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
conditions so thanks for watching and
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