SolarDAB – solar powered digital-only radio

Robers Solar DAB radio
Robert’s solarDAB is the world’s first solar powered digital-only radio. This stylish and compact portable radio has an integral solar panel on top which powers everything. A simple meter helps you find the best place for it and indicates how well the panel is working. Under good conditions, there’s sufficient power to charge and listen, and while it is not in use you can leave it to charge.

The built in rechargeable battery pack is charged whenever the solar panel receives sunlight. Once fully charged, the low power consumption of the solarDAB allows the batteries to power the radio for up to 27 hours without the need to recharge – pretty impressive when compared to a usual energy hungry DAB radio. The radio can then be used away from sunlight or mains electricity until recharging becomes necessary. The batteries can be recharged either by sunlight or using the supplied mains adaptor if there is not sufficient light available.

The ability to use this radio anywhere and never have to worry about charging batteries makes this a great bit of eco tech.

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