Solar Components Calls Its Joos Orange a Personal Solar Appliance
Solar Components has announced its first product, the Joos Orange. Joos Orange is described by the company as the world's first "Personal Solar Appliance." Solar Components claims its device can deliver more than 2.5 hours of cell phone talk time for every hour of charging time or as much as 20 times the powering capability of existing personal solar power devices. The Joos Orange measures 5.8- x 8.6- x 0.8-inches and weighs 24 ounces. It is expected to ship in June 2010 and will have an MSRP of $99.95.
Jamie Bullen, CEO and co-founder of Solar Components says, "The Joos Orange is the world's best because it uses the highest efficiency mono-crystalline solar cell on the market instead of a lower efficiency poly-crystalline cell. We use state-of-the-art electronics to stay on the maximum power point, function in low light, work with a dead battery, charge via USB and communicate with a PC. We've encapsulated the Joos Orange with a hard, non-yellowing urethane instead of an epoxy-based coating, and we've incorporated a steel heat sink and have ventilation built into a case that is also waterproof and submersible. The Joos Orange also has a large battery to store all the solar energy it receives and it's replaceable. In fact, everything we've done up to this point is designed to set a new standard for excellence in the personal solar power arena - to create a 'Personal Solar Appliance' that can be used every day to recharge our electronics and is not just a drawer toy."
