Location: John Boyd Thacher State Park, West of Albany, NY

Charges: iPod,  iPhone and multiple digital cameras of Doug (photographer) and Alyssa (featured) Rickert

Location: Pyramid of the Sun with the Pyramid of the Moon in the background in the city of Teotihuacán.

Charges: iPhone…“even though 2 phone calls cost me $4.”

Location: Mt. Kilimanjaro, highest peak in Africa

Charges: Sony HD Cameras

“We were a group of 26 climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain on the African continent.  Wanting to document our trip, we borrowed some Sony High Definition Video cameras.  Our trip lasted 10 days, but there was no way to charge the cameras on the mountain…At night we plugged the cameras into the pack, and were able to recharge the camera.  The video footage is incredible.  Most of our footage would have been impossible without the Voltaic backpacks.“

Location: Aboard Amtrak in Marion, Oregon

Charges: iPhone.

Boaz Frankel is taking an Un-Road Trip across the United States where he uses every conceivable mode of transportation except a car. You can see pictures of him walking, ferrying and golf carting his way on his flickrstream. The Voltaic Backpack is his only bag for the entire trip.

Fox40 in Sacramento also does a nice bit of video on the Backpack here.

Location: Acadia National Park

Charges: Emily Dodge of Style by Thread Lightly is charging her Olympus digital camera from the battery inside the Solar Backpack.

Location: Somewhere over Africa

Charges: Panasonic ToughBook

Location: SXSW Interactive Festival

Charges: MacBook Pro and a PowerBook (via an improvised adapter built before the event) of the Sycons, Solar DJs.

The Sycons power their entire setup from solar power when performing in their native Los Angeles and vicinity. More pics on our flickr page.

Location: Nepal

Charges: Panasonic DVX100 Video camera in the Himalayas for filmmaker Len Davis. Enabled Len to film even though there is only 6-8 hours of consistent power in the area.

Location: Bungoma, Kenya

Charges: Nokia Phones

Location: Ghana for 30 weeks Charges: iPod. “The extra straps on the converter were perfect for travel, they really allowed me to be creative with how and where I was going to set up the bag in order to soak up the sun.”

Location: Omu hut and weather station West of Sinaia in the Transylvanian Alps of Romania (2500 meters).

Charges: iPod Nano and iRiver Clix. “We left our chargers at home for the trip. Here we got an hour of sun during a nice lunch break.”

Location: Top of Kilimanjaro

Charges: “It was a lifesaver – we charged our cameras and two cell phones in case we had to evacuate someone. In fact, without the Voltaic Backpack, we wouldn’t have been able to even take this picture! (since all cameras would have long since died)”

Location: On the window sill at the Manhattan headquarters of Green Order, one of the leading sustainability consulting firms. Employees leave their Voltaic bags outside during the workday to charge up their batteries.

Charges: Varieties of phones, iPods and Blackberries.

Location: Close to the North Pole as part of the Polar Race 2007
Charges: Creative MP3 and camera. “I thought you may like to know that it performed brilliantly. Carrying or strapping the bag to my sledge during the day enabled me to charge my MP3 player and camera battery overnight in the warmth of my sleeping bag…having music to relieve the boredom made all the difference.“

Location: somewhere in Nevada along the off-road, Tennessee to Oregon Trans-America Trail

Runs: Garmin 276c (note, this GPS unit can’t be recharged via its car charger, but it can run off power from either the panels or the bag’s internal battery).

Mike told us, “Worked like a charm…I only used it after the internal battery lost power and/or I couldn’t recharge it; however, this ended up being about 6-7 times over the course of 21 days.”

For some great pictures of adventure motorcycle riding, see www.advrider.com