Power!

August 20, 2013 at 5:58 am  •  Posted in Packing, trip planning by

Power as in energy, not political or social power :)

One of the great challenges of international travel is power cords, battery life, global AC adapters and power supply.  Sure, you can purge all devices and practice “electronic nudity” which would be awesome, but unfortunately, not practical for the 7 of us on this trip.  So instead, we are challenged to try and minimize adapters, cords and weight while trying to maximize battery life and storage.

Here are some things we are trying that may or may not work:

  1. Storing photos in the cloud using iCloud.  Each of us have our own iCloud account that will sync photos stored on an i-device on a regular basis.
  2. Storing documents, contacts and calendar in the cloud using Google docs, Google Calendar, etc.
  3. Standardizing as many devices as possible on the same adapter.  The iPhone 5 adapter. iPad mini and nano use the same adapter as iPhone 5.
  4. Solar charger. We have a Solio Bolt Solar Charger that can power different iDevices.  Not perfect but definitely better than nothing if we are in need.
  5. 1 terabyte hard drive.. .LaCie Rugged Mini….just in case the iCloud storage doesn’t work :)
  6. Mophie Juice Pack for the iPhone 5. It makes my phone a lot heavier but it extends its battery power twice as long.  Since I really should call it my “camera that’s a phone” rather than the other way around, I decided I needed to make sure it was charged!  Thanks Mouni and Kim for the tip!
Trying out the Solio solar power supply for iDevices in the garden...if it works with the Seattle sun, it should work well in Tanzania!

Trying out the Solio solar power supply for iDevices in the garden…if it works with the Seattle sun, it should work well in Tanzania!

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