Stacy Rosien | May 12, 2019 - 07:44

Why is it that your phone battery (or tablet, or laptop) never lasts as long as you need it?

You’d think with all the technological advances of the 21^st century and with electric cars needing to get from point A to point B that they’d be able to make a phone battery that lasts more than 6 hours. I’m sure a few billion people would shell out an extra $50 for a phone battery that lasts a week!

In the meantime, Portable Chargers (also called power banks or mobile battery packs) are the solution and there’s a plethora of options. Which is the right one for you?

Consider your battery needs? How many recharges do you need before you get back home to charge the device(s) fully.
Consider how much power in the backup to buy? Measured in mAh (milliamp-hours – 2000 mAh to 20,000+ mAh)
Consider the speed of the charge – measured in W (Watts – 5W to 24 W) with the higher being quick-charge capabilities.
Consider how many USB connections and the size of the device.

Note a few charging specs for 1 charge:

A typical iPhone 8 battery capacity is 1820mAh (the iPhone 8plus about 2675 mAh)
An iPad capacity requires about 8000 mAh to charge
An Android Galaxy s10 battery capacity is 4100 mAh, Android tablets around 8000 mAh

Our solution for travel – We purchased the Anker PowerCore Portable Charger (20100mAh) with Dual USB ports and fast-charge capabilities. With us each having a phone and tablets and sometimes a long flight or disconnected destination, this was our solution to keep us powered as we needed the boost. Very well-priced on Amazon for its capacity and Anker’s high rating with PCmag, it has been our go-to charging solution for a few trips now and lasted very well.

Until the manufacturers invest in proper battery solutions for our devices, these portable chargers will become our fall-back to keep us powered.

~ GG Staff

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