everybody Brandon Mason here with Eastmans' gear lab today we're taking a
look at some offerings from Goal Zero
almost every western hunter is familiar with the brand Goal Zero for their
portable power we all use them for backpack hunting we use their Nomad
solar panels we use their smaller portable power packs that work great for
charging your cell phone today though we're an antelope camp and so we've
essentially got a base camp as you can see we're in an enclosed trailer behind
us and it's handy for a hauling our electric assist bicycles for tearing up
and down these two-track roads quietly in search of antelope but those need to
be charged once in a while and when we're at a base camp where that's an
enclosed trailer like this whether it is a wall tent setup or a camper sometimes
you just have more power needs than the backpack hunter does and Goal Zero has
just an immense amount of offerings in those categories as well and today we're
looking at the combination of the Yeti 400 and the Boulder Briefcase 100 and
again they have other options in these two different categories but these two
just work so well together and so let's start with the Boulder 100 Briefcase now
this setup consists of 250 watt panels that are hooked together and they're
hinged so they fall together like the name says like a briefcase and they also
come in a convenient travel case so you don't have to worry about scratching up
the panels when you're traveling although the panels are extremely
durable I mean we haven't had a problem with that yet they're little dusty from
some of the Wyoming windblown dust on them but that hasn't effected their
performance at all now they've got a cable that runs from the underside to
whatever unit you're going to charge is you can see it's plugged into the input
in the Yeti 400 now this isn't propped up with a cooler or with a pack or
something it comes with its own leg set up that fold in and they they actually
nest inside the panel and then you fold the panel together and put in its
carrying case for just ease transport and set up one of the other
features I like about the Boulder Briefcase system is that Goal Zero went
all out they don't have any sharp corners or ends these are very durable
plastic that you're not gonna catch your clothing on it you're not going to
scratch your vehicle with it it's going to protect everything around it so what
we have this charging as I mentioned is the Yeti 400 Goal Zero has made some
improvements to their Yeti line these now have lithium batteries in them so
they're extremely durable even in cold weather and they're gonna last for a
very long time as you can see on the front of this one it's got two 120 volt
wall charger plug ins in fact we use that for charging our video camera
batteries it works fantastic and goes right in that slot there and you push
the power button to turn it on there's also three USB ports and also cigarette
lighter adapter 120 volt and an accessory port and Goal Zero is good about
having all sorts of different accessory ends that can fit almost any electrical
system charging setup that you need I've also got a rechargeable headlamp I
charge that in the evening off of this and my smart phone because obviously
with onXmaps and and all the other things we can use our smart devices for
offline they need to be charged because we're using them all day long now and
even when we're off-grid it works fantastic these are a couple great
offerings from Goal Zero and you need to head to goalzero.com to see just the
plethora of options that they have everything from units as small as this
all the way up to 3000 watt units and larger that can even help with your home
charging needs for emergency management when your power goes down in bad weather
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