REVIEW – One of the very first battery banks I ever reviewed was from Just Mobile. It served me well for several years and was passed along to a friend just a year or so ago. Today’s offering from the same company offers about the same charging power but in a unit half the size, and almost […]
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REVIEW – Portable batteries/power packs are probably the type of item I have reviewed the most here on the Gadgeteer. I mean, can you really have too many of them?? This gadget category is so popular that you see them everywhere, in every shape and size. I have them everywhere myself, and I couldn’t live
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NEWS – Most charging docks available today for the Apple Watch are either too gadgety or too techy looking. The new Grovemade Apple Watch Dock is a fresh, elegant option for charging your Apple Watch. This disk-shaped charger forgoes the plastic that many chargers use for more elegant materials. The top of the dock is made
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REVIEW – With Google’s Pixel line finally joining the party, most of the latest cellphones now utilize wireless charging This option can be both convenient and frustrating, but it has most certainly meant a boon for accessory makers. Dozens of new wireless charger options are now available and the list grows longer every day. Naztech
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REVIEW – Power. It fuels everything in our lives nowadays. When the Mophie Powerstation with Lightning connector portable battery review offer came along, I jumped at the opportunity to finally rid myself of that dreaded micro-USB cable. What is it? The Mophie Powerstation with Lightning connector portable battery is your typical portable battery for charging
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REVIEW – Wall chargers, especially for laptops are a very necessary evil. It’s a pain to carry it with you from place to place, but if you make the choice to leave it behind, you’re almost guaranteed to run out of juice. Until recently, if you chose to run an Apple laptop of some variety,
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Today, I’m bringing to you a new portable power bank, but it’s unlike the dozens we’ve reviewed here over the years. The Jackery PowerBar can power an AC device, as well as those USB-powered items in your kit. How’s that for differentiation? Note: Photos may be tapped or clicked for a larger image. What is
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NEWS – Do you have one of those wire-routing holes drilled into the top of your desk? Insert the Brando In-Desk Universal Wireless Charger into that 2.4″ hole and turn it into a wireless Qi charger with a bonus. The wireless 5W charger can be used with a huge list of Qi-compatible phones (see the
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NEWS – Did you receive a Google Home Mini as a holiday gift? Instead of keeping it prisoner on a table or shelf, tethered to a power cord, set it free with a portable charging base from KIWI Design. The bowl-shaped base holds a 7800mAh portable power charger that will keep your portable voice assistant
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REVIEW – The market for portable charges has come a long way. I remember when the best portable charger you could get would only charge your cellphone about half way. But hey, at least you had that! I have owned just about every configuration you could think of when it comes to size, capacity, number
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NEWS – I have a couple of double-outlet car chargers in my car, but I’ve never seen an “extension cord” charger for a car, much less one with five outlets! The RapidX X5 Car Charger has five USB ports, and you can use them all at once to charge everybody’s mobile devices on your car
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REVIEW – Almost every state in the USA now has laws prohibiting the handheld use of cell phones while driving. As a result, the marketplace has been flooded with auto mounts of various designs that hold your cell phone within reach and many offer wired or wireless charging as a feature. The Adonit Auto-Clamping Wireless Car
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NEWS – The Volt is a short cable that you can use to charge one device from another device. That’s right, this cable siphons juice from one battery and effectively turns that device into a portable battery that you can use to charge a second device. The Volt Battery Share Cable will not work with
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NEWS – The nice thing about bento lunchboxes is that you can pack a lot of stuff in a small, organized container. That approach has been applied to the Function 101 BentoStack Charge Travel Case with Qi charger. This Apple accessories organizer has multiple layers that hold USA-type wall chargers, Apple Pencils, Watch bands, and
REVIEW – As the market for wireless (primarily Qi-compatible) chargers heats up, I’m starting to enjoy the benefits of this technology. I was sent a different brand wireless car charger a good while back, but am always interested in testing the approach other makers use. I was recently sent two items from Choetech: their desk
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REVIEW – Back in September, I wrote a news story about the Nomad Base Station wireless charger. As someone who has a lot of devices, I was glad when Nomad recently sent me one to review. What is it? The Nomad Base Station is a wireless charging hub capable of charging up to four devices simultaneously.
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NEWS – Since my experience with hurricane Sandy in New York about 6 years ago, I have become a big fan of portable power stations that can adequately supply me with the necessary power to survive and for as long as possible. There are now many power stations available, but most of them have various
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NEWS – The Courant Catch:3 is a wireless charging station with a tray to hold your other EDC pocket stuff that is on Oprah Winfrey’s Favorite Things list this year. You can see why it’s on the list: it’s useful, and it’s beautiful! The Catch:3 is made of premium pebble-grain Italian leather and high-grade matte
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NEWS – There are a plethora of wireless chargers on the market today. Twelve South maker of the HiRise charging stand for iPhone has created a wireless charger that’s pretty as a picture, literally. The PowerPic is a picture frame that wirelessly charges your phone. Hidden inside the New Zealand pine picture frame is a Qi
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REVIEW – As a self-proclaimed gadget nerd, I surround myself with every possible gadget and embrace every convenience that they offer. These days where the phone is an integral part of our lives, it is very apparent that driving while operating a phone is a very bad idea and against the law at least here
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