Uniross rolls out new range of eco-friendly battery chargers

Uniross has already done its part to make batteries slightly more environmentally-friendly, and it now looks like the company is giving a boost to the other end of the equation as well, with it introducing a new range of eco-minded battery chargers. That includes a £40 ($80) solar charger with a USB adapter (pictured above), as well as a £50 (or $100) wind power charger (also above), which comes complete with a bike mount and an integrated lithium ion battery, as well as a USB adapter and ports to charge your cellphone or handheld game console. Those get complemented by a couple of more standard devices, including a 15-minute battery charger, the NOMAD "portable power hub" with a USB adaptor, and a travel clock charger, which packs an alarm clock and promises to charge batteries in less than three hours. Look for the whole lot to be available in August, with those last few setting you back £35, £20, and £30, respectively (or about $70, $40, and $60).

[Emre Aydinceren @ Jul 1st 2008 12:25PM]

Once you realize this gadgets are useless and you get rid off them, you will end up contributing landfill disposal eco-crime in a non eco-friendly way.

[ShadowKain @ Jul 1st 2008 12:54PM]

Charging my phone in case of emergency on my long bike treks? Golden. I will buy one , its on my list to get. :D

[ShadowKain @ Jul 1st 2008 12:57PM]

Yes because being enviromentially frendly is useless. O.o And if a few ppl do get it out of gimmick, how is that any more different than any other device? All this does is increase the chance of ppl using eco-friendly ways to charge their portables. If only 1 out of 4 found them useful, then thats alot of green power! Geez, stay positive. Or you could go out and get a gas guzzler SUV.... yay? Um no. lol.

[Flunky Carter @ Jul 1st 2008 1:13PM]

Emre, how is it useless? They do what they claim to do, they gather and store energy then dump it into a device... The same as a power plant. Except... instead of me using the "grid" to charge my camera, i can bike ride to work (which I do anyway) and charge my camera, iPod, etc... without ever using dirtier energy, coal, gas etc...

You my friend, are worthless.. and fortunately you won't take up landfill space.. since you're biodegradable... Unfortunately for now, your just contributing to being human waste.

[pathogen @ Jul 1st 2008 1:26PM]

what ? no hymen jokes ?

[Joseph @ Jul 1st 2008 3:41PM]

It's not like it's powered by queefing.

[Joseph @ Jul 1st 2008 3:45PM]

It's not like it's powered by queefing.

[kal326 @ Jul 1st 2008 1:33PM]

Am I the only one slightly confused by the wind charger mounted on a bike the solar one I could understand? Wouldn't directly feeding off the wheel be a lot more efficient then having wind blow through a blade assembly or is the old generator on the tire too 80s?

[Flunky Carter @ Jul 1st 2008 3:28PM]

the bike mounted charger is sweet because it work while you ride and it will work when stationary (if the wind is moving about 9mph i think). The wheel hubs and dynamos slow you down significantly and only work when moving. Plus, I'm sure they're out there, but I've yet to see a wheel mounted dynamo or hub that is detachable with usb ports.

[BigD145 @ Jul 1st 2008 1:55PM]

They are not affordable in the least bit. You can already find similar tech for this price or less.

[Ethan @ Jul 1st 2008 2:18PM]

My uniross charger has very weird feedback, I never know when it's done. Slower doesn't matter though if I'm not depleting anything.