I have the power!

A few weeks ago I purchased a cheap solar panel for charging my tech while out and about. My original plan was to get 2 of them and attach them to my XTL. When it arrived it was much much smaller than I anticipated.  I can fit 5 across the PALS webbing on my XTL.

The panel is a simple affair. Has an internal lithium battery that can be charged via USB to give a full charge before going outdoors and also has a pop out secondary panel for faster charging. Comes with a bunch of adapters for various devices.

Attaching it to my XTL is pretty simple. I glued 2 Maxpedition Tacties which I had modified to give improved functionality (in my opinion) to the back of the panel. I was origially going to film it but my audience is not dumb, gluing 2 things together hardly qualifies as video material.

Malice clips could be used as an alternative to the tacties. I would prefer to use them but I can’t find any retailers in the UK that stock them and I am not paying £20 to ship 4 bits of plastic from America.

The proof of concept works well I think. Sags a little but that’s due to a lack of interweaving that would normally happen on PALS. I attempted to glue in a loop of webbing on each tactie but that failed.

Maxpedition RollyPoly dump pouch improvements

Just a couple of tidbits on how to improve the aforementioned pouch.

Use paracord instead of the shock cord as a drawstring. Shouldn’t need explanation.

The next one was inspired by Peekok’s idea to have another attachment point at the bottom (if I recall it correctly).

Make a loop of paracord

Push loop through the drainage hole at the bottom

Attach to a mounting point somehow (MALICE clip, carabiner, tie it whatever)