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Episode: 685
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Title: HPR0685: Product Review SunVolt
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr0685/hpr0685.mp3
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Transcribed: 2025-10-08 00:49:15
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Music
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Hello everyone, it's Riddlebox. Sorry it has been such a long time since my last
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HPR episode. Today I'm going to do a product review. This product is one that I think
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almost everyone will find a good use for. The product is from Scosh and is the solar
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powered universal charger, backup battery, or sunbolt. A description of the product from
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the manual that comes with it says, the Scosh sunbolt provides a convenient and environmentally
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friendly way to charge your USB portable device. The specifications for the product are
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output 5 volts 500 milliamps. The battery is a lithium ion. The battery capacity is 1500
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milliamps. Solar battery charge is 4 to 5 days and it varies depending on sunlight and
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everything. It has two lights, one for charging by the suner from a PC and the other is out
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which is lights up when it is charging a device. There's also a small button on which
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allows you to see how much battery is left. So obviously there are two ports, two USB
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ports. One is to plug a USB cord into it to charge a device and the other is to plug
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a cable into it to charge the device from a PC. So you can actually charge the battery
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while charging your phone or something else. It also comes with a little clear plastic
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case and some suction cups to put on your car window. The initial charge does take like
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four hours or so and the manual recommends to charge the device from your PC or laptop
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before your first use. After doing the initial charge you can carry the battery with you and
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when your Android device or smartphone or any device that charges from USB is running low
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you can just plug it into the battery and it starts charging instantly. I've been using
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this device for a few months now and it has saved me many times while I was on the phone
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with tech support and my cell phone was about to die out. All in all it takes a long time
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to charge by solar power but charging it in combination with the laptop and the sun
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it is a nice way to have a battery back up for your device. I purchased this from Walmart
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for about $30 US and have seen it online for as low as $20 US. I think it is priced very
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well and I highly recommend it to anyone that uses any type of smartphone or USB device
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a lot during the day and the battery wears down quickly so you can instantly charge the
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device back up and get more usage out of whatever device you are using. Well again this
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is Riddlebox and I hope you guys find this episode useful and I will see you next time.
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Thank you.
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