One that actually works. At the solar toy level, quality-control is all over the board, and at some point one tires of being offered replacements, and would just like a unit that actually works. I came to the realization that most toys these days substitute quality control for endless replacement policies.
I went through three of the latter examples with melting and a subsequent redesign, and infant mortality of the other two. I got off that train and licked my wounds. YMMV. A solar toy I use for this purpose that charges both my androids and friends iphones is a Solio Classic 2 (the very latest) which has an internal battery large enough to deal with a few charges of smartphones, panels large enough to actually do something, normal/apple usb port mode switching, and battery level monitoring along with 5v usb charging for when the sun goes away. But as a toy, you'll want to be tracking the sun with it for a day or two.
There are many toys out there almost impossible to adequately review because they are specifically in this category, or well designed but poor qc limits their reliability. You roll the dice and take your chances.
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Help with solar iPhone chargers?
I'm somewhat confused, what makes a good phone charger? Plus I have an iPhone. Here are the chargers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004R10W5G
and
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004OH..._cr_item_title
What's the difference between them other than price. I'm kinda leaning towards the one with suction cups. Thanks!
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