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Charging Cameras, iPhone, iPad, USB Devices: Lupine USB One
Related: Apple iOS, Apple iPhone and iPad, iOS, power, USB
See solar and battery power charging wish list at B&H Photo.
Update August 2016: for solar charging (or from another battery pack or a computer or wall wart or whatever), Lupine now offers the Lupine USB Charger for charging Lupine battery packs via USB.
As an avid cyclist and hiker, I have a variety of Lupine bike lights and headlamps. These are high-grade units, the sort of thing that one uses for the Iditarod or caving and so on—top flight. For example, the Lupine Betty R II is brighter than most care headlights, and can be programmed to many light levels and so on. As a photographer, night shooting is another use.
Lupine now adds value to the proposition with the release of the Lupine USB One, which allows any of the wide range of Lupine batteries to be used to charge USB devices. It’s a diminutive adapter that attaches to any Lupine battery. Plug a USB cable into it and charge.
Why invest in a plain charger battery when you can have the world’s best quality bike light or headlamp, and use its battery to do double-duty? The key advantage of the Lupine USB One is that for a few grams, the adapter lets Lupine headlamp/bike batteries do double duty as chargers.
In the USA, GretnaBikes.com is the source for Lupine USB One and Lupine batteries and Lupine bike lights and headlamps.
As shown below, the Lupine USB One can charge USB devices via a Lupine battery pack.
Available at Gretna Bikes USA.
To get power into those Lupine batteries from a solar panel, use the Lupine USB charger. Available at Gretna Bikes USA.
