Living on blues power: roam with power to spare

Even though laptop battery life is improving, and most laptops now offer 4-5 hours of continuous use, there are plenty of situations where that just isn’t enough. Rather than getting the blues because you’re not able to finish that report, or watch the end of the movie, an external battery can extend your work- or play-time no matter where you are – in planes, at conferences, while outdoors or transiting busy airports. powergorilla by powertraveller is a portable external battery that provides between 2-5 additional hours of power for mobile warriors. Weighing in at about 22 ounces, it’s not extremely light but it pumps out a broad range of power levels up to 24 volts, allowing it to power even the most energy hungry laptops as well as smaller mobile devices. It even powers Macbooks (via a magsafe adapter purchased separately).

The powergorilla comes with a neoprene case, a wide range of tips for laptops and mobile devices and a usb charging outlet (for things like iPods and iPhones). For travelers who use less power-hungry netbooks when traveling, powertraveller has come up with the minigorilla, a smaller device that puts out less voltage (max 19V) but also charges mobile devices like its big brother. the powergorilla sells for $289.89 at Amazon; the minigorilla is 99 pounds and available on the powergorilla web site.

~ by efdixon on October 8, 2009.