External Battery Pack and Charger

[MojaveHigh]

I have the smaller New Trent external battery pack and it works well. The one I have has a 5000 mAh capacity and I use it with both my Tbolt and my iPod touch. The one nit I have with the product is that it doesn't charge using a standard USB connection. If I had to do it over again I'd get one of the external batteries that charge using a standard USB cable.

I was just looking at the New Trent 5000mAh battery on Amazon and I don't understand what you mean, "it doesn't charge using a standard USB connection".

It has a mini-USB in so that you can charge the battery with a USB wall charger. And it has two USB outs, so you can charge any device that will charge via USB.

So, with my Thunderbolt, I could carry just the one mini-USB to USB cable and the USB AC adapter. I would charge the New Trent with the cable and adapter. Then use that same cable to charge my Thunderbolt from the New Trent. That seems really ideal. What am I missing?

 

[NotJustAPhone]

I was just looking at the New Trent 5000mAh battery on Amazon and I don't understand what you mean, "it doesn't charge using a standard USB connection".

It has a mini-USB in so that you can charge the battery with a USB wall charger. And it has two USB outs, so you can charge any device that will charge via USB.

So, with my Thunderbolt, I could carry just the one mini-USB to USB cable and the USB AC adapter. I would charge the New Trent with the cable and adapter. Then use that same cable to charge my Thunderbolt from the New Trent. That seems really ideal. What am I missing?

I don't know if New Trent has changed the design, but the one I have has two connectors. There's a standard USB port that is used to plug in a cable to charge your device, and a separate round power plug that is used to charge the battery pack. To charge the pack, you use a cable that comes with the device that has a standard USB connector on one end and a round power connector on the other. If they changed the design to charge it through a standard mini USB connector that would be a nice improvement to the product.

 

[MojaveHigh]

I don't know if New Trent has changed the design, but the one I have has two connectors. There's a standard USB port that is used to plug in a cable to charge your device, and a separate round power plug that is used to charge the battery pack. To charge the pack, you use a cable that comes with the device that has a standard USB connector on one end and a round power connector on the other. If they changed the design to charge it through a standard mini USB connector that would be a nice improvement to the product.

Yeah, that is exactly what they did. On the New Trent IMP50D, there are two USB outs and one mini-USB in, no round connector at all.

 

[Bwangster12]

This could be an option: Amazon.com: Kensington K38056US Pocket Battery for SmartPhones (Black): Cell Phones & Accessories

Looking for more solid reviews. One Evo owner says it fried his battery, but a Thunderbolt owner said its fine, has bought two, and takes his battery from 20% to 100%. According to Kensington's website, the capacity is 1200 mah.... which is perfect for me.

Pocket Battery for Smartphones - K38056US - Kensington

 

[tony bag o donuts]

I use the energizer/ xcel xp2000? portable charger.
Amazon.com: Energizer XP2000 Universal Rechargeable Power Pack: Cell Phones & Accessories

LOVE IT....

 

[Bwangster12]

I use the energizer/ xcel xp2000? portable charger.
Amazon.com: Energizer XP2000 Universal Rechargeable Power Pack: Cell Phones & Accessories

LOVE IT....

Wow, 2000mah... thats a big backup battery. Probably more than I'd need and at 40 bucks, probably more than I wanna spend on something I'd use occassionally.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

I use it when I am at a venue like on a football field, lacrosse field, etc and don't have access to power. But then I also use it for my wife's iphone and the kids' nintendos and ipods

 

[OC Nut]

I've used this, and it works pretty well. So far, I have cycled through it twice, and it has delivered about 140% extra battery (so about 1900mA-hr). The charging is sort of slow (about 20%/hour) but it is very light (a little bigger than, and a little heavier than, the TB itself). I also have its big brother, which I am testing for size (by spec, it has 48.4 W-hr).

TekFuel MD Battery Pack | Overstock.com

 

[INK]

I am still wondering if anyone has used THIS THING.

That is so cool. I want it!