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Solar lights, power stations, plug adapters and packing choices for gardens, campsites and airports. What the specifications mean away from a wall socket.
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A solar garden light is a small panel, a small battery and an LED. Most disappointments come from how those three suit the season and the spot, not from any one part.
Outdoor & Travel
Watt-hours, watts, battery chemistry and what a campsite load really needs, worked through with simple arithmetic you can repeat for your own gear.
Outdoor & Travel
An adapter changes the shape of a plug. A converter changes the voltage. Mixing them up is the most common way to damage a hair dryer on holiday.
Outdoor & Travel
A short list of gadgets that earn their space in a carry-on, a second list of ones that often do not, and five questions for deciding about anything else.
