I have been thinking about electronics, batteries, recharging etc. and am wondering if bringing a solar charger would be worth it. I've heard that maybe there's too much shade on most of the trail to get much charge from a small solar panel. Just wondering what peoples thoughts are especially those who have hiked the AT before. I could definitely strap the panel to the back of my pack so it could be exposed pretty much all day while I'm hiking. My thought is that that could probably be worthwhile but maybe not.

I'm (hopefully) going to be travelling rather quickly and likely won't be sticking around in towns too much so I'm hoping this might work so I don't have to plug in to an outlet. Obviously I'll bring an external battery but if the solar might work then I'll probably bring a much smaller battery.

Thanks all for your advice/input/experience!

-Frank