>>151275Definitely not for backpacking .... obviously.
I use mine primarily in the winter. Added some living luxuries to my snowmobile trailer, such that I can camp in it in the parking lot on the weekends. The big deep-cycle marine battery powers the furnace and lights, but when it's sub-zero out all day and even colder at night, the furnace has to run quite a bit to keep the trailer warm and the dog happy. So I fire up the generator in the evenings to recharge the house batteries, run my laptop to process photos from the day, and charge camera/radio/GPS.
Solar doesn't have the capacity to fully recharge the trailer battery. Solar's great on RV's in storage to keep the batteries conditioned and counteract the cells self-discharging, but don't rely on it for big-power items (like furnace blowers).
