Portable Phone Chargers (talk to me)

[Andy_con]

been looking at portable phone chargers for when I go away camping or even when im on my bike cycling.

the plan would be to put the battery pack in the bag on my bike, run the cable along the frame to my phone on the handle bars.

anyone used anything like this, if so any comments?

they seem a great idea

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-...408?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19e2dc7258

 

[Andy_con]

so no one has ever used one of these types of chargers?

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

What phone do you have? I just have 2 extra batteries for mine!

 

[Andy_con]

xperia z so cant change the battery which is annoying

 

[banther]

We were given them in our introductory pack at my last workplace.

We were told to stop using them as they were destroying the phone batteries. No idea why / if it was true - I certainly never noticed a difference but then I hardly used it.

I think good as a handy back up if you cant carry spare batteries, for longer term use there may​ be some implications.

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Okay well looking at the specs of you phone your battery capacity is 2330 mAH. The link you posted is for a 30000mAH battery so it should last for days matey. Might even be able to go for a lower capacity/smaller/cheaper one

 

[Andy_con]

um not heard of that one before, its only a charger at the end of the day

We were given them in our introductory pack at my last workplace.

We were told to stop using them as they were destroying the phone batteries. No idea why / if it was true - I certainly never noticed a difference but then I hardly used it.

I think good as a handy back up if you cant carry spare batteries, for longer term use there may​ be some implications.

 

[Andy_con]

Okay well looking at the specs of you phone your battery capacity is 2330 mAH. The link you posted is for a 30000mAH battery so it should last for days matey. Might even be able to go for a lower capacity/smaller/cheaper one

yeah im thinking festivals and things like that as well, so id just grab a big one

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Ahh fair enough! Tbh I can't see how these could damage a phone battery. As long as you charge properly i.e from near flat to full, then run down then fully charge etc it will be fine. This issue will be if you keep 'topping up' for like 15 mins at a time!

 

[Dink]

Ahh fair enough! Tbh I can't see how these could damage a phone battery. As long as you charge properly i.e from near flat to full, then run down then fully charge etc it will be fine. This issue will be if you keep 'topping up' for like 15 mins at a time!

you won't damage a lithium battery with short charges to top up they just add up to a cycle (i.e 10 10% charges = 1 charge cycle)

i highly doubt it's 30000mAh weighting 400grams. imho i'd say it's in the region of 8-10Ah

 

[Andy_con]

you won't damage a lithium battery with short charges to top up they just add up to a cycle (i.e 10 10% charges = 1 charge cycle)

i highly doubt it's 30000mAh weighting 400grams. imho i'd say it's in the region of 8-10Ah

I suspect your right and I wouldn't necessarily buy that one, it just happened to be the one I was on when I made this post.

will look into them to see which is a good one before buying

 

[Dink]

maybe something like this

i had an anker battery for my sensation and it was the only one that actually gave me longer run time

 

[Andy_con]

that looks good

 

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I have a solar charger and pack from https://www.powertraveller.com/ i have a powermonkey extreme . its a battery plus a solar charger we stick on the side of the tent , or have out and about with us .

Works great at places where you may not be able to have your car near the tent etc and does its job well in my opinion .....

very useful piece of kit .

 

[Tom]

biolite stove

 

[danward]

I have a Pebble that I'm selling if you've interested? £20 posted? I bought it from Tesco to charge my phone while on holiday but never actually used it so it's as new condition.

It has attachments for everything!
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Ele...e-Mobile-Phones-Aand-PSP-5000mah/Product.html

 

[Amos91]

you won't damage a lithium battery with short charges to top up they just add up to a cycle (i.e 10 10% charges = 1 charge cycle)

i highly doubt it's 30000mAh weighting 400grams. imho i'd say it's in the region of 8-10Ah

Indeed. In fact they prefer being topped up rather than used till near flat and charged all the way up.

 

[Andy_con]

thanks for the offer but am not looking to buy just yet

I have a Pebble that I'm selling if you've interested? £20 posted? I bought it from Tesco to charge my phone while on holiday but never actually used it so it's as new condition.

It has attachments for everything!
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Ele...e-Mobile-Phones-Aand-PSP-5000mah/Product.html