What's /g/'s opinion of power packs? Considering getting pick related for my phone for long trips. Are they worth getting or are they not actually that useful at all?
>>55587373
They are so fucking worth getting. They're my answer to all the big gay babies who complain about not having a swappable battery. These things give you extra charge just as well, except they charge anything -- past, present, or future, within reason -- instead of just working on one specific model of device.
I recommend the Anker PowerCore 20000mAh battery. It's never done me wrong.
>>55587373
>buying a phone with a battery that is so shit you need carry around batteries to charge the battery
>mfw
Just buy a phone with a reasonable battery ffs. This would be like buying a car with a tiny gas tank and then towing around a trailer with a gas tank in it — its retarded not to mention highly inefficient.
>>55587729
I use one of these when I'm camping and shit, IU wouldn't want to carry a battery around with a 5 day battery, shit would be heavy and lame.
>>55587747
Okay, sorry you are right. They are fine if you use them for situations like that. But carrying them day-to-day is retarded.
>>55587373
I really wish a phone existed with a small internal battery and a larger swappable battery so you could hot swap batteries like the new chinkpads. Shit would be so cash with an external battery charger.
I've got one I got from some Microsoft conference for free. It's alright, not great. I'm going to SDCC this year and I think I may pick up a better battery to bring with me since I'll be unable to access a charger for an extended period of time. Planning on using my GoPro for pics so I won't drain my phone taking pictures at least.
>>55587796
Nice try appleshill.
>>55587373
>leaving your room to play pokemon go is not going on a long trip
>>55587777
Any Pokemon Go player will tell you that isn't true. They'll tell you that battery packs can be godsends.
>>55587777
I got one as a present, but so far I never ran into a situation, when my phone (Lumia 640 dual sim) would run out of battery in critical moment and I recharge it every 2-3 days anyway, never gone past 30%.
At the other hand, my mother have the very same phone and somehow she managed to deplate battery completely while using maps at car, so powerbank was useful for her.
I really think it depends on what you use your phone for.
Just get a phone with a large battery you cuck
>>55588380
>restricting your choice in phones to only those with an autism-sized battery
>>55587373
Buy Anker. They have many models. Read the stats and purchase something that can give you at least TWO full charges. Never anything less.
>>55587373
You will know it if you need one.
>>55589481
OP here, the one I'm looking at in the OP pic has a mAH capacity which is 8 times that of my phone so I would assume that would be enough
