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The essential guide to Gap Year mobile phone, iPod, camera chargers

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Keep you mobile phone, iPod/MP3, camera and much more charged whilst you're travelling

The time is fast approaching when you will boarding that plane, train, car and heading off for months of travelling. You will be thinking of all the things that you will, no doubt, find impossible to live without. Our guess is that high on that list will be a mobile phone, an iPod or MP3 player and a digital camera. Now picture all the chargers you are going to have to take with you on this once in a lifetime gap year. With airlines charging so heavily for extra weight and space being an issue in that small rucksack you are going to live out of for the next few months wouldn’t it be great to have a single universal charger that would charge your mobile phone, iPod, camera and much more? It’ll even charge your PSP or DS! We have scoured the planet to find just the right chargers to suit your needs, so whether you are heading off for six months solitude in the Himalayas or just popping over to Europe for a while we have the charger for you and your Gap Year!

Award Winning Powermonkey-Explorer (Battery, Mains, Solar Charger)

The powermonkey eXplorer - the King of portable travel chargers

The award winning Powermonkey-Explorer is the king of chargers when it comes to your gap year. This portable power pack has the ability to charge your mobile phone, iPod, MP3 Player, digital camera and much more wherever you are in the world. At the centre of this amazing product is a portable power pack that once charged has the ability to recharge your mobile phone or other gadget a number of times without you even getting near a mains power supply! Not only that but it comes with a solar panel enabling you to charge your handheld device (or indeed the powermonkey itself) straight from the sun. You will never be without power again!! The powermonkey also comes with a world travel adapter meaning that when you do finally arrive at some form of civilisation you can use this mains charger (with world adapters that ensures it works in over 150 countries) to recharge your iPod etc as well as top up the powermonkey for your next journey into the unknown... This is a world beating charger, do not leave home without one!

powermonkey gets AWESOME rating at MacLife

Gap Year Charging features:

Portable Power Pack
Solar Charging
World Mains Charging (over 150 countries)
Interchangeable tips for all your devices
Ultra tough & water resistant!

The important questions:

How much does it cost: £65 (see bottom of page for 10% discount)

What do others think of it?
"The Powermonkey - eXplorer is a remarkable piece of kit. We have just completed a 5 week expedition crossing the Hardanger Glacier. This pocket sized self sufficient power source proved itself essential time after time."
David Davenport - Former Royal Marine & Director of DXM Project Management

Where can I get one? Click here to buy the powermonkey-explorer

Solarmonkey – power straight from the sun to your device

The solarmonkey - charge devices straight from the sun

The solarmonkey uses the same solar charging technology as the powermonkey. The solar slave that is the centrepiece of this innovative product takes power from the sun and charges your mobile phone, iPod, camera and so much more. The overwhelming majority of gap year destinations are countries that have a whole load more sunshine than we do here in the UK, thus making this a truly useful product to have with you. The solarmonkey comes with the solarnut which is a little powerpack that regulates the charge coming to your device ensuring that even if the sun does go in your device still keeps charging!

Gap Year Charging features:

Solar Charging
Interchangeable tips for all your devices

The important questions:

How much does it cost: £35 (see bottom of page for 10% discount)

What do others think of it?
"The solarmonkey really is great. On safari miles from any power source I managed to keep my blackberry going for days...just from the sun! Amazing!!"
Martin - An enthusiastic traveller

Where can I get one? Click here to buy the solarmonkey

Ultimate Universal Charger - Truly global mains charging!

The Ultimate Universal Charger - mains charge almost any handheld device in over 150 countries

The Ultimate Universal Charger is a mains charger that comes with a number of adapters to ensure that wherever you are in the world you can plug the charger into the mains socket. This device is regulated to provide the correct level of power for your handheld device and works in conjunction with our charger tips on this site. All you need do is purchase the tips that are compatible with your own mobile phone, iPod, camera and more and you are away.

Gap Year Charging features:

World Mains Charging (over 150 countries)
Interchangeable tips for all your devices
Hard wearing zip case to keep everything safe.

The important questions:

How much does it cost: from £19.99 (see bottom of page for 10% discount)

What do others think of it?
"A great idea that has been the solution to so many problems. One charger for all gadgets and all countries...pure genius!"
A Young - Happy Chargeitup.co.uk customer

Where can I get one? Click here to buy the ultimate universal charger

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