Urbanista turns its solar-powered smarts to a Bluetooth speaker

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Urbanista turns its solar-powered smarts to a Bluetooth speaker
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Potentially unlimited solar power if it’s sunny enough.

, the basic amount of battery life you can expect from the speaker’s built-in 3,600mAh battery is around 30 hours. But out in the sun, that could extend to up to a theoretical 45 hours of playback, and even when used indoors , you could be looking at six months of usage before its battery runs dry. If exclusively used in direct sunlight and left to recharge indoors by windows, the company thinks its speaker’s battery life could stretch on indefinitely.

“With a Bluetooth speaker, when you increase the volume, the power consumption is exponential,” Urbanista product director Mårten Sahlén tellsAs a Bluetooth speaker, the Malibu’s specs are more familiar. It’s got an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance, meaning it’s completely protected against solids and a limited amount of submersion in water.

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