The power monkey is spot on
Yep they are pretty good, Mines a tad older so the connections have changed!
The power monkey is spot on
Okay, this is one that I have been playing with for a while.
Firstly switch your phone off when you charge it, it makes a big difference.
Secondly I have the Power Monkey Explorer with two Solar Monkeys, in the UK environment this is a better option than just using the one panel. The only down side being that you can't charge from the power monkey whilst the power monkey is charging.
I have a Freeloader Pico, it's quite good in as much as you can charge the internal battery at the same time as charging the phone. Downside is capacity and charge rate, the internal battery also dissipates energy quite quickly so it has to be used quickly (in the UK that's not a problem). The free loader is Okay but you won't get anywhere near a full battery charge from it.
I have the Solar Gorilla. The solar Gorilla can throw out enough juice to keep my HTC desire and a Motorola Defy Mini charged, it has a charging lead and enough connectors to either charge the Power Gorilla / Mini Gorilla or other mobile device as well as having a dedicated 5v USB output.
If space is an issue I use a strange option. I use the two solar monkeys connected through the y lead and plugged into a mini usb adapter. The mini usb adapter plugs into the charging socket of the Freeloader Pico. This then gives me the option ability to charge the pico from its own small panel and the the other two panels at the same time. I can if I so desire also plug into a smart phone and charge whilst it is charging.
I can using this method trickle feed my phone throughout the day whilst maintaining a charge in the Pico charger, this means that at night I can use the excess in the pico's battery to charge the phone overnight.