Portable device charger deal of the day

[stomachmonkey]

Yeah their Facebook page says the deal is over.

Sorry.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Dan at RMG Enterprises in Sunnyvale recommended this portable battery for jump starting cars (including V8 trucks), so I got one. It'll also work to charge a laptop or cell phone. Apparently, the guys at RMG know the guy who invented this thing.

Amazon.com: Antigravity Batteries Micro-Start PPS XP-1 Multi-Function Jump Starter / Personal Power Supply: Automotive

My brother has one of those.

Swears by it.

[daepp]

The budget cell phone chargers they were selling at the LA County Fair for $20 were junk. My wife goes several times, so she exchanged hers, only to have the second one fail. I hope you guys have better luck.

I had a daughter in college in a remote part of MI and have another at USNA. Both went/go for extended periods of time without 110v. I got them both Mophie battery packs that will recharge an iPhone 2.5 times. For myself I have a very small Mophie good for about a half of a recharge. Waht I like about it is that it's very small and has a built in lightning cable and a built in USB like a thumb drive. Mophie makes good products.

FWIW - anyone else have trouble with cheap lightning cables?

[cstreit]

Damn... Just saw this and the code expired.... thanks though...

[LakeCleElum]

Thanks for the tip. Looks like this code has expired. I recently bought 3 similar ones for $18. It looks like sale is still on. They make great gifts:

3-Pack: 2600mAh Flash Chargers for Mobile Devices - Assorted Colors | nomorerack.com

[M.D. Holloway]

I bought a myCharge for $80. I plug it in and in about a 1/2 hour its fully charged. I bring it on the road and hook my iPhone up. If I'm at 5% it will lighten charge it to 100% about 30min or so. The thing is good for 5 to 8 full recharges before it needs to be recharged. Its about the size of my phone.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by daepp

The budget cell phone chargers they were selling at the LA County Fair for $20 were junk. My wife goes several times, so she exchanged hers, only to have the second one fail. I hope you guys have better luck.

I had a daughter in college in a remote part of MI and have another at USNA. Both went/go for extended periods of time without 110v. I got them both Mophie battery packs that will recharge an iPhone 2.5 times. For myself I have a very small Mophie good for about a half of a recharge. Waht I like about it is that it's very small and has a built in lightning cable and a built in USB like a thumb drive. Mophie makes good products.

FWIW - anyone else have trouble with cheap lightning cables?

I normally would have ignored the item myself but a friend had one with her last weekend and swore by it. She loved the thing.

The cheap lightning cables are cheap because they are missing a chip that authenticates them as an Apple approved peripheral which is why you get the message when you use it.

Apple don't want to replace hardware because we fried it using a cheap peripheral.

And naturally they to protect their eco system as well.

[mattdavis11]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

What do you mean? Why not?
Or do you mean you don't need it?

If it'll power my laptop, I can. I bought it for someone who could use it.

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Dan at RMG Enterprises in Sunnyvale recommended this portable battery for jump starting cars (including V8 trucks), so I got one. It'll also work to charge a laptop or cell phone. Apparently, the guys at RMG know the guy who invented this thing.

Amazon.com: Antigravity Batteries Micro-Start PPS XP-1 Multi-Function Jump Starter / Personal Power Supply: Automotive

Those do work well. I have seen them, stand alone, start a race car, and by that I mean a Penske #2 motor that Kesolowski USED to race in NASCAR events.

Recommend that my brother buy one and he loves it.

[gassy]

For anyone that missed the deal, I will sell you mine unopened for, let's see, $250.00.

[ForBell]

Originally Posted by gassy

For anyone that missed the deal, I will sell you mine unopened for, let's see, $250.00.

pm sent.

[widebody911]

Whohoo! Looks like I got in just under the wire!

I bought one of these solar chargers a while back and it works great:

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: WakaWaka Power - Solar Charger, Black

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Good confirmation email, impressed.

Dear Shaun,

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Thanks,

Betrlyfe Products

Betrlyfe - Unique and Useful Mobile Accessories

[JJ 911SC]

It was ship in less than 24 hours and also got the e-mail from Betrlyfe Products.

Impressive

[stomachmonkey]

I'm a Prime member so mine is scheduled to arrive today.

I'll report tomorrow after it gets a full overnight charge.

[Burkie61]

Thanks for the tip

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by dsftujdsyuj

I have several different types of these things already but could not pass this up...

Good Night Spammer...

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

Good Night Spammer...

Did you take his image URL out of your quote? That's the gravy.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

Did you take his image URL out of your quote? That's the gravy.

I sure did...

[Shaun @ Tru6]

it's too bad we couldn't break into their site and create a nasty warning page or whatever and then post that URL all over here.

that would be fun.

[stomachmonkey]

Mine showed up today.

Quality packaging, very Appleesque in construction but not in aesthetic.

Product itself feels quality, has some heft to it and feels solid.

I think the reason they heavily discounted it is the styling, it's white on one side and gold on the other so it looks a bit odd, dated even.

Don't care because I picked it up for function, not appearance. Turned it on and the indicator lights show it was fully charged but plugged it in anyway.

Overall 1st impressions are it would have been a steal at $50.00