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November 28, 2007

HYMINI Tiny Portable Wind-powered Gadget Charger

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We’ve seen an array of solar-powered battery chargers, but the HyMini takes wind power to a whole new portable level. This cute little personal wind turbine can be hooked up to various devices to charge your phones, cameras, and other small electronics when you are on the go: walking around, driving or even riding your bike.

It’s perfect for camping and outdoorsy activities, as well as those days when you are traveling: in and out of trains, cabs, or airports. Better yet, it can be combine with solar panels or even charged from a regular electrical outlet (for a bit of redundancy) when there is just no wind around.

Right now HyMini is offering their little wind charger along with a mini solar charger as a package deal for $59.99! What a steal! If you want one, better swipe it up before they are all gone!

$59.99 from HyMiny

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17 Responses to “HYMINI Tiny Portable Wind-powered Gadget Charger”

Leo Mac Ender Says:

November 28th, 2007 at 12:08 pm

Brilliant, I will bye 5 at once.

Todd Says:

November 28th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

Questions as their website doesn’t seem overly informative…

- is the internal battery replaceable?
- does the spinning fan make any noise?
- is it strickly compatible with USB charged devices?

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Peter Hoh Says:

November 29th, 2007 at 2:37 am

This is a nice design, but the prices on the hand crank flashlights/generators are dropping fast. I recently picked up a 3 LED flashlight with a 5 volt charger connection for less than ten dollars.

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Brian Says:

November 29th, 2007 at 8:16 am

Form Follows Function Failure! How much greenwash will you folks swallow before you start to choke??? Who wants to hand hold this thing in the wind long enough to charge any appliance? Thanks to it’s sleek round edge, you can’t even stand this thing up! A clumsy bike mount is only available as an extra cost option. Then there’s another mind boggling device for cinching a bracket to your bicept that would be more useful for shooting smack than charging your cell phone! Whoever designed this was likely motivated by sales potential and not by functionality or concern for our environment.

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November 29th, 2007 at 9:27 pm

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Dana L Says:

November 30th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

but it’s pure plastic!

what are they thinking?

Jonce Says:

December 3rd, 2007 at 12:30 am

Not sold yet. Needs to be designed to be more functional.

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December 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 am

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happy Says:

December 7th, 2007 at 12:31 am

Maybe if you use this every minute of every day for the rest of your life it will cover its own carbon footprint.

Murat Kaya Says:

January 24th, 2008 at 3:52 am

I just logged into their website (www.hymini.com) as soon as i see the product on Q magazine (Jan. 2008). I remember i observed the gadget and then i logged off. But now their site don’t work. Strange!
Was it bogus?

Mekhong Kurt Says:

March 4th, 2008 at 5:41 am

The concept is valid.

So are the complaints that it’s made largely of plastic.

Bamboo offers a viable alternative. I live in Asia, and I can’t recall in nearly a quarter of a century of living here (I’m American and came here in my mid-30’s) here seeing, for instance, more than a tiny handful of metal building scaffoldings — almost all are made from bamboo, even for amazingly tall structures. They’re lighter than their metal cousins, so cheaper to transport. And replacement costs are minimal.

Why not downscale that to this?

Sure would be environmentally friendly, as well.

Mekhong Kurt
Bangkok, Thailand

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