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Best value External Cell Phone Power Supply ?
- Thread starter GoodEnough
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My new toy came today, 75% charged on arrival. Everything works as described.
A minor annoyance is the position of the usb port which is is on the side near the top or bottom (depending on how you hold it). But I'd like to be able to walk around with my left hand holding both the battery pack (next to my hand) and phone (on top of the power back). USB Left side hits my hand when holding the powerpack/phone this way. Right side near the top means the cord hangs out on the right side right next to my screen... very distracting. Right side bottom is best I guess, but still the cord juts out right next to the right side of the screen as you see here (still distracting.. just doesn't seem right)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3ePa0Zibh6US1NaUEpzYlFzNlE/view?usp=sharing
By the way that port is the 1A port... the 2A port is more toward the middle of the side, even more obnoxious.
The logical place for the usb would be the bottom, so the usb plug on the power pack sits right next to the usb plug on the phone at the bottom and the cord hangs below..pretty much out of sight and not interfering with holding. That'll be my criterion for my next power pack...
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Mine's at the bottom and very easy to hold with the phone charging. I honestly never even thought about that until you posted, but yeah, a 'side mount' would be super annoying!
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I bought this one back in 2012. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005K7192G?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Its worked well for 3 years now. I've used it on my old LG and my newer GIII. I can get 3 full battery re-charges on the GIII from this device. Works good and doesn't cost alot of $$$
Its worked well for 3 years now. I've used it on my old LG and my newer GIII. I can get 3 full battery re-charges on the GIII from this device. Works good and doesn't cost alot of $$$
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Looks pretty good but low on capacity by today's standards.
3full charges is pretty good though
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I figured out what to do about the power pack with that misplaced usb port. I gave the darned thing to my teenage daughter who is constantly on her phone and half the time plugged to the wall. She was tickled pink. And I get to go back shopping for a more tolerable replacement for myself. Everyone's happy!
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I have a couple of these hanging around just in case; I live 200 miles above the arctic circle and sometimes you just need portable power. 15,000 mAh I can recharge my HTC one M9 five times. for $26.00 Innori
When you are 10 miles out on the ocean ice for 2 months. Electrical outlets are no where to be found.
This is my favorite unit - Innori - I can recharge my phone 7 times. 22,400 mAh $42.00
When you are 10 miles out on the ocean ice for 2 months. Electrical outlets are no where to be found.
This is my favorite unit - Innori - I can recharge my phone 7 times. 22,400 mAh $42.00
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Polar bears ? They are too much work, they are very dangerous and too unpredictable. Even after a bear has been killed that bear can still kill the hunters and others involved! You better know what you are doing when you open a bear. One drop of that juice will kill you if it touches your skin. Too much vitamin A
We hunt the mighty bowhead whale. Polar bear is the best tasting meat I've ever had in my life.
We hunt the mighty bowhead whale. Polar bear is the best tasting meat I've ever had in my life.
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I'd have thought they were a protected species but I guess you have to shoot problem bears?
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I was being for real, Lol. Never heard of that. I had previously thought that virtually the only way one could come into contact with that much vitamin C was in a lab or pharmacy/vitamin shelf (Tech here..). I'm actually floored that such a small amount would kill a person with only skin contact with the blood. Amazing.^^This. Lol
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Yes polar bears are protected (needlessly). Their population is at an all time high worldwide.
FACTS: The media won't tell you.
Polar bears can swim for hundreds of miles with their young. We observe this in Barrow every year. Once that ice recedes in the spring time, by the end of the summer it is 300 -350 miles from our northern most coastline. Every year them bears land on our beaches exhausted and sleep. They are protected and guarded. Only as a last resort do we ever take one down.
Polar Bears drown : When they make the mistake to attack a sleeping walrus. When they attack the sleeping walrus the walrus merely lowers his head and the tusks are around the bears neck. The walrus merely rolls over into the water taking the bear down to great depths to drown.
Google Polar Bears & Vitamin A
FACTS: The media won't tell you.
Polar bears can swim for hundreds of miles with their young. We observe this in Barrow every year. Once that ice recedes in the spring time, by the end of the summer it is 300 -350 miles from our northern most coastline. Every year them bears land on our beaches exhausted and sleep. They are protected and guarded. Only as a last resort do we ever take one down.
Polar Bears drown : When they make the mistake to attack a sleeping walrus. When they attack the sleeping walrus the walrus merely lowers his head and the tusks are around the bears neck. The walrus merely rolls over into the water taking the bear down to great depths to drown.
Google Polar Bears & Vitamin A
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Well that is completely fascinating thank you
And @bcrichster I was being serious too and will definitely be googling this when I get a chance
And @bcrichster I was being serious too and will definitely be googling this when I get a chance
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You and me both! [emoji16]Well that is completely fascinating thank you
And @bcrichster I was being serious too and will definitely be googling this when I get a chance
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The story is beyond bizarre; A bear was getting ready to attack Carl's pregnant girl friend; Carl threw her out of the way to confront the bear. All bears are left handed; they will always swipe with the left paw first! He lost; But about 3 years ago.... that baby who is grown up now contacted me when she read the story on my blog of Ice Her comments are at the bottom of the page.
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just read your blog.... your home country is very unforgiving of those who violate the rules of Staying Alive.
I watch all the shows on DirecTV that I can on nature....
realizing that the media only shows what they want us to perceive...
for instance, I am a Private Pilot, used to own a Piper TriPacer, and did my own bit of hairy stuff that is/was illegal back in the day.
I was watching a show on Alaska showing a guy who had crashed his airplane and was unable to get it repaired "locally".... the reasons they gave for him crashing it were totally bogus.... that pilot violated the Laws of Physics.
too low, too slow, and you die, or at least you crash...
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Yup. Never trust the media fully. They all have a vested interest in lying whether it's political or for viewing figures.
Trust what you can see, touch and smell (or at least backed up by a group of scientific peers)
Trust what you can see, touch and smell (or at least backed up by a group of scientific peers)
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