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Focus on Powertraveller
Powertraveller made its auspicious debut at Friedrichshafen this summer, winning a prestigious Outdoor award in the Best Aceesory category for its Solar Gorilla. They’re following up that debut with a first appearance at ispo, as Brand Manager Jane Harsham explained to SGB Outdoor: “We made a fantastic debut at Friedrichshafen. It was our first time at an outdoor show, and the response was incredible from buyers and retailers. The message that came across was about our whole range, we’re not just about one or two products.
“Our Solar Gorilla product won the Outdoor award for Best Accessory this year, and we’re taking that to ispo in February. It’s our first time at ispo, and we can see there is massive potential for portable power in the outdoor sector, so we’re making a sizeable investment to go there and hopefully make an impact. Outdoor enthusiasts don’t leave their phones or iPods behind when they go adventuring, and that’s where we come in.”
The company is launching a new product which should raise a few eyebrows, Jane continued: “We’re launching the Silverback Gorilla at ispo, which will be the world’s first truly portable UPS [uninterrupted power supply] system. It’s going to be launched with its mate, the Solar Gorilla Extreme, which is a solar panel 1 metre high by 60cm wide, capable of producing 70 watts of power. Right now in this field, there isn’t a truly portable solution; this is smaller than the yellow pages, is about as thick, and can run a desktop computer for about half an hour, or a laptop for about 14 hours. It’s an incredible piece of technology.” The Silverback Gorilla will be charged from the mains; users plug their desktop or laptop computer into the Silverback, which then plugs into the mains supply. In a power cut, an alarm sounds but the user can continue working ‘off grid’.
For more information, head to stand 130b in Hall A6 at ispo!
