Goal Zero 11406 Guide 10 Plus Silver Battery Pack

I ordered this to go with the nomad 7 solar panel. When it arrived I plugged it into a USB port to charge. Later in the day when the unit showed it was fully charged I attempted to charge a device. No sooner than interfacing smoke emitted from the charging unit, the off switch would not engage. I was forced to pull the cells to arrest it.Immediately I went to amazon.com, requested a return/replacement. The process went well but both times (original order and replacement took longer than expected to receive).The replacement has worked will charging included batteries however I have not attempted to recharge a device with as to fear it will fry my electronics. I will definitely use it to solar charge AA and AAA cells but no faith it could power a cell phone or the like.I like the small size, the appearance and what it is suppose to function as--I would like better if you could charge AAA cells without the need for the adapter to do so--given the price the quality should be much better.I would only recommend the Goal Zero Guide 10 Plus as a battery charger for someone wanting a compact portable charger. otherwise there are better options out there for less money.Since I am receiving half the functional usage I would rate with 2.5 stars but whole stars are require therefore 3 stars is my verdict.Caution -- Buy at your own risk!I fully understand manufactures have quality controls in place and they can not test every item going out their doors, that a small percentage of fabricated products will be defective for whatever reason. Fortunately, I have not been on the receiving end very often...though it happens and this is one of those instances.I will try a load on the product while it is still in the return period....and update this review at a later date.Amazon was great at handling the issue as usual, they get 5 stars for rectifying the problem. Thanks!DIGITAL SIGNATUREI like to close my reviews with a THANK YOU because I do appreciate you investing your precious time in reading my material. We live in a complex complicated world where time is at a premium. I do pray you found this review like my others informative and helpful in aiding your next purchasing decision. Your comments are always welcome and I make every attempt to reply to comments as time permits. Again THANK YOU for the opportunity to aid you in spending your hard earned money wisely. I am not employed or receive any compensation by the manufacture or any organization promoting this product or additional hardware. I purchased or received as a gift my product like anyone else and just sharing my myriad thoughts and experience with you. I hereby extend to you a plethora of blessing of good health and welling being. Bless you all.2013 Copyrighted by Dr. Gary Drury

When I purchased this unit as part of my camping/backpacking solar power setup, I read nearly every review and spec that I could find. This unit lives up to its high rating here on Amazon.The build quality is excellent, even though its made in China. It seems and feels very solid and rugged. Although, I don't believe I'll be beating the thing to death, but it DOES look like it could withstand a few drops without damage.It meets every need that you could possibly have for charging mobile electronics, well at least Android devices anyway. I do not own an iPhone or iPad, so I can't speak for how well it works with those devices. After charging the included AA Nickel Metal-Hydride batteries, I was able to charge my Samsung Galaxy S2 from about 5% battery to full in about an hour. Then I charged my Google Nexus 7 tablet from 90% to full in about 30 minutes. After this, the batteries were depleted.I would have thought it would have lasted a little longer, but for $40, hey, I can live with that. I also purchased some Sanyo Eneloop 2500milliamp AA's. They are a far better battery than the GoalZero batteries. They have lasted about 25-30% longer while charging my gear.The pack also includes an adaptor tray to all you to charge AAA batteries too.. This makes this little deal a super buy. You can charge all your devices as well as batteries fro your flashlights, radios, head lamps, etc.

Unlike Li-ion battery packs that eventually go bad and force you to throw out the entire unit, this one uses ordinary NiMH cells which can easily be replaced if they stop holding a charge. Plus, the batteries can be removed to power non-USB devices that take good old AA and AAA batteries. The total energy capacity is less than Li-ion packs, but still enough to give most phones one complete charge.I was hesitant to try the battery pack with my phone at first given some of the reports here, but it worked just fine and didn't fry the phone. It also worked fine with a small radio, charging the radio while it was being used. The built in flashlight is dim, but good enough to see where you're going in the dark without tripping over stuff.The battery pack comes with cables for charging by USB or by Goal Zero solar panels. I have a solar panel from another company, so I had to use the USB cable. On a sunny winter morning, I was able to charge four 700mAh AAA batteries (the AAA adapter is included) in 3 hours 10 minutes over USB with a 7.5W solar panel. The included AA batteries would probably take about 10 hours to charge at this rate. USB input is limited to 3.5W, however, compared to 7W on the solar input, so an actual Goal Zero solar panel could charge the pack much faster.Overall, I'm quite happy with this device.

I bought this so I could have backup battery to recharge my devices while I travel abroad. I chose this specific unit over other chargers for the fact that you can pop it open and use other batteries, so I can carry several sets of batteries with me and not worry about having to plug it in. I just returned from a trip to Seoul, and this device worked admirably. It had no problem charging my or my friend's iPhone 5's, charged them very quickly with power to spare.The build quality is good, and they even sell a cover for it separately, though I do not believe its necessary. So far the only draw back is that it takes around 8 hours to charge from USB, but I suspect there is a good reason for this, they wanna charge the batteries as slow as practically possible so as to keep them healthier and live longer.I will edit this page if the product turns out defective or burns out any of my gadgets, as other people have reported. But so far, this is easily a 5 star product.

I think it will give me a lot of power but in real life it can charge my mobile phote to 80%. So its works, you can take it as a backup energy but it is not like on the box - 3 times charging mobile phone. I have 1600 battery and get only 80% from this guide 10.

Have just received my replacement for on that didn't charge or discharge properly and it has the same fault. A lot of money for batteries in a plastic case that don't actually work.

Worked for about a month. Great idea but expensive.

Goalzero Solarpanel Nomad 13 wird zusammen mit Goalzero Akkumulator Guide 10 Plus zum Nachladen wichtiger el. Geräte bei Trecking eingesetzt.Die Leistung des Solarpanel liegt selbst bei intensivster Sonneneinstrahlung mit max. 0,6A weit unterhalb des angegebenen Wertes.(Andere Panel haben hier die Nennleistung erbracht) Nach kurzer Zeit ist auch bereits eine Schlaufe ausgerissen.Das sollte bei einem so hochpreisigem Produkt besser sein.Mit Guide 10 Plus als Batteriepuffer für USB-Versorgung bin ich hingegen sehr zufrieden. Neben dem Einsatz als Batteriepuffer und auch als Ladegerät für weitere AA-Akkus zusammen mít dem Panel dient er stand alone als Puffer und Nachladestation für Handy und Co.Die mitgelieferten Akkus haben jetzt, nach über 2 Jahren Betrieb, noch immer über 2,5Ah Entladekapazität. Man kann auch die eingesetzen Akkus ersetzen, mit vollen Akkus wieder USB-laden oder Guide 10 direkt als Ladegerät für 4 Akkus verwenden.Bei unzuverlässiger Stromversorgung puffert er auch in Verbindung mit einem USB-Ladegerät die Stromversorgung von USB-Geräten und sorgt so für einen zuverlässigen Betrieb.Alternativ kann Guide10 Plus auch mit einem  XTPower® SP6 Solarpanel mit 5,6W - USB 5V 1A - sehr effizienter Solarpanel für die mobile Stromversorgung  geladen werden. Das ist fast genau so effektiv, viel kleiner, leichter und preislich interessant, dafür nicht ganz so wetterbeständig als das Normad. XTPower® SP6 Solarpanel mit 5,6W - USB 5V 1A - sehr effizienter Solarpanel für die mobile Stromversorgung

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