PowerBoost X2 iPhone Charger
There is a whole variety of phone chargers and external batteries out there, so it can be confusing deciding on which one to pick. The choice will ultimately come down to your needs. If you spend most of your time near a wall outlet, then your standard wall charger will be all that you will almost ever need. If you spend a lot of time traveling, especially via a plane, and you tend to carry a lot of gadgets with you, then I would recommend you look into getting at least a 10,000 mAh external battery. For everything in between you can select the battery size closest to your needs and the kind of gadgets you carry around. I would not recommend going below a 5,000 mAh or so battery though. The smaller batteries will probably not be sufficiently big for a full recharge if you don’t remember to charge them up regularly.
This is a very nice, effective, and compact battery. It is similar in size and shape to the old iPhone 4/4S. It can be easily carried around in a small messenger bag, briefcase, or a purse. It can even fit in a pocket (hey, it is the size of a phone), but I would personally not recommend it.
The battery doesn’t come with its own charging adapter, but it does come with two USB cables: a micro USB for charging the battery and Android phones, and a lightning USB cable for iPhone charging. The inclusion of the lightning cable makes this charger particularly suitable for charging of an iPhone, but to the best of my knowledge this cable might not be Apple certified.
The charging time for this battery was pretty quick, as was the charging of external devices. I was able to fully charge my iPhone with plenty of room to spare. I was even able to charge my iPad to about 50% of its capacity. I also tried it with several other micro-USB charging devices (Galaxy S 3, Kindle, headphones, …) and it worked fine with all of them, although I did not test them fully to ascertain the total charging time. The battery has a nice LED indicator which lets you know how much battery juice is left.
Overall, I am pretty pleased with this battery and would recommend it to anyone who is in a need of small extra charging while on the go.
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