Goal Zero 41022 Guide 10 Plus Solar Recharging Kit Reviews

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This works great. This is the newer version of the Nomad 7 panel and the Guide 10 battery pack.

Pretty simple. Panels charge the battery pack, battery pack charges the electronics (like the iPhone). One thing I really like about this is the small size. That and the fact that I can recharge my Sanyo Eneloop batteries with this panel and the Guide 10 pack. I have many, many of these batteries for use in my Canon camera flashes.

Goal zero does warn that you must have strong sun and the panel positioned correctly to be able to charge an iPhone with the panel itself (without the battery pack). With that said, the first time I had it out I disconnected the Guide 10 and tried to charge my iPhone 5 directly from the USB output on the panel. Worked just fine. If the sun was behind the clouds, or the panel was positioned incorrectly, then I would get a message on my phone saying the accessory might not be supported, or something like that.

Bottom line, it works as advertised. It's a small panel with enough power to charge an iPhone 5 directly. In less than optimal conditions, just charge the AA battery pack and charge from that. That's what it was designed for, anyway, I believe.

I'll be buying a Nomad 13 after this positive experience.

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Customer service was excellent, professional and not at all patronizing. Very happy with the product, once I figured out all the connections, which are many.

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I finally got this panel working on my iPhone after emailing (they did get back promptly). My problems had some work arounds but for me it only worked in near-perfect to perfect conditions. For this amount of money I was wanting a no hassle bullet proof design and not one that seems to discharge the battery when I had it plugged into iPhone and it stopped because sunlight faded a little. The triple a charger is of meant to work in tandem with the panel. So the whole setup ends up being a lot less than sleek design. I would not recommend getting this unless you don't mind the hassle of emailing and experimenting and then for me, finally going through the hassle of sending it back!