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This unique retro lantern can light your way, light your room, or charge your phone

The Barebones Canyon Lantern has a retro style, but it’s loaded with modern features. The lantern has two 8W rechargeable lithium-ion batteries inside that are more resistant to cold weather than alkaline batteries. It has a stainless steel, plastic, and rubber body and a handle that can be used to carry, to stand it on a […]

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Add a little nature to your desk with this phone dock

By Janet Cloninger / April 10, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, charging dock, Smartphone accessory / Leave a Comment

This little stoneware pot is actually a charging dock that works with a variety of phones, including iPhone, Galaxy Note, Motorola Droid, and many more. In addition to the dock, the Large Phone Dock also has a couple of little compartments that can be used for desk accessories. You could put paper clips in the

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No more crawling around in the floor to plug in your chargers with the Tower

By Janet Cloninger / April 9, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, Charging station, Surge protector with USB power outlets / Leave a Comment

In my house, it seems like all the electrical outlets are either located behind a big piece of furniture or out in the middle of a wall with no furniture nearby. If I need to plug something in, I either have to move furniture to reach an outlet or just lay my gadget in the

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MOS Spring Lightning Cable review

By Janet Cloninger / April 7, 2015 / Reviews / Batteries and Chargers, cables / 6 Comments

I had an old 30-pin Apple cable that I used literally for many years with no problems. I got it with my ancient 3rd-gen 15GB white iPod and used it with every Apple device I owned until Apple switched to the Lightning connector. That old 30-pin cable had a much longer plastic collar under the

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iClever 4.8A 24W Dual USB Ports Travel Wall Charger with SmartID Technology review

By Janet Cloninger / April 5, 2015 / Reviews / Batteries and Chargers, USB charger / 7 Comments

Everybody can use more USB chargers, right? True, but you need to make sure that the USB charger can charge your most power-hungry gadgets before you waste money buying it. You don’t want the charge to take longer than the battery life because you’re trying to use an under-powered charger. Slow charges shouldn’t be a

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mophie announces juice pack battery cases for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

By Janet Cloninger / April 3, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, Cases and Covers / Leave a Comment

mophie juice pack samsung s6 and s6 edge

These new juice pack cases from mophie will both protect and recharge your new Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge. Both cases have “carefully-designed internal bumpers [to] add extra cushion to the edges and corners of the protective case for unrivaled support.” Both also have 3300mAh batteries inside to provide more than 100% extra power to

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SnapPower Charger easily adds a USB port to a wall outlet without rewiring

By Julie Strietelmeier / March 31, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, Crowdfunded, Home and Kitchen, USB, Wall Outlet / 1 Comment

Last spring I helped back SnapRays, a Kickstarter project for a wall outlet cover plate with built in auto-illuminating LEDs. The project was a big success and they actually delivered the products to their backers on time, which has not been the norm for most of the projects I have backed in the past. Now

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Drop and charge your iPhone and mophie juice pack with this dock

By Janet Cloninger / March 31, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, charging dock, iOS, iPhone / Leave a Comment

It’s not Qi, but the juice pack dock from mophie does charge your iPhone and its juice pack battery case without plugging in a cable. Just drop the iPhone (wearing its juice pack) into the dock, and the pins in the bottom of the dock mate up with charging points on the bottom of the

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Nomad has the Key to keeping your Pebble Watch charged on the go

By Janet Cloninger / March 29, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, Smartwatch, Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

Nomad based the design for the NomadKey USB charging cable for the Pebble Original smart watch on a key. Since you always have your keys with you when you’re out, why not have a key-sized charger on the keyring? It won’t feel like you are carrying anything extra, but you’ll have a tough, flexible charging

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Stack em long and far with the InfiniteUSB

By Larry Geisz / March 28, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, cables, Crowdfunded / Leave a Comment

USB ports, there are never enough on my laptop or desk top computer to keep all my connected items connected. I am always changing a cable here, unplugging a device there and can never seem to find the right cable for the job. The InfiniteUSB, a Kickstarter project, hopes to provide you with a solution

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Magic-Pro ProMini Power Station 6T charges 6 devices using only one outlet

By Julie Strietelmeier / March 28, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, USB charger / 4 Comments

The Magic-Pro ProMini Power Station 6T from Brando is a USB charger that can charge up to six devices at once while only using one outlet. The Magic-Pro ProMini Power Station 6T comes with five interchangeable plugs that will allow you to use this charger in the US, UK, AU, EU, KR and JP. The

