Green Gazette

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December/January 2002
By Cody Robertson 
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iSun's portable, modular solar DC electricity charger is perfect for powering portable electronics. Its "plug and play" adaptability allows you to operate more than 90 percent of all small electronic appliances, from cell phones to compact disc players.

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Sunpower Systems Power Booster solar-charged cellular phone battery boasts twice the talk time and triple standby of an ordinary cell phone battery. Just 15 to 20 minutes in the sun charges the battery enough to make a call; in five hours, the battery is fully charged.

Solar stocking stuffers, anyone?

Glove Love:

Habitat's review of Ironclad

Anyone who's into do-it-yourself knows their hands are the most valuable tools they own. So when a new line of gloves claiming to be "better than the rest" showed up here at MOTHER EARTH NEWS, we decided to take a closer look.

According to the manufacturer, Ironclad gloves offer "increased protection without compromising dexterity." Which sounds nice, but words don't build houses. So MOTHER asked Ironclad [(888) 3143197; www.iclad.com ] to give a dozen pairs to people who give gloves a real workout: Habitat for Humanity. (Habitat is a volunteer-fueled, do-it-yourself home building organization that provides quality housing for low-income families.) Members of the Lawrence, Kansas, chapter used Ironclad's gloves on a number of their projects. The result: Ironclad may have earned its bragging rights.

"The thing about these gloves is their versatility," said Andre Bollaert, executive director of the Lawrence chapter (pictured above with soon-to-be homeowner Lyle Tsosie). "I've used them for framing; I've used them for drywall; I've used them for concrete, everything, and they've survived it all."

Ironclad gloves are available in eight different styles. The General Utility, Women's Utility and Heavy Utility designs are all purpose gloves.

Realizing how cumbersome fingered gloves can be when trying to place a nail, Ironclad designed The Framer, basically the Heavy Duty model minus three fingers (shown above). The Short-3 finger design frees your thumb and first two fingers, allowing for added dexterity.

Other special styles include the Cold Condition, made with microfleece; the Box Handler, with its rubberized saddle and tacky palm; and the Wrenchworx, which is designed to withstand the harsh abuse of mechanical work.

—Cody Robertson

Green Gazette is written by Claire Anderson, except where noted.

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