Batteries and Chargers

REVIEW – The SolidSafe BMX portable battery is a Kickstarter project that features a normal looking charger device with secret sauce inside. The company claims a nail through the battery won’t affect its operation. Where’s my hammer? This ‘all or nothing’ project is open until September 15, 2025, but they’re already way over their funding […]

REVIEW – I’ve used and owned a lot of different portable chargers and they have certainly improved and changed over the past few years. A new (to me) modular option came up recently with the XTAR New PB2SL V2 2-in-1 Charger & Power Bank and I had to check it out and see how well

REVIEW – Charging our phones on the go is a constant thing. (I laughed at a dating site that asked “Phone battery level” as a profile question. The choices were “Always charged”, “50%”, and “Always in the red”. Has this become yet another way we codify our place in society?) To mitigate this (and possibly

REVIEW – I have several power banks, but I always have to remember to bring a cable to plug my device into the power bank as well. How well does the JOYROOM JR-PR1 Retractable Power Bank 10000 mAh solve this inconvenience for me? Read on to find out. ⬇︎ Jump to summary (pros/cons) Price: $59.99 Where to

REVIEW – I may have too many portable power banks! Why would I want to look at another? Well, have you ever forgotten to pack a cable? If so, your power bank is reduced to a paperweight. The UGREEN Nexode Power Bank with retractable USB-C cable fixes that with plenty of power to boot. ⬇︎ Jump

REVIEW – As Gadgeteers, we need power to use many of the products we review. Portable power banks are ubiquitous and considered a staple of many EDC users. The KUXUI S2 Qi2 MagSafe Solid-State Power Bank is different in its battery technology. What are the advantages and differences of using a portable power bank built

REVIEW – As electronics get more powerful, they need more power. More power means your old wall-wart USB chargers simply won’t cut it anymore. UGREEN has your answer with their new Nexode GaN charger capable of delivering 500W of charging goodness. Let’s take a look at the features of this unit designed to deliver…more power!

REVIEW – Summertime is travel time and that means I’ve got to keep my power banks handy.  You never know what the power situation will be on a flight, and as a gadgeteer, I’ve got way too many things that need charging.  Between the watch, the ring, the earbuds, the tablets and my phone, I’m

REVIEW – I pack a lot of electronics when I travel for work, and am responsible for a small army of gadgets when traveling with the family.  One of my least favorite rituals is the mad dash while leaving home or the hotel to make sure that each device has a charger accounted for.  Chargeasap

REVIEW – Back in September of last year, I reviewed the CUKTECH 20 power bank and was quite impressed.  I still use it on a regular basis, and it is small enough to take with me on trips considering the slimmer profile that it has. CUKTECH showed me that they are serious about this space, so when

REVIEW – The curse of having technology that you carry around everywhere is that you eventually have to park it somewhere to charge it. (Well, unless you want to also carry a battery pack around! Hey, no judgment! I’ve been that guy.) If you have a desk, table, or nightstand where you sit your devices

REVIEW – When we travel to large cities, like Washington DC or Atlanta here in the States or like London or Paris in Europe, we typically bring a small army of gadgets that need power, including iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and Kindle Paperwhites. Our phones need charging during the day as we are out sightseeing,

REVIEW – NESTOUT makes some pretty cool products and when a review opportunity opened up on their new Carabiner Battery I was all in having already purchased a couple of items last summer. This little guy ups the gadget factor considerably, and for as device dependent as we all are having an extra 5,000 mAh