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Device charging end table for those of us who don’t use Qi wireless charging

By Janet Cloninger / March 25, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, Charging station, Furniture, Home and Kitchen / 5 Comments

We recently told you that Ikea has announced a line of furniture and lamps with built-in Qi chargers. What about people who don’t use Qi charging? We want nice things, too! Well, Hammacher Schlemmer has a Device Charging End Table that has a built-in charging station for those of us who still need to cable

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Qi wireless charger + 5-Port USB Charger = ORICO OCP-5US

By Julie Strietelmeier / March 22, 2015 / News / Android, Batteries and Chargers, Computer Gear, Qi, USB hub / 2 Comments

Have you jumped on the Qi wireless charging band wagon yet? If you haven’t, what the heck are you waiting for? Once you go wireless, you’ll never want to plug in another micro USB cable into your phone again. Trust me. If you’re lucky enough to have a smartphone that is Qi capable, the ORICO

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Will a $15m investment from Dyson change lithium ion batteries forever?

By Julie Strietelmeier / March 22, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers / 2 Comments

As manufacturers continue to add more features and faster processors into our gadgets, the one feature that continues to lag behind in improvement is battery life. That may change soon now that Dyson and Michigan-based battery leader, Sakti3 have partnered together. Sakti3 grew out of the engineering department of the University of Michigan and was founded by CEO Ann Marie

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HelloNomad mobile products review

By Smythe Richbourg / March 22, 2015 / Reviews / Android, Batteries and Chargers, cables, iOS / 2 Comments

There’s a certain balancing act we Gadgeteers play with our cables. You know you do it – you have a short one for when you’re using a laptop or a battery charger on a table or desk, a longer one for when you’re in a “normal” room where you can sit near the outlet, and,

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Avantek 20,000 mAh High Capacity External Battery Pack review

By Steve Holt / March 21, 2015 / Reviews / Batteries and Chargers / 2 Comments

One of the gadgets that I use almost on a daily basis is the 20,000 mAh Roving Power power pack. I use it to charge basically everything that I have to charge… my cellphone, my Bluetooth headset, my tablets, and my laptop. It is one of the few portable power packs out there that can actually

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Nomad has a portable battery pack/charging stand for the Apple Watch

By Janet Cloninger / March 19, 2015 / News / Apple Watch, Batteries and Chargers, charging stand, Watches and Clocks / 1 Comment

Nomad says their Pod is the first portable battery for the Apple Watch. You plug the Watch’s charger into the Pod, then wind the excess cable around the Pod’s spindle. Snap on the Pod’s stamped military-grade aluminum lid, and you’ll have a hockey puck-sized charging stand with the Watch’s magnetic charger exposed. Inside is a high-density 1800mAh

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EasyAcc Classic Gen2 6400mAh external battery pack review

By Andy Chen / March 14, 2015 / Reviews / Android, Batteries and Chargers, iOS / Leave a Comment

Not too long ago I was caught in a situation where I had to wait somewhere for several hours without access to a charger. As I watched my iPhone drain down to nearly empty, I vowed to keep my eye open for one of those battery packs. Today, I’ve got one to try out: The EasyAcc

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WonderCube packs multiple smartphone accessories into a 1 inch cube

By Julie Strietelmeier / March 13, 2015 / News / Android, Batteries and Chargers, Crowdfunded, iOS, Smartphone accessory / 3 Comments

WonderCube is an Indiegogo crowdfunding project for an 8-in-1 adapter that is small enough to attach to your keychain. This one inch cube transforms into the following tools: USB cable, USB charger, phone stand, OTG USB cable, sync cable, emergency battery charger, flash memory and an LED flashlight. The WonderCube will be available in versions

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The CalypsoTimeless collection is as elegant as the Apple Watch Edition

By Janet Cloninger / March 13, 2015 / News / Apple Watch, Batteries and Chargers, Cases and Covers, charging stand, Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

We’ve already seen a couple of charging stands for the Apple Watch before it’s even available to pre-order, but neither of those can touch the CalypsoTimeless charger for sheer elegance. The TimelessMoment will be handcrafted in Europe of premium Italian leather. It will incorporate the Watch’s own charging disk, and the charging cable will fit seamlessly under

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