Old 09-22-14, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN
No camera?
No GPS?
No bike lights?
No flashlight or headlamp for use in the campground?
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Originally Posted by User1
No camera? - my Nexus 7
No GPS? - my Nexus 7
No bike lights? - Cygolite (360 lumens) and Cygolite Hotshot
No flashlight or headlamp for use in the campground? - Cygolite Metro, there are some pretty good setting on this. The one good for walking and stuff is really pretty low.

I did have someone suggest this wall charger that I'm thinking of seriously. The item in your pic is something similar to what I have. The one I have is a little bit bigger, but it charges alkaline batteries too.
If a tablet camera is adequate for your needs, great.

I prefer to have my GPS on my handlebar for constant use. I can't do that with a 7 inch tablet. My tablet and smartphones I have used have too dark a screen to see in sunlight, I want a dedicated GPS.

I have no idea what a Cygolite is, so if that serves your light needs, great.

If everything you have is charged by USB, that looks like a good charger.

Part of my point was that other than my tablet, everything I use has batteries that I can change to keep them operational until I get to an outlet to do more charging. That includes my lights, vintage flip phone, GPS and camera. That is a key reason that I can go over a week without charging anything.

If you use a USB to charge everything, that makes a dynohub even better. I do not know if you would be able to charge more than one device at a time or not, but if you can charge something every minute you are rolling, that is pretty useful. Unfortunately, upgrading to a dynohub is pretty costly.

One more suggestion, bring a long charging cord. I have sat in restaurants with my tablet plugged into an outlet while I am checking e-mail, forecast, etc. It was nice to have a 5 foot long cord between my tablet and the outlet.

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