EcoFlow’s Power Hat is a floppy, phone-charging solar panel for your noggin
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6PQ79)
It's absolutely brimming with solar power. | Image: EcoFlow EcoFlow's new Power Hat must be the dorkiest piece of headgear I've ever heard of - and I think I love it? It's a wide-brimmed floppy-ish sun hat full of solar cells that you can charge your phone with. EcoFlow says it can charge a 4,000mAh smartphone to capacity in as fast as 3-4 hours." Sounds ideal for casually scrolling feeds at a campsite or surviving in a sun-blasted, Mad Maxian desert wasteland.
According to EcoFlow's specs, the $129 Power Hat's solar cells are made from a thin, flexible material called passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) monocrystalline silicon. It offers roughly 12-watt charging via the USB-A and USB-C connectors on the underside of the brim. The whole thing weighs 370 grams.
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