Just got a new iPad Air 2, and have not been able to find a compatible solar charger. Has anyone successfully charged an iPad Air 2 with this item?
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I do not have an iPad Air2 but I do know there is no lightning bolt connector in the pack I bought (and, in fairness, I bought that pack BEFORE lightning bolt charger connection existed). But if I use the USB 30-pin connector and attach my own 30-pin-to-lightning-bolt connector, it charges the iPhone 5, which also has a lightning bolt connection. All that having been said, the lightning bolt charged connection has been out there a while and I would hope that a current PowerMonkey would include that type connector in the box.
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I found the powermonkey to be a supreme disappointment. I brought it with me during six weeks of hiking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. I constantly had trouble charging the cell via the solar panel, despite bright sunlight every day, and was extremely disappointed at how slowly the cell charged even when plugged directly into an outlet.
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It will charge anything with a USB connector, so yes. It will charge it. You will likely get more than one full charge out of a single Power Monkey Extreme charge, but keep in mind that the solar panel charging will take a good 8 hours of continuous sun. The Power Monkey Extreme can also be charged up with 110 or 220 current when it's available so you can have extra battery power. I've used all of those to charge it, and I won't take a trip without it, especially when I'm in the middle of nowhere, five hours by plane to the nearest electricity.
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I see the iPad air has an 8800 Mah battery so the should be plenty in this external battery to charge it close to twiCE. The usb cable you have know should work fine. Just start with the 1amp port first to insure it is charging. If you have a 110 volt charger you plug into the wall it will have the amp output list on it. If it is 2 amps or above you can use the 2amp port (faster charge).
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Yes, there are two ports on this device that support the required voltage needed to charge the legacy iPads (v1 - v4). My new iPad Air charges with this device as well but I have noticed that the iPad Air is more tolerant of the universal chargers which means that I can actually charge both of my kids iPad 1 and my iPad Air.
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Michael - It does charge the Ipad, but I have the version before the Air so I can't speak to that. It uses the same plug as the Ipad 1 & 2 so if the Air uses the same plug you should be o.k., but thought I heard that the Air was using a new plug scheme. Hope that helps. -Ken
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Hi, dear friend Jesifiel.I'm from Brazil, here we have sun strong almost all seasons in the year, and I tried to use this charger some times and almost nothing happened. Really I don't liked this battery charger. It don't works right, it needs of two or three suns without clouds to charge my iPhone or my GPS Garmin, I don't recommend it anybody.God bless you and your family.
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I don't have an iPad, but this charger only puts out 1 Amp - so it may not charge an iPAD if it requires 2 amps. Also, since it does not claim to be iPad compatible -- something it would surely tout since Apple requires components in the hardware, I think. So my answer is - I think it does NOT work with iPad.
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The newest generation of iPads and iPhones require a higher output USB standard. Older devices will charge fine using the USB out feature of the Solar Battery Charger. Here is part of a Wikipedia article concerning USB ports and standard versus nonstandard devices: "Some devices, when plugged into charging ports, draw even more power (10 watts or 2.1 Amps) than the Battery Charging Specification allows. The iPad and MiFi 2200 are two such devices.[71]." For more information concerning the USB power specifications, here is the link to the full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#USB_Power_Delivery_specification. Hope this helps!
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yes. it charges my iPad2 fine, but as the iPad2 has the old 30 pin connector you obviously have to use the charger's USB output plus a white apple USB to 30 pin connector cable rather than the 'new' lightening plug that is built in to this charger.
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love this unit for my ipad just ordered ipad2 so I will echo Patricia's question will this unit work for ipad 2, I imagine it will as it is set up for all units with this type charging port such as all the ipods, the iphones and the 1st gen ipad so hopefully will be ok if not will have to find a different dock for the ipad2
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Yes you can use another solar charger. I charge mine with the anker 14W dual USB port solar charger. And I have both energizer brand and the goal zero AA that came with it. They both work great.
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Yes, it will charge any device that can be connected using the USB cord. The fully charged ReVIVE Solar ReStore XL Battery Charger may not be able to completely charge any iPad 100% in one charging cycle, but it still does a great job of charging it. This charging device probably does a better job of charging the iPad than the smaller chargers that are more geared for phones.
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Hi, Yes it does charge my iPad Air and iPhone 5 together, but it charges slow. Let me know if you need more info.
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I don't have an IPad, 2 or otherwise. However, the battery pack just takes the place of a wall charger. Anything you could do with the wall charger, you could do with the battery pack.
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No I just tried on both my old iPad2 and new ipad air2 with genuine Apple 30pin and lightning USB camera adapters. Both iPads gives me an "Usb 2.0 card reader: The connected device requires too much power" error.
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Hi Jason,To be totally honest with you I can't tell you exactly seeing I don't have an iPad air, however the charger is designed with it's smart charging and fast charging capabilities that it will charge it as fast as the device allows it to be charged at. I have cut 2 1/2 hours off charging by battery pack with it. It is truly the best charger I have had. I actually use it on top of my nightstand instead of plugging it directly into the wall. Overall Jason, is recommend it if you want good quality and a fast charge.
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I have tried only this model, and it has worked fine for me. I did notice that the 2.1A USB port did not charge an Android phone properly, which means it's probably set up for iPad/iPhone charging. (There are differences.) Reviewers for the black & silver version have noted trouble charging their iPads with that model, but no such mention has been made for this model. Since this one is less expensive, and sold directly by Amazon, I see no reason to go for the other one.
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Yes, It charges the new Ipad Air. I found that it works as well as the apple charger.