HyperPS Car Jump Starter Power Bank Battery Charger Kit with Air Compressor

Screen Shot 2015-04-24 at 10.37.10 AMI have been skeptical about this battery and its ability to jumpstart the car. However, after testing it for a few weeks I am now a believer: It really delivers on its premise. I have not tested it with the car, but with my John Deere lawn mower. It has a bad battery that needs replacing, but I haven’t had the time to do so this year. Instead I’ve been jump starting it using one of the large conventional jump starter batteries. It got the job done, but the setup was pretty unwieldy. Now with this much smaller and much more convenient battery I was able to do it really quickly and easily. I was amazed that a battery of this size can do such a thing, and do it repeatedly. That in and of itself makes it a really worthwhile investment. However, it also works as a conventional backup charger for all of your small electronic devices.

At 15,000 mAh this is a pretty medium sized battery, yet it is much bulkier than almost all of the power banks that I have been using these days. This is not a very convenient portable battery to have around. I’ve tested it with several small and medium electronic devices, which I had previously completely depleted. I was able to fully charge my iPad and iPhone 6 plus from a single charged HyperPS battery.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to use this power bank to charge a laptop. I only have Mac laptops, and this battery doesn’t come with the cables and connectors that will enable it to connect to a Mac. This is not just the problem with this battery – Apple is notorious for being very proprietary with their accessory connections, and I don’t think there is an independent battery manufacturer out there with a product that will work with Macs. There are some hacks that will allow you to get around this restriction (you can buy an Apple power cord or appropriate one from your old charger), but all such tricks require certain level of familiarity with electronics and willingness to improvise.

If you have any “regular” PC laptop, chances are that this battery pack will work with it. The battery supports 5V, 12V, 16V, and 19V output and comes with several adapters that can fit most laptop power inputs that I’ve come across.

Aside from the battery, this kit includes an air compressor tire pump. It’s a pretty well made pump, and it can be hooked up to the battery for a convenient operation.

This is a well made external battery. It is, as you would expect it, fairly large and heavy. This is a very convenient battery and compressor kit to have in an emergency. This kit with and a first aid kit would be the best two things to keep with you in your car at all times.

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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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