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There is still no indication when the Rockaways will get power back, so we went out again last Friday to install solar chargers and train organizers to distribute more to people who need power to charge their...

We were in the Staten Island and the Rockaways on Monday and Tuesday installing and distributing more solar light and phone charger kits for people still without power. As before, please consider donating to...

We spent yesterday in the Rockaways distributing and installing the emergency power kits donated by our customers. We pass on the hugs we received from people happy to call their mom or light their room onto...

We were in the Rockaways earlier this week to distribute solar kits. We found residents still do not have power and many are unable to leave their homes. We are starting a Buy One Give One program today for...

When hurricane Sandy hit New York City, Voltaic employees were all very happy that they had extra USB batteries, USB lights and solar chargers with them. For our CEO, the V39 battery and Flexlight were the...

Imagine our delight when we spotted this Kevin Kelly sculpture at the Dumbo Arts Festival about 100 yards from our offices. We saw the tell-tale design of our 16 Watt solar panels about a block away and...

It is now remarkably easy to build your own solar backpack with one of our small solar panels. We chose this classic and sublimely simple Orange Superbreak backpack from Jansport on Amazon. To make it, you...

An avid hiker and photographer from Australia built his own custom solar laptop charger using our 3.4 Watt panels and V60 (now the V72) battery. His solution was designed to be both light and waterproof. Find...

Our Polish partner PlayExtreme sent us these pictures from their customer's trip to the French Alps. They brought along an Amp Solar Charger to keep their phones and e-reader charged during their 15 day trek...

Zirk Botha recently toured the Okavango Delta in Botswana via a Standup Paddleboard (SUP). They travel amidst elephants, zebras, buffalos and hyenas. They used 2 x 3.4 Watt Solar Panels to charge both a...

A quartet of charming Slovenian medics are heading off to Papua New Guinea (Goodenough Island) on a humanitarian-medical mission. Once there, they will work to educate locals on infectious diseases and provide...

One of our customers gave the Spark Solar iPad Charger as a gift when he went to stay on a friend's yacht in the Bahamas. Here is the message he got back a few weeks later: Remember that solar charger you...

Cameraman for the White House, Arun Chaudhary, sent us this photo of him sporting a Voltaic backpack on the job. He is even getting some charge as he climbs onto Air Force One. For more, check out his...

Ravi recently used the Fuse 4W Solar Charger to keep iPod and Sony Camera charged during a 7 day trek through the Rupin Valley in the Indian Himalayas. He said that the charger made him "very popular." Here is...

Apple seems to do its very best to thwart charging of its devices from external power sources. The release of their new MacBooks (June 2012) doesn't do anything to change our opinion. UPDATE: We now sell...

You might have noticed that phones have become a bit larger (a bit of an understatement). With that size comes a bigger battery that takes longer to charge from any USB output that strictly follows the spec....

We changed our support interface recently using the system from desk.com - it goes from static pages where users navigate by product to a search driven page with a constantly evolving knowledge base. Both...

Paul von Zielbauer from roadmonkey has agreed to be our guest judge for March's Free Gear Contest. Roadmonkey is a pioneer in adventure philanthropy, pairing adventure travel with a geographic and cultural...