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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
A flexible and portable power pack charger for micro-USB and popular USB, with a nice design and moderate capacity
By Snap, Crackle and Pop
THE QUICK TAKE: If you suppose to be unable to charge your phone for a stretch, the Motorola P793 Power Pack might fill your needs. It’s a compact device with moderate capacity, so it’s more suitable for a long day out of the office than a weekend in the back country.
The Motorola Power Pack is a nice size, 4″ (110mm) long, 2.2″ (55mm) wide and 0.4″ (10mm) thick, and weighs with regards to 2 ounces. That’s a little littler than an iPhone, and much lighter. It also has a good set of features.
Also included are an instruction booklet; a short, blue micro-USB to micro-USB cable; a long standard-USB to micro-USB cable; and a compact wall charger that may handle US or global voltage, and has a micro-USB connector. The cable on the charger is hard-wired, so you can’t use it with other USB cables to charge other devices. (Some of the Apple or Palm wall chargers have a standard USB port and a detachable cable, which makes it much more flexible.)
OPTIMIZED FOR MICRO-USB CONNECTIONS: The features that distinguish the Motorola P793 Power Pack from the a heap of other similar power packs is that the Motorola is optimized for gadgets that use a micro USB connection. The Power Pack comes with a neat little micro-USB cable that wraps around the battery (you may see the bright blue cable in the Amazon photos, above). So Motorola, LG, Samsung, Nokia and BlackBerry, as well as numerous other devices, will work well with this.
It likewise has a micro-USB input connection, so with the right charging cable, you may use a wall charger, a car charger or your computer to charge this Power Pack.
FLEXIBLE FOR USE WITH OTHER USB DEVICES: There’s also a second USB output port with the standard, more prominent USB A connector. So you may use this Power Pack with a wide range of devices, as long as you have a USB cable with the right connectors. The Motorola Power Pack may charge a lot of phones, headsets and other little devices, including an iPhone.
JUST ENOUGH CHARGE FOR SMALLER DEVICES: USB connectors use a standard voltage of 5 volts. But whether the charging capacity of this Power Pack will work for your gimmicks depends on two things:
1) Current. This Motorola puts out 500 milliamps (mA) of current, so it will charge cell phones and iPhones, but it’s not a great choice for something like an iPad or most tablets. (That takes closer to 1000 mA. See Donna Locklin’s review of this product for details on the iPad.)
2) Battery capacity: The battery is ranked at 1420 mAh. That’s enough, but just barely. It won’t inevitably charge your device to full capacity.
Charging capacity is the area this device fell a little short for me. This Power Pack has a little more capacity than a great deal of appliances (such as this Duracell at 1150 mAH) and less than others (2000 mAH Duracell Powerhouse, or the Mophie Juice Packs). Given the premium price – in regards to twice the cost of the littler Duracell, or in regards to the same as the more spectacular one – it would be nice if this Motorola had a more spectacular capacity, even though it would need to be a little thicker and heavier in order to have more capacity.
TWO OUTPUT PORTS CAN BE USED SIMULTANEOUSLY: You may use both output charging ports – a micro USB port and a frequent USB A port – at one time. Two widgets will charge more tardily than one alone, but that might still be utile if you have a phone and a bluetooth headset, or two other devices, that you want to charge.
CHARGE YOUR PHONE BEFORE IT DIES: The current from this Power Pack might not be sufficient to revive a actually dead phone, so you may want to connect the phone up to this Power Pack before the battery on the phone is altogether dead.
CHARGE THE POWER PACK SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO WHEN YOU NEED IT: Don’t count on letting this Power Pack sit charged for months, lithium ion batteries with smart control circuits lose regarding 5% of their charge each month.
OTHER FEATURES:
- Auto Shut Off: This Motorola Power Pack has automati shut off after 30 seconds if no device is attached, or if the device is to a complete degree charged and not drawing current.
- Charge Level Indicator Lights: There are lights to give you a very popular idea of how much charge is left in the Power Pack.
- You may charge widgets while charging the Power Pack itself.
- It has a one year warranty.
