aLLreli Portable 7800 mAh Power Bank with Stand

Screen Shot 2014-06-26 at 2.35.02 PMThis is a well designed, innovative, and effective external power bank. The 7800 mAh capacity is sufficient to charge your smartphone three to four times. Depending on a model it can also be sufficient for charging your tablet computer. I have tested it with iPhone 4S, Galaxy S3, and the first generation iPad. I was able to fully charge my iPad and had no problem charging iPhone and Galaxy several times.

The power bank has a micro USB port that allows it to get charged. However, it doesn’t come with its own USB charger, so you are left to use one of your spare ones, or charge it by plugging it into a spare USB port on your computer.

There are two regular USB ports on the front of this power bank. One supplies 1 A current and the other one a 2 A one. The lower one is usually used by smartphones, while tablets are charged via the higher one. However, these days either one of them can be used with almost any device. The only major difference will be the charging speed. Two USB ports also allow you to charge two device at the same time.

Charging times will vary by the device, from just over an hour for a smaller device, to almost four hours for iPad. These times are more or less typical for external batteries/portable chargers that I have worked with. Charging of the power bank itself takes several hours, and is best done by leaving it plugged in overnight. There are a few small LED lights that tell you the total charge capacity remaining, which is a very useful feature.

The most innovative feature of this power bank is that it doubles as a smartphone/tablet stand. The stand will support your smartphone or a tablet while it’s being charged, or can be used as a stand-alone stand. The stand is a bot on the small side for a full-scale tablet stand. It works more than adequately for my iPhone, but I rarely, if ever, need a stand for it. I think that this stand is optimal for a 7″ to 8″ smaller tablet, but I have not been able to test it with any one of those to know for sure. The good thing about the stand is that it’s easily foldable, so it doesn’t add much bulkiness to the battery while you travel.

There are a couple of features that some other power banks come with which would have made this an even more handy charger. My favorite is a pair of built-in wall outlet prongs. The second favorite is the wrap-around attached micro USB charging cable. Inclusion of those two features ensures that (if you have an Android phone for instance) you never have to worry about bringing along any other cables or chargers with you.

Overall, this looks like a decent and innovative product and so far I have had pretty good experience with it.

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Bojan Tunguz

Bojan Tunguz was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he and his family fled during the civil war for the neighboring Croatia. Over the past two decades he has studied, lived and worked in the United States. He is a theoretical physicist with degrees from Stanford and University of Illinois. Tunguz has taught physics at several prominent liberal arts colleges and has been writing about physics, science and technology for more than a decade. He also has a wide spectrum of interests, and reads and writes about current events, society, culture, religion and politics. Over the years he has reviewed many of the books that he has read, and posted his reviews on various online outlets. In 2011 he had become a top 10 reviewer on Amazon.com, where he continues to be very active. Aside from reading and writing, Tunguz enjoys traveling, digital photography, hiking, and fitness. He resides with his wife in Indiana. You can follow my review updates on the following pages as well: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tunguzreview Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tunguzreviews Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104312842297641697463/posts

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