iphone battery...charging in parks??

[kakn7294]

The battery pack arrived today. It's about the size of the average Blackberry phone with a similar weight to the iPhone. It came with a charging cable / AC adapter and 5 adapters (1 iPhone / iPod, 1 iPad, and 3 others) that plug into that charging cable so you can use that to charge your device. However, none of those fit my sister's Blackberry which is about 1 yr old. One does fit my old LG phone and my daughter's new Kodak camera. Another fits my older Canon camera. The good news is that you don't actually need those adapters for anything - they are strictly for using the charging cable / AC adapter. Once it's charged, to use the battery pack you only need your device's own USB cable. It will plug into an outlet on the top of the battery pack then into your device. There is power capacity indicator on the battery pack as well as an on/off button to help prevent accidental discharge. I'm charging the pack now. I'm going to purposely run the battery down on my iPhone tonight so I can see what this battery pack can do. I'll update again later!

[kakn7294]

Last night I ran the battery down to 19% then plugged into the battery pack. It recharged the phone to 100% and still shows full capacity on the pack. I think I'm in love!

[JPL]

Can you post more details as to the model you purchased?

[kakn7294]

Oh, sorry! It's the Superb Choice High-Capacity Battery Pack and Charger, 5000mAh. Sells for $34.99 plus taxes and shipping and whatever. It's black with blue trim. There are other similar items but this was the cheapest when I was shopping.

[kakn7294]

Second charge from 50% to 100% took the pack to 3/4 capacity. So far so good!

[NotaGeek]

OH ... i am so gonna get this ... anyone else try that re-charger thing? Melanie did you get it?

[JPL]

Definitely something I am going to purchase before my trip in August Might get it sooner ok so I might actually have Amazon open now!

[Emme&TeddysMommy]

On a typical day at the parks, I go through the regular battery and an external battery as well. But I'm tweeting...a lot, and that really drains a battery there.

Believe me, I've looked all over for places to 'recharge'. There is a spot in Frontierland by the SM bathrooms, and the Electric Umbrella has one pillar with some outlets, but you'd have to luck out and get that particular table.

I love reading the intercot tweets! Thanks for keeping the magic alive for me when i cant be at Disney!

[Melanie]

That battery pack sounds great! Going to look into it.

[kakn7294]

I really do love this battery! We went to The Pittsburgh Power (arena football) game tonight and I listened to the entire Pittsburgh Pirate game, took tons of pics, and posted frequently to Facebook, then listened to the end of the Yankee game. Normally the phone wouldn't make it but no problems with the battery pack! We also went to the Pirate game last night and I used the pack there as well. I'm recharging it for the first time even though it still had about 1/4 capacity left. I'm so glad I saw this thread and it prompted me to do a bit of research!