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Sep 22, 2010

Charge Gadgets From Your Backpack Without the Sun's Help

I much prefer the look of Quirky's Trek Support backpack to Voltaic's solar-powered backpack from years ago, and if enough people agree with me and pre-order it (for $130), they'll even put it into production.

Just like the rest of Quirky's products, the backpack design has been crowdsourced, but it just needs enough people to pre-order it before putting it on the factory line. It's about half the price of a solar-powered backpack, and doesn't have the obvious panels on the front—choosing, instead, a subtle grey and blue color-scheme.

Various pockets have been stitched in, with the main compartment large enough for a 15-inch laptop. The rechargeable battery, housed in a lower compartment, can charge up the gadgets via USB. It might not be as planet-friendly as the solar backpacks, but at least you can ensure your iPod won't run out of juice on a winter's day.

84 comments:

Mr. Derp said...

Sounds intriguing.

vibe said...

solar powered? watt

shirou said...

awesome, i'm definitely buying one..

Anonymous said...

Sounds awesome indeed, but I hate carrying my laptop on book bags like these cause I always forget and lean back on it. They should make a solar powered messenger bag, now THATTT would be fucking great!


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Nerd Life said...

great stuff here!

Unknown said...

Thats cheap ! I'll definately buy one !

Unknown said...

nice bag :D

Viperman said...

solar power FTW

moxie said...

Useful!

Jemz said...

You could still plug the bag at school or work and get free energy for all your devices...

S!

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Mike said...

What an awesome backpack!

Mike

Paige said...

Awesome! I love checking your blog.

Naj said...

awesome backpack! now i won't have to worry about my phone's battery getting drain!

Dr. Phun said...

That pretty awesome tbh, wonder how you can charge a 15 inch lappy

Archivist X0042 said...

a 1000 bag...sounds plausible.

Harrysoon said...

That's pretty cool actually.

Anonymous said...

I've always thought something like this could come in very handy.

Hotsaucer said...

Wow, I need one of those....

F4i7H said...

I WANT THAT BAG!!!!

ChaosReaper said...

Oh my god, I want one!

KlausEbert said...

To expensive for me, sorry :(

ramrod360 said...

Awesome concept, but nonetheless, I can't afford this.

noone said...

lol, i need a backpack for when I travel! more pockets the better :D

2Beer1Sip said...

need one but only if the gadgets inside are inclusive

miecak said...

Seems like a handy bag for hikers.

Skutt Panda PO said...

super gadget :)) ty

Stav88os said...

Interesting!

Sup!:)

Oni said...

incredible!! do want

Skyshock said...

something to successfully identify you as a nerd

LoneIslander said...

Looks pretty cool but it's defiantly something I don't need

Blinkin said...

i would never by this though

Silly Old Bum said...

cool bag

Lil' Rocker Flower said...

Could be very helpfull for my work.

DailyDose said...

That battery has to be huge and heavy... or it can't charge as many gadgets as you'd want..

which is it?

Danatoth said...

This is awesome! We need more solar powered stuff

lancerevil said...

I need something like this....

GKBLOG said...

Wow sounds great.

Splash87 said...

I don't think I have enough mobile gadgets to justify me buying this thing. But its still cool nonetheless.

iMonei said...

cant unsee the flap beeing a tounge

B.Bell said...

Very interesting.

Barnacle said...

seems like an awesome invention :)

Gopher Bandit said...

Holy crap that's a ridiculous back bag! It's freaking awesome though!

Drackar said...

But if it's just a battery...why don't you buy one of the many portable charging batteries out there and put it in a bag you actually like?

Mister Sharaf said...

awesome :)

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Joris van der Mark said...

nice post man =)
keep it up!

Red Baron said...

thats if i walked ...

Anonymous said...

i must have the backpack

Mr. Black said...

Very cool information!

Unknown said...

nice touch using a girls pic to bring in more people guy!

Lucas Nowel said...

i'll just stick with a good ole jansport

ViNCENT said...

looks cool but 130$? i dunno if it's really worth that much...

ShredGuitar said...

Haha, very nice!

Will Henricson said...

Cool! :)

Anne on a mouse said...

wow, nice. Not sure why you would need it though

Jimmy Volmer said...

awesome post!

jaredkk said...

cute hand bag girl

Lewis Chan said...

i want it real bad

Anonymous said...

whoa, actually seems practical.

Sttppd said...

Probably costs a fortune!

cooperlife said...

wow... that is amazing.

David Davidson said...

I'm happy with my current backpack.

Steve Tha Man said...

I would love one, sounds really useful.

Unknown said...

kul bag!

Austin Da Silveira said...

wow I didn't even know these existed, tempting, but just way out of my budget.

Earl said...

:D Thanks! Look forward to more.

Oscar said...

i could use that!

ShiningMeow said...

That looks awesome, but I'm not a backpack kind of guy.

- Enfermo - said...

Very interisting.... Good Job!

netz3r0 said...

haha, i didn't know that?! or did i? good post anyway :D

loloriz0r said...

nice..

I can imagine flexible solar panels some day

Dilly Skates said...

backpack looks sick

Nerd Life said...

I like your blog's design!

g15 said...

Awesome post! keep up the good work...

Sethisto said...

sounds awesome

AdPlusCommunications said...

but what if we WANT the help from the sun?

Mutefox said...

Crazy kids and their technology...

KC. said...

Not really my thing...but I like the concept!

Anonymous said...

i like your post !!

Lemmiwinks said...

Great blog, man!

Hope you`ll check out mine as well.

Teakay said...

Not good enough for my 19 incher

Skunkfunk said...

I need one of these!!

x said...

that looks so nice

Sparrow said...

my only issue with these is that its merely a rechargeable backpack. It uses its own charge to charge something else, but when its power dies, your still without power.
Solar packs are cheaper now, I've seen them online for as little as 80 bucks. I'd personally rather have something that i could use to charge my stuff on a daily basis if I'm a backpacker, or in a Bug-out situation then something that will only provide power for a short while longer then normal.