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Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger Review

March 11, 2015 by Jeff Davidson Leave a Comment

Ever been out on the road, hiking, or anywhere where you can’t plug your phone in and had your battery go out on ya? Well I have many times! Especially when Im out for a day at swap meets and garage sales and use my phone constantly for scanning goodies to buy. This puts a drain on my iPhones battery and Im not always able to plug into the car charger. Thats where a portable charger or battery backup really comes in handy.

When I got the chance to review the +LIFEGUARD MINI 1 External Power Bank I jumped at the chance!

One thing I love is that it can get your device 100% charged in Under 2 hours. It was doing about 1% every minute or so. I also love that it has a tough aluminum shell which makes it impact resistant. When the device arrived I was happy to find that it included 2 cables. One for charging the device itself and another lighting cable for charging newer Apple products. It has two ports as well, of course one for charging and one for connecting your phone to. It has a single LED on the side that will be red when the battery is charging or blue when you are charging your phone. No buttons to press just plug your device into the batter and it starts to charge.

Here are some of their own specs:

● Smart plug & play Samsung grade A cell battery.
● Real 3000mAh capacity – full charge your phone and still have juice.
● Quick charge – get your device 100% charged in 1.5 to 2.5 hours.
● 5.9in Apple compatible lightning cable INCLUDED.
● Tough aluminum shell makes it impact resistant.
● Can be recharged more than 800 times.
● CE, ROHS and FCC certified.

You can get get a +LIFEGUARD MINI 1 External Power Bank in on of four colors (Black, Blue, Pink or Silver) from Amazon now on sale for $21.97 (as of this posting) and have shipped free with your prime account.

Coosh 25W 5 Port USB Desktop Rapid Charger Review

February 11, 2015 by Jeff Davidson Leave a Comment

Im like most people now a days that have so many devices that need to be charged via a USB cable. Not only that I have tons of devices that just need USB to function with my computer, so USB ports are a premium. Recently I received the Coosh 5 Port USB Charger and I don’t know how I managed with out it.

Like it says the Coosh Charger has a total of 5 ports, (1) at 1.3A, (2) at 2.1A (for iPads), and (2) at 1A (for iPhones and Androids), and plugs into one wall outlet! It also has such a small footprint that it will take up very little room on your desk or kitchen counter. The unit weighs less than a pound and plugs into a single wall outlet, providing 25w of power so it can charge all 5 devices at once.

I actually have mine on my nightstand. With the long AC cord it allows me to use my iPad while its charging and charge bot mine and my wife’s phone (and the daughters iPod when she loses her cable)

You can find the Coosh 25W 5 Port USB Desktop Rapid Charger at Amazon now for a mere $9.99 and eligible for free Prime shipping! Get it now before the price goes up!

Freebie Friday: Garage Sale App

January 23, 2015 by Jeff Davidson Leave a Comment

I’ve had many questions recently on how do I find garage sales to treasure hunt at. Well I use two apps which I will check the night before to see what sales I’d like to hit up.

Garage Sales by GSALR.com

This app has been my go to app for a long time. It pulls ads from Craigslist, yardsales.net, oodle.com, estatesales.org and its own website gsalr.com. So may have a few more sales then the other apps I’ve tried, that’s why I liked it. When you first open it shows you a map with a little blue dot showing your current location. All the red little signs shown around you are sales! You can set a filter to only show you the sales on a certain day of the current week as well (don’t want to show up at a location for a sale that wont be happing for a few days).

You can then click on each sign to pull up the ad to see if it sounds good, then click favorite (little heart) if it’s one you are interested in. After you have picked some you can then filter the map to just show your favorites. Then I just click on the one I want and get directions, which works just like any map app.

Some of the other cool features are the viewing options. You can see all the sales on a map of course and to me that works the best. But you can also view as a list or by photos (kinda cool if you are looking for something special). You can even add a sale that you found by another method and is not shown.

Another neat feature is that that you can search by keywords. Say if you are looking for hmmmm, legos? Type in legos and it will bring up all the garage sales in your area that mention legos. How cool is that?

The free version has an ad at the top and within the garage sale detail page but it has never bothered me. If you don’t like it they offer a subscription to remove the ads.

Here is a link to find it in the itunes store for iPhones and iPads

Skiva Lightning Port Car Charger Review

January 21, 2015 by Jeff Davidson Leave a Comment

I use my iPhone a lot out on the road. Especially on the weekends when hitting garage sales. Nothing is worse when I need to research an item and my phone has died. So having a good car charger for my iPhone is a must. This little charger from Skiva is exactly what I needed. The 2.1 Amp charges my phone quick and without any problems. The charger fits in very snug to the cigarette lighter so no worries about the charger pulling out. I also love the design of the USB charger, looking like other Apple products and has a nice bright blue LED on the side when it has power. It’s compact size also means that it is out of the way and doesn’t protrude out and block my accessory tray.

Features:

Apple MFi Certified Car Charger contains an authorization chip issued by Apple which communicates with any Lightning connector device to ensure 100% Compatibility and no Warning Messages.
You can rest assured that it will not break with Apple’s firmware updates and it supports latest iOS 8. Lightning Fire C-1 has intelligent charging circuit design for over-heat, over-current & over-charging protection.
2.1A / 10W rating supports fast charging for iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPad Air, iPad (4th generation), iPad mini with Retina display, iPad mini, iPod touch (5th generation) and iPod nano (7th generation).
3.2 feet / 1 meter integrated lightning cable with Slimmest 8.5mm x 4.8mm (0.33in x 0.19in) lightning connector head, specially designed to work with virtually all cases including OtterBox cases, Lifeproof cases etc. It can be used with devices without removing case.
Lightning Fire C-1 is one of the World’s most compact (1.8 x 1.0 x 0.8 in) car chargers in the market with 2.1 Amp rating. It’s strong & sturdy construction assures very long life unlike many other cheap chargers that can come apart in a few weeks of use.
No Noise in Audio Playback While Charging. Ships directly from Amazon’s Warehouse, so our products are delivered safe and quickly. It comes with 1 Year Hassle Free Warranty and full support from Skiva, so you can purchase with confidence.

This charger supports all of this and as of now I have not had a single problem yet. You can buy the Skiva Lighting Port Charger now on Amazon for only $16.99… A great deal for something that works so well.