The Cortland is a great everyday
tote and easily transfers from day to night. It's big enough to hold
files, but small enough to carry all the time. Has 2 interior zipper
pockets – 1 for lithium-ion storage battery and electronic accessories,
1 exterior zipper pocket, magnetic snap closure, and antiqued brass
hardware. Exterior constructed from Bavarian sourced, chrome-free,
naturally tanned and dyed, full-grain cowhide leather and sage colored
organic hemp/cotton lining interior.
Comes with a locket with leather and compost--to remind you that
your bag is biodegradable, as well as an organic cotton shopper dust
bag hand printed with "noon" logo.
- Flexible Solar panel on outside of bag
- Cable coming from the solar panel—found inside one of the inside pockets
- Power Bank, lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack
- Wall charging adapter for Power Bank
- USB phone tip adapter
- USB cable
- iPod cable
- User manual
- Organic cotton shopper that doubles as a dust bag and for everyday shopping
Technology
On the outside of your bag, there is a paper thin, flexible solar
panel. This solar panel charges a battery pack located inside the bag
to supply power for your cell phone or iPod, day or night. Simply place
the solar panel in the bag towards the sun to collect usable energy.
Put it in your window at work, home, car, or on the train; face it
towards the sun at a café; or walk/bike around town with the panel
exposed. Even on cloudy or rainy days, energy is collected through the
UV light of the sun. On a bright, sunny day the battery should be fully
charged in 6-8 hours. On a cloudy day the battery will require a bit
more time. The battery pack will hold the sun's energy for several days.
Noon-Solar Design Philosophy
Noon Solar bags incorporate flexible solar panels to keep cell
phones and iPods charged. Each bag is designed to be able to sit in a
window at work or in the car to collect charges. The solar power is
stored in a lithium-ion battery pack, weighing about 4oz, found inside
the bag. Because the solar power is stored inside a battery pack, cell
phones and iPods can be charged day or night.
Noon Solar bags are made from biodegradable materials so that the
bags can skip the landfill and go directly into your backyard without
hurting the earth. The bags are safe and non-toxic, and most of the
materials will actually nourish the earth if buried. The other
materials such as the solar panel and hardware can be removed and
recycled or reused.
The founders personally hand dye, with natural substances such as
pomegranate and weld, the organic hemp and cotton fabrics that comprise
their bags. Noon Solar is one of a very small number of design
companies using natural dyes on a production scale in the US.
To create textures and patterns on their bags, Noon uses the ancient Japanese dying method, Shibori, making each bag unique.
Noon bags use German leather that is tanned in similar ways to
people tanning leather from hundreds of years ago. The leather is heavy
metal free, and tanned and dyed with sustainably harvested materials
such as rhubarb and walnuts.
