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    Looking for a good battery pack for charging my notebook and mobile

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by kojack, Jan 6, 2013.

  1. kojack

    kojack Notebook Prophet

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    I'm looking for a battery pack to charge my notebook, tablet and mobile devices. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

    Thanks.

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    kojack, Jan 6, 2013
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    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    What kind of price, capacity, output, and size are you thinking? My dad used to have a battery pack from Costco that could run a laptop for several hours on AC and even jump start a car, but it was also 15 pounds and the size of a briefcase.
     
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    Looking for the size of a portable USB HDD drive would be good.
     
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    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Everything I'm seeing on Amazon has mixed reviews, but there's one from Energizer that looks like it fits your size requirements, and many of the low reviews are simply from people who are upset that they had to pay S&H for extra plug tips that are supposed to be "free". In other words, it sounds like it's probably going to be the best option in that size range. Other similar products appear to be almost universally larger and heavier while suffering higher failure rates.

    Note, however, that I have no experience with these products, I'm just doing some comparison shopping here.
     
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    I will check out their website. Thanks. I'd rather pay more for a brand name than some junk unit. Thanks again for your help. I never even thought of energizer.

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    kojack, Jan 7, 2013
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