CONCLUSION

   With portable battery models ranging from 1000mAh and up to well over 30.000mAh currently the 6000mAh of the Solar PowerBank is certainly not a number we can get excited about. However for a portable battery based around a solar panel even 6000mAh might be way too much since according to Sandberg you will need at least 26 hours to fully charge it and so ask you can certainly understand it's not something many will be doing (we only used a regular power socket and it took around 6 and 1/2 hours to fully charge). Of course the solar panel was added in case of an emergency and not as valid way to charge the unit so no one actually expects anyone to fully charge it solely via sunlight. Now Sandberg claims that the capacity of the Solar PowerBank is 6000mAh but as expected that's not right on the spot and so after 4 full charges it managed to recharge the Samsung Galaxy S4 two full times and the Nokia Lumia 520 slightly less than 4 times so according to our calculations the capacity of the battery is somewhere between 4200 and 4400mAh which is not bad at all for the size.

   Although Sandberg is the manufacturer of many interesting products until now they haven't expanded outside the EU and so the Solar PowerBank 6000mAh is only available here for a retail price of 55Euros (Amazon.co.uk). Of course there are cheaper portable batteries in the market some with higher capacities and some even with solar panels but the good thing with Sandberg that most companies don't have is that they have built a good reputation over the years both thanks to the quality of their products and the very good after sales support and that matters a lot to some people (us included). The Solar PowerBank is a very good and quality compact portable battery that will never leave you without power for all your mobile devices and although the capacity good be higher still it's good enough to grab our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Overall Size/Weight
- Design
- Charging Via Solar Panel
- 5 Years Warranty
- 2.1A Output
- Price

CONS

- Availability Outside Of The EU
- Capacity Could Be Higher