OTHER OPTIONS FOR CHARGER PACKS: If you need much more prominent capacity and don’t mind a larger size, there are other options. Other choices include the Just Mobile Gum Pro 4400 mAh Charger and the New Trent IMP50D 5000mAh Charger if you want something that’s still somewhat compact; or the i.Sound 16,000 mAh Charger if you need a large total of backup capacity. Some use AA batteries – something like the Tekkeon Charger may be a better fit for those wanting a large, flexible and inexpensive backup capacity. (Each AA battery quintessentially has 2000-2500 mAH of capacity.)
5 of 5 persons found the following review helpful.
Lightweight, Handy & Convenient
By Donna
The Motorola Universal Dual-Charging Portable Power Pack (P793) is a lightweight handy device for those on the go and comes packaged with almost everything you’ll need to charge portable devices, with exception of Apple portable devices. With Apple portable devices, you’ll need your Apple charging cord which attaches effortlessly through the power pack’s USB charging connector. For portable appliances that charge using a microUSB, the P793 has an attached microUSB for charging, eliminating the need to carry an extra charging cord.
The original time charge for the portable power pack took approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. As it was charging, the power pack has four indicator lights that will blink and will stay lit as it increments in charge until it reaches full capacity of 4 indicator lights, which is an added convenience, letting the user know how much reserve power will be on hand for a charge.
I ran a couple of tests with some portable widgets I had available, here is a list of the results:
– iPhone 4: Start of charge had a 22% battery, P793 was competent to charge it up to 74% before the P793 ran out of power.
– iPhone 3GS: Will charge and charges much more quickly than the iPhone 4.
Edited 4/29/2011:
– iPad 1st Gen: Will charge, even though battery indicator reads “Not Charging.” Thanks to Snap, Crackle and Pop, likewise a reviewer of this product, on the tip to check out if the battery % goes up after being plug in for a amount of time of time.
– iPod Touch 2nd Gen: Will charge but only if the battery is not altogether depleted. I found that since the battery was exclusively depleted, I had to use the my normal means of charging the iPod to get it past dead before the P793 would charge it. This bears to note that this may be the case with other portable devices.
– Sony Reader PRS-505: Will NOT charge.
– Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi: Will charge with attached microUSB.
– Version Wireless MIFI2200: Will charge with attached microUSB.
I may see the P793 coming in handy while traveling and for each day use with it’s comfortableness factor of not requiring so numerous charging cords to be carried around, even even though I was disappointed it wouldn’t charge the iPad. Also an added plus is that you may charge the P793 AND charge two attached gadgets at the same time by way of the USB and microUSB charging connectors. But I commend that you undertake your portable device with the P793 beforehand, to be sure that it will charge your portable device.
4 of 4 humans found the following review helpful.
For some, this may be more commodious than carrying around a 2nd battery
By Mad Max
For a heap of years my wife & I had the same model phones (Blackberry Pearl), so when we traveled we brought along 1 car adapter, 1 AC adapter, and 1 spare battery (total investment when it comes to $25).
So if you only have one phone/device, or have a spouse/business partner/etc who has the same model phone, this is my commended strategy.
However, when my wife got a dissimilar Blackberry model, and I started traveling with a little tablet, we found ourselves with 3 dissimilar devices. That’s where I would commend this universal power pack.
It’s somewhat littler than my Blackberry Pearl, weighs in regards to 2 oz, somewhat portable (though not as little as a spare battery). It seems to charge up fast (a couple hours) and will charge up any little device that accepts micro or popular USB. Brilliant idea, actually, but not perfect. It will charges my Blackberry from 10% to with regards to 80%, which will last me 3-5 days with moderate use. And it charges my little Archos tablet (it’s when it comes to 1/2 the size of an ipad) from 10% to when it comes to 60%, which will likewise last me a couple of days.
However, keep in mind, the power pack won’t fetch back my tablet if it’s completely dead. Also keep in mind, you’ll still need to have access to a car or wall outlet to recharge your power pack. So again, if you just have one device to keep track of, just keeping a spare adapter & spare battery in your car, purse, or suitcase is in all probability more effective than keeping track of a brand new, larger, & more costly device.
I gave this device a full charge & just keep it in the glove box for travel. Like any battery, it will lose a little juice this way, so recharge each 3 months or so if this is your strategy.
Hope this helps!
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