Portable power

Ever find yourself low on charge with your phone – at the most inopportune time?

Well there’s a few options to make life a little less risky now – battery-wise at least.

Since I do a fair amount of travel, and rely on a combination of phones and iPad, I recently purchased a portable battery charger. There are quite a few alternatives though, including ones dedicated to iPhone.

What’s the point?

Portable chargers allow you to charge your mobile device when you don’t have a power point or car charger handy. As long as you’ve ‘juiced up’ the charger before leaving home – it will take you from low battery warnings to a decent level of charge.

Which device do you need to keep charged?
I use a combination of Apple and Blackberry products, so I decided on a universal charger – and found one with dual charging options, which can charge two devices at once!

Using your iPad on a long flight and worried about the battery lasting the distance? Or travelling between client meetings and wondering whether the short-lasting iPhone battery will make it? Help is on the way.

Does size matter?

The charger I’m using is slightly larger than an iPhone, and has a fair amount of power to it. Although slightly cheaper versions may only provide 50% charge to an iPhone – this one fully charged an iPhone, and gave around a quarter charge for an iPad. Smaller chargers are available – if all you need is an emergency charge option, in a smaller package.

Whether you are after an emergency charger that can keep you topped up in case of emergency, or one that can do a little more – I highly recommend keeping one handy – particularly if you often find yourself on the road and away from charging options.

Here’s the link to the one I purchased ($51.95 Aus)
Portable Charger