iXCC Battery Pack 10000mAh Power Bank External Battery Backup Charger
The bottom line on this iXCC battery is this: it works. In the past I’ve tried several different reserve power supplies for my gadgets, and I have had mixed results. However, there is no ambiguity about this battery: it’s capacious, effective, versatile and well designed. It’s one of the largest external batteries that I’ve come across in terms of capacity (with impressive 10,000 mAh of charge), and yet it’s much smaller in size than most of its larger near-competitors.
In order to test this battery charger I decided to completely drain my small electronic devices so that I get as clean of an idea of this battery’s efficiency as I can. (As an aside, when you really want to discharge them, the consumer electronics has become really robust in recent year. It took me much longer than I thought it would. I had to blast music from my iPhone for hours and hours …) I discover that I was able to fully charge all of my small electronic devices with plenty of power to spare. Most of them I was able to charge several times, and thanks to dual USB ports, was able to charge up to two devices at once. Full charging usually takes between one to two hours. I’ve tested this battery with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5S, Kindle Paperwhite, Mobee Magic Bar, Jabra SPORT Bluetooth Stereo Headset, and the first generation iPad (32GB, Wifi + 3G). Oftentimes I was able to fully charge four or five devices with just one fully charged iXCC battery. I was also able to charge my iPad completely, and even charge it to almost half its capacity the second time around. If there was an easy way of connecting this battery to an ultrabook I would not be surprised if it would be possible to charge it to a decent amount as well.
The battery comes with a micro USB cable that allows you to charge it by either connecting it to a computer or a stand-alone USB charger. The battery looks stylish and elegant. There is no doubt in my mind which device the iXCC designers paid a lot of attention to details with this battery.
There are a couple of design features that would make this battery pack even more appealing to me. I wish it had retractable prongs that would allow it to be directly charged from a wall socket. Even more so, I wish it had an attached micro USB cable, or even better a Lightning cable. Unfortunately, this would probably significantly increase the price of such a battery (especially when the Lightning cable is concerned), but such a battery/charger would indeed be a perfect on-the-go power supply.
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