to use USB power supply..

No. The solar panel transforms sunlight into electricity. As long as there is sunlight your bag will generate electricity. With proper care your solar bags solar panel will last for years.

It depends on the output voltage of the solar panel in your bag. The more powerful solar panels run at 12 Volts meaning that you can plug directly into the bag, But we strongly recommend the use of a battery pack to get the most off your solar power source. We do offer solar power banks for solar panels and bags as an accessory should you want to store extra power for later. Our solar PowerPacks already include a powerbank by default. You can purchase these powerbanks as well on our accessories page.

VOLTAIC has integrated a charging-LED within the logo of their bags. If your bag comes with a battery the control surface of the charging unit will keep you informed about the charging process and the capacity of the battery. The following is true for all bags: Check the charge indicator light on your charger or electronic device. If you device says "Charging", that means that power is flowing from the sun to your bag to the device. It's as simple as that.

Most of the bags have a built in reversing diode (Drain Protection) that prevents the solar array from draining your battery. Please read the technical descriptions and make use of the compare-products-function of our website.

Simply wipe the product with a clean dry cloth and allow it to dry before storage.

Most of the solar power devices were not designed for continuous outdoor use. It can be used continuously, but will show signs of weathering. It should be outside about as much as you would be.

It depends on the power of your product. The more powerful and more efficient bags will function with many devices even in cloudy skies, though not as strongly as in sunshine or direct sunlight.