Top 6 Solar Powered Bags to Take You Back to School in Style

You know how make-or-break your first day back at school can be, so you can imagine how much a dead phone or a drained iPod could seriously cramp your style. Don't be a victim. With the right gear - i.e. one of these high tech solar-powered backpacks - getting the low-battery chirp on your cell will be a non-issue. Just plug it into your bookbag and let the sun do all of the work juicing it back up. That way you can get back to more important issues like trying to get excused from phys. ed - yeah, we used to have a mysterious "allergy" to gym clothes too.

Our top 6 picks for solar powered backpacks to take your back to school in style:

Eclipse Solar Backpack – $179.95 at Ethical Ocean

Sakku Buddy $497 at Sakku

Voltaic Converter Solar Bag – $199 from Voltaic

Augusta Solar Bag – $442 at Evolve

Eco Traveler Backpack – $149 at Brookstone

Sun-Plugged Solar Urban Messenger – $139 at Amazon

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TOTAL ECLIPSE

It may be camo, but the Eclipse solar backpack has standout style. With a charging module that provides 4 watts of power to revive your gadgets from the dead, you’ll never have to worry about missing a text from that cutie you just met in biology. Plus it’s roomy enough for all of your books and the felt lining is made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles.

Eclipse Solar Backpack – $179.95 at Ethical Ocean

SAKKU IT TO ME

We’ve featured Sakku bags before, and we’re feeling their newest line of masterfully-crafted solar bags even more than the last. Not only do they have the added advantage over similar bags of having a battery that can store solar energy (meaning that you can charge up your electronics even at night or when there is no direct sunlight), each bag is manufactured in Switzerland and all of the emissions generated during production are offset. Plus the head-turning nautical styling of the Sakku Buddy (pictured here) is definitely an added bonus.