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Entries Tagged as 'Travel'

LightCap 300 Solar-powered lantern, BPA-free water bottle and waterproof container

February 5th, 2010 · Comments Off

SolLight, Innovators in Outdoor and Marine Solar Lighting Solutions Introduces the only Multipurpose Solar-Lantern, The LightCap 300
The new LightCap300 is a solar powered lantern, a one-liter BPA Free water bottle and a waterproof container for valuables all under one lid. Our custom wide mouth bottle has a 50% wider opening than standard bottles for easier [...]

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Tags: Boating · Camping · Emergency Lighting · Kayaking · LightCap 300 · Motorcycles · New Products · Plastics · Sailing · Travel

Sollight Founder Eric Sanford Takes The FV Shockles Up North

July 28th, 2009 · Comments Off

We left Portland last Thursday and headed west down the Columbia on a warm, sunny, glorious morning for the 90 mile cruise, pulling into Astoria 8 hours later where we dropped off one crew member and picked up another. The journey went from glassy cruising at 10 knots to rollicking climbs up 7′ wind [...]

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Tags: Boating · People · Travel

RailLight Heads Out Across the Pacific

May 29th, 2009 · Comments Off

British rower Roz Savage continues her bid to be the first woman to row across the Pacific Ocean. She completed the first stage of her journey last fall, rowing her 24’ ocean rowing boat from San Francisco to Hawaii. On May 24 she set out from Hawaii for the second leg of her quest—the 2,500 [...]

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Introducing SoliCharger – The Solar-powered iPhone Charger

January 28th, 2009 · 20 Comments

We’ve just introduced our latest product, the  SoliCharger, a new solar-powered charger for the iPhone and some iPods. The SoliCharger™ is the essential accessory for any iPhone or iTouch fanatic. This tiny, lightweight (just 1.4oz – 40 grams) Lithium-ion battery pack slips sleekly onto any iPhone to provide up to 50% full iPhone charge (enough [...]

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Tags: Batteries · New Products · Solar Technology · Travel

Yakima SkyBox LoPro Cargo Box with Solar-Powered Light

January 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The new SkyBox LoPro from Yakima integrates a Sollight solar-powered LED lighting system into their newest cargo box. The SkyBox LoPro is the finest box ever for skis, boards and everything in between. It features a gorgeous new titanium color, plus a low-profile aerodynamic shape that reduces drag and cuts back on wind noise. It [...]

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Tags: New Products · Solar Technology · Travel

Light source in Baja

January 14th, 2009 · Comments Off

While we we’re in Baja we used a Lightcap 200, a lot. And I mean a lot. We even used it to go to the bathroom!  The Lightcap 200 is is a bottle cap that will fit on most Nalgene and Camelback bottles. It’s solar powered so that really helped. I used it as a [...]

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Tags: People · Travel

New Sollife Member – Don Rasky

October 9th, 2008 · Comments Off

Every member of the SolLight team is an active, environmentally-concious individual who loves to play outside. It’s a passion and a way of life for us and we want to spotlight others who share that passion too. We call it SolLife and we’ve dedicated a section of our website to showcase people who share these [...]

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Tags: Kayaking · People · Travel

Sollight Partnership with Yakima Products

September 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

Recognizing SolLight’s commitment to high quality, engineered products, Yakima asked SolLight to develop an integrated solar-powered LED lighting system to be a standard feature in their new LoPro15 Skybox straight from the factory.
The LoPro Skybox is made of 80% recycled material and with the solar Skylight represents a true green product. The Skylight automatically illuminates [...]

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Tags: New Products · Solar Technology · Travel

RailLight Crosses the Pacific

September 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off

Roz Savage set out on May 25th from the San Francisco Bay on a quest to become the first women to row solo across the Pacific Ocean.  On September 1st Roz completed the first leg of her journey after three months of open ocean conditions-from raging storms, waves and wind to 99% humidity and dead [...]

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Tags: Boating · Emergency Lighting · Environmental · People · Travel