Reddit reviews Tekkeon MP1580 TEKCHARGE Mobile Power Pack and Battery Charger
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Uses USB to charge up to two pair of rechargeable NiMH batteries. Uses AA Alkaline or NiMH rechargeable batteriesProvides a whopping 1000mA outputRegulates output voltage. It has charging circuitry that will not overcharge your rechargeable batteriesConnects to any USB device cable
Also consider an external case that holds rechargeable AA batteries. That way once it is drained, you can just plop in another set of eneloops or even alkaline batteries so you're never totally out of juice. I have used this one for years and been happy with it but there are probably others that would do the trick just as well.
Portable usb charger for your phones/cameras: http://www.amazon.com/Tekkeon-MP1580-TEKCHARGE-Battery-Charger/dp/B006FXUS1C
I took a solar panel on my last tour and found it moderately useful - mostly for the days camping where I had it stationary in the sunlight in the morning/afternoon before leaving camp. It did alright on the back rack of the bike, but I generally was near a plug every other day so I could recharge everything so it wasn't truly needed,
(this was the solar panel: sCharger-5, http://www.amazon.com/sCharger-5-Performance-Sunlight-Extremely-Reliable/dp/B003ZFQUWO)
The most useful thing was this: Tekkeon MP1580
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It's a AA battery charger. But it also and lets you recharge other devices off of rechargeable or normal AA batteries. Worked great to charge the cell phone, bike light, or charge the AA batteries for my Garmin Oregon 450.
On my next tour, I'll likely leave the solar panel behind and just take the MP1580 and 6 Eneloop AAs.