Intocircuit 11200mAh Dual USB Portable External Battery Charger with Smart LCD Display & LED Flashlight, Gray
- “Tough Guy” design: aluminum alloy brushed shell and cubic hard outline with LED flashlight, altogether only 11oz.
- 11200mAh capacity: Charges all iPhone 4 to 5 times; 3 to 4 times for Samsung; Once for iPad/2nd/mini; 450-500% to most mobile phones’ battery life. The best travel buddy if you’ll be on the road for two days or longer
- Dual USB outputs charge two smart devices simultaneously. We recommend using 1A port for Android smartphones and 2.1A for iPhone & tablets
- Suitable for Retina iPad Air Mini 2, HTC One, One 2 (M8), Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, S6 S5 S4 S3, Tab 4 3 2 Pro, Nexus 10 7 5 4, MOTO X G Droid, PS Vita, Nokia Lumia 520 1020, Motorola Razr; LG G3 Optimus, PSP and more Smartphones & Tablets (Apple Lightning Cable Not Provided); Intelligent LCD display shows accurate juice level, first one in market
- Package includes: Intocircuit PC11200 External Battery Charger; 1 Micro USB Cable; 1 User Manual; 1 Handy Carry Pouch
Intocircuit® – Intelligent Circuits
With aluminum alloy brushed shell and cubic shape with hard outline, the Intocircuit Power Castle 11200 mAh power bank holds huge power to charge your mobile devices. In addition to indoor usage, just as most plastic-covered batteries do, Intocircuit Power Castle is built for more circumstances such as camping, joggling, traveling, and other outdoor activities.
The Wirecutter, in June 2014, named our Intocircuit Power Castle 11200 as “The Best USB Battery Pack for Travel”, after evaluating nearly 30 USB battery packs.
Tested Tech, accounting for size, price, capacity, and all the quirks that turned up during testing, Intocircuit Power Castle 11200 mAh emerged as the best travel buddy if you’ll be on the road for two days or longer.
Reliable, Fast and Inexpensive
Intocircuit Power Castle offers the most mAh-per-dollar without being too bulky. Devices start charging automatically, and a built-in LCD screen tells you how much power is left. For typical smartphones, you can expect more than a few hours of extra battery life.
Note
– Compatible with all Apple and Android smartphones, tablet and other USB charged devices with 5V charge input.
– The iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, Fitbit, Samsung and Asus tablet and some GPS and Bluetooth devices are not supported.
For Optimal Use
– Use cables provided by original device manufactures (e.g. Apple) or certified accessory manufacturers (e.g. MFi)
List Price: $ 89.99
Price: [wpramaprice asin=”B00BB5GR0A”]
[wpramareviews asin=”B00BB5GR0A”]
An attractive, nicely-designed power bank,
Since the overall operation is so similar, power banks distinguish themselves mainly on design and ease-of-use features. In these regards, the Intocircuit does a very nice job.
The power bank offers 11,200mAh of power which gives it enough capacity to cover a few charges of a small device (such as a phone) or one charge of a larger device (such as a tablet). In my case, I use it mainly to keep my Kindle Fire 8.9 charged, and it does a capable job – for example, it brought it from 30% to 80% charge while still retaining enough capacity to recharge my Samsung phone from nearly empty to full.
But, pretty much any power bank of a similar mAh rating could do the above tasks. What I like about this one is the overall design – it looks nice! The case (I have the gray one) is metal with a brushed finish. The end-caps are plastic, but have a softness to them. The overall affect is that it feels and looks nice, rather than cheap and “plasticy.”
It’s more compact than other power banks I’ve used in this power range. It measures about 4.5 inches tall and 2.75 inches wide. It’s pretty thick – just shy of 1 inch thick. It also has some heft, weighing in a 9.9 ounces. Unfortunately, size and weight are the prices paid for more capacity, but this power bank does a good job of keeping things manageable.
All the ports are at one end. It offers two outputs (1 is 2.1A; the other is 1.0A rated), an 5v in connection and a LED flashlight. The ports are well-attached with no wiggling or give even when I put a lot of stress on the cables. On the front is a decent-size, clear screen that shows a battery icon with the charge level. It also indicates which ports are in use. There’s an on/off button, but it’s not necessary to turn it on to use – it has an auto-on feature that engages the charging as soon as the cables are attached.
You can use the on button for the flashlight (press it twice rapidly to turn on the flashlight). It’s a nice touch since I’m often using this in a car and an extra light to see the ports is helpful. It puts out a decent amount of light – more than enough to see where what goes where when inserting cables.
The power bank comes with an assortment of the usual attachments to cover a range of devices. I won’t list them here since they are in the product listing. I only used the micro USB cable (which worked just fine and felt decently made), so I can’t speak to how well the other attachments work.
It also comes with a soft pouch that is large enough to hold the power bank plus a few attachments. I was especially pleased to see that it comes with an AC adaptor – other power banks I’ve used skip that. The adapter is compact and fits easily in the pouch. The amp rