OXA 2600mAh SAFE External Battery

Screen Shot 2014-04-21 at 4.28.00 PMThere are many external batteries out there that can help you recharge your portable devices, and which one you choose will depend on your particular needs. This OXA 2600 mAh external battery/charger is one of the smallest I’ve seen, both in terms of physical size as well as charge capacity. The battery looks similar in shape and size to an elongated lighter. The battery is charged from an USB port, and it comes with its own micro USB cable with several different charging attachments. You can charge it by plugging it into a spare USB outlet on your PC (slow), or by using one of the wall USB outlets from your cell phone or a similar device.

I’ve been able to use this battery to fully charge a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone and iPhone 4S. It took me a few hours to charge both of those devices. In order to charge an iPhone I had to use my own iPhone cable – Apple is very restrictive when it comes to allowing third party manufacturers using their proprietary designs.

Since this battery is very small it is ideally suited for an emergency backup charging. It can easily fit in your pocket along with your smartphone, although I wish that it came with a small bag into which to put it.

This is neither a particularly stylishly designed nor remarkably well built external battery. It has a very utilitarian look and fee to it. It gets the job done, at least for now. I have not tested it long enough to see how durable it is in the long run, and if I discover anything noteworthy about that I’ll update my review.

Decent small external charger, especially for the price.

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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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