Limeade Blast Ultra-High Capacity Battery Pack
- iCarrier 12000mAh Dual USB Ports External Battery Pack - $76.95
- Astro3E 10000mAh External Battery Pack - $39.99
- 2600mAh Lipstick-Sized External Battery Pack - $21.99
- 2000mAh 2 USB External Battery Pack Charger - $42.99
- ReVIVE Series Solar ReStore External Battery Pack with Universal USB Charging Port - $28.99
The beauty of Limeade Blast stems from the suckage of smartphones and tablets. Both that they suck up battery power like a 12-pound newborn on a teat, and that this inadequacy of smartphone and tablet batteries really sucks. Those I know who own such devices seem nothing but eternally tethered to charge cords and electrical outlets. It makes me wonder what the statistics on electrocution have done since their inception. Because I am very skeptical, based on the number of people I see drunk, freaking out about low batteries, and plugging in their phones at parties and bars, that we are exercising the safe plug-in practices we learned as children.
Uh, I wouldn't use that power strip. I just spilled my rum & Coke on it.
I don't care! I barely have one bar left and, like, 8 Instagrams to upload!
Limeade Blasts are portable external battery packs with built-in 5V/2A input speed charges. The premier model, an 18000mAh capacity unit called the L180X, has enough juice to charge an iPhone 5 a dozen times without having to recharge the Limeade itself. Further, at only 13 ounces and 4.5" x 3.1" x .9", it circumvents the weight and bulk formerly integral to super-high capacity battery packs.
Limeade Blast's L180X claims to be an industry first, featuring 2A instead of 1A inputs. The design allows for charging the unit in as little as 11 hours. Not bad considering how much output users will get on one complete charge, and that the pack will retain its charge for up to a year.
Limeade has also developed 2 additional Blast sizes, the L130X (13000mAh) and the L156X (15600mAh). To determine how many times each external battery will charge your phone or tablet, divide its mAh by your device's mAh. No, don't reach for your calculator. Use a pen and paper. If you have time to read this far, you have time to do some long division by hand.
The Limeade Blast Kickstarter campaign runs through May 31, 2013. Sizes range in price from $49 to $99.
Thanks again to Robert M. for passing along the Dude Product Tip.
December 2013 Update: The Limeade Blast exceeded its crowdfunding goal and is now available for direct purchase in all 3 sizes through Amazon--follow the link below.
DudeIWantThat.com is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Learn more.
/hydrogen-reactor-10586.jpg?mode=crop "Hydrogen Reactor")
Hydrogen Reactor
While it sounds like something Batman would be called upon to save the world from, Brunton's Hydrogen Reactor is actually an innocuous, albeit robust, deliverer of power to portable devices. It's a piece of scientific...
Flux Capacitor USB Car Charger
ThinkGeek should just pretend it's April Fool's Day any time they have an idea for a product and want to test out its potential for success on a focus group of, like, half a million people. The Flux Capacitor USB Car...
/estream-portable-water-power-23580.jpg?mode=crop "Estream Portable Water Power Generator")
Estream Portable Water Power Generator
What if I don't want to disconnect? What if I don't want to see another person for miles, but do want to keep listening to "Love Yourself" and checking to see if Bieber restored his Instagram account? And also have a...
/biolite-base-camp-stove-12643.jpg?mode=crop "BioLite Base Camp Stove")
BioLite Base Camp Stove
The BioLite Base Camp Stove uses wood both to power and make power. It will massage fruits of the forest into fuel for grilling hot dogs and charging smartphones. Similar to BioLite's original leaf-and-twig-powered Camp...
Urine Powered Batteries
Yes, $24 for six AAs is steep, but they hold their charge for up to 10 years, and, let's face it, you're never going to have trouble finding a couple mils of pee when they need a reboot. NoPoPos (No Pollution Power) are...
/junk-drawer-starter-kit-61108.jpg?mode=crop "Junk Drawer Starter Kit")
Junk Drawer Starter Kit
At first I thought the Junk Drawer Starter Kit was some sort of gag gift, a box full of tangled paper clips and rubber bands, cables for long gone electronics, and at least 3 items that make you go, "What Is This Thing?"...
Darth Vader Lightsaber Portable Charger
The Jedis may have the Force, but the Dark Side has power. Tons of it. Enough to take your iPhone, Android, or Windows mobile phone from dead to fully juiced and ready for battle. One round with the Darth Vader lightsaber...
PocketPlug - iPhone Case with Built-In Charger
Even as a stubbornly loyal flip phone user, I am overtaken by the brilliance of PocketPlug, a high grade polycarbonate iPhone case with a fully-integrated, retractable charger. And I hear the iPhone's battery power leaves...
Electrical Storm Dual USB Power Adapter
This is what my mama always told me would happen inside my body if I stuck my finger in an electrical outlet. It actually looks pretty cool. If she hadn't also told me it would fry my brains like a skillet of bacon and...
/power-box-pedal-generator-13094.jpg "Power Box Pedal Generator")
Power Box Pedal Generator
Anyone who launches into a rant about sh*tty chargers and backup batteries that have a mere 9000mAh capacity should be required to re-power his or her dead smartphone with his or her own two feet. So should anyone who...
BioLite CampStove and Device Charger
No gas, no juice, no problem. BioLite's petrochemical-free CampStove and USB device charger burns hot with full battery power during all seasons of backpacking, camping, and chillin' hermit-like in the woods. Using only...
/yoshino-b330-sst-solid-state-60226.jpg?mode=crop "Yoshino B330 SST Solid-State Portable Power Station")
Yoshino B330 SST Solid-State Portable Power Station
It looks like a portable speaker, but rather than blasting sound, the Yoshino B330 SST blasts power. To your portable speaker, if you like. Or your smartphone, tablet, laptop, fan, mini fridge, CPAP machine...CPAP machine?...