- Instantly charge your devices when you don't have an AC outlet available
- Small and compact design outputs up to 5000 mAh of power to charge most devices currently on the market via USB or the included connector tips
- APB01F 5000mAh External Battery pack and Charger for Apple Ipad/Ipad 2 iPhone 4 4G 3Gs 3G (AT&T and verizon), iPod Touch (1G 2G 3G 4G), Motorola Droid, HTC Android EVO, Blackberry, Kindle D
- adapter tips included support Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericson, Nokia, Apple,Blackberry Devices
- Micro USB Tip included to support most Micro USB powered Devices
Enter devices like this -at 5000mAh, it's got enough power to completely charge most smartphones 2-3 times. Even running 4G and watching streaming videos on your phone, you can comfortably be away from the charger for a couple days without having to worry. It'll also give you about a 75% boost on your tablet battery (iPad 2 battery is just shy of 7000 mAh).
This device is fairly portable -a little bulkier than a kit-kat bar -and should fit easily into your purse or backpack... I wouldn't really want to carry it in my pocket, but I guess it'd fit fair easily into a zippered jacket pocket or something. Once you add in the necessary cable, though, it can start getting sorta bulky.
Speaking of bulk, one thing that sorta bugged me about this device was the proprietary charging cable. So many devices nowadays are mini-USB. It's nice having a standard plug. Why, then, do you have to use some weird DC adapter to charge this portable battery? It already comes with a mini-USB cable for use with smartphones and such -just let it charge with that! Since this device must be charged using the proprietary USB-to-DC plug, if you happen to lose it, you're done. Sorta sucks. For this reason (and for the added portability) I'd prefer to stick with a smaller charger like the Belkin F8M158tt Power Pack 1000. Sure, it doesn't have quite the same capacity, but how often are you really going to be needing several days' worth of portable charge on your smartphone in between opportunities to plug it into a wall outlet or USB port?
Anyway, this is a decent device. It comes with a whole range of adapters that allow you to plug it into your smartphone, normal phone iPad / iPod, etc. It's got great capacity but suffers from being a bit bulkier than lower-capacity battery units and a proprietary charge cable. While this could be a good workhorse for iPad users, I'm thinking of these types of devices as being primarily used to extend the life of smartphones for folks on-the-go. As such, this is just a little too bulky to be practical for my daily use. I'd give it a higher rating but the DC charge cable bugs me.You can read all the specific details pertaining to this device in all the other reviews. I just wanted to correct the misconception that it will only charge via a computer USB port. This is not true. I used my HP Touchpad charger and it worked perfectly. This battery pack requires a charger capable of 1.3 amps. The iPhone charger only is .5amps (I believe). Any aftermarket charger that provides a higher current should work fine.
Only reason I am not making this a 5 star item is for the slight bulkiness of the pack. At the discounted price it can not be beat.Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program My first review of this product would have been an enthusiastic 5 star recommendation; however, having had it for a few months I have found a massive drawback a faulty USB cable. I contacted the company to see if they would send me a new one, and indeed they would if I paid 10 dollars for the cable and 9.95 in shipping. Needless to say I was not amendable to doing that.
When I originally received this item, I didn't use it right off as I never found that I was able to drain my Samsung Infuse cell phone or IPod touch 4th gen completely of batteries and find myself no where near a charger. I kept it in my purse just in case, and I did find myself needing it when I traveled extensively in November for both business and pleasure. First I found myself taking many pictures, and sending those pictures to Facebook, draining my cell of battery when I visited Walt Disney World. I was very lucky to have had this to charge my cell while we took a break for lunch or dinner. Secondly, when I traveled to Denver on business from Boston, I found I had forgotten to charge my IPod before I left. Having this in my purse was a Godsend for the 5 hour flight! After these experiences I became diligent about keeping the external battery pack charged, just in case.
Unfortunately, the USB cable (and its' attachments to charge my cell and Ipod) went dead in January as I was on the road for business again. I was unimpressed by the lack of customer service and how long it took them to get back to me only to tell me that I would have to shell out 20 dollars for a replacement cable. My work around for this is inconvenient, but it works I carry an IPod and USB mini cable with the battery to be able to use it to charge when needed. This is unwieldy, but again it works. The battery still works fabulously, so I will rate this at 3 stars for that, but be aware of the 0 star customer service and usb cable.I bought this product reading some of the good reviews and for the price it should have worked too. The first charge went well although it ran out of power just after charging my smartphone only once. That was not a good sign. The next time I tried to charge my cellphone with it, it kept switching off and would need to be turned ON multiple times manually. I give it two stars because of its looks and light-weight design. May be it was my bad luck but i returned it asap.
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program The concept is excellent, a pretty powerful rechargeable back up for your battery hungry devices. The execution, however, leaves something to be desired.Good:
Not too heavy. Is useful for traveling. I was able to recharge to full a dead Ipod, a dead cell phone and a half charged Kindle from one charge of the device.
It holds onto the charge. I charged it, left it for two weeks and then used it to recharge a cell phone, a Sansa clip and a partially charged Ipod.
It is rechargeable itself, so you do not need to carry extra batteries.
You can basically charge almost anything (up to 500mA) that you have a USB cord for already. The cell phone I recharged was a Samsung, and I was able to use its USB cord to charge the phone form the Aluratek. To be clear, you don't have to use the Aluratek cable to charge your own devices from the Aluratek but you DO have to use the proprietary cable to charge the Aluratek itself.
Lots of power for the size.
Bad:
It should come with a storage pouch for all those tips.
I HATE proprietary cables, and this has one for charging it. This is enough to knock one star off.
The rubber port cover is flimsy and annoying.
It takes a long time to charge up, mine took 7 hours. I charged it both with a USB port on the computer and also with a USB wall adapter. Another star off, it should have some way to charge it faster from a wall outlet to be really useful.
Other:
You need access to either a USB port or a adapter and electricity to charge it. If you are going out someplace without either (camping, deepest darkest Africa), you would be better off with one that using AA batteries.
It is handy, but for the price point I think it should be closer to perfect.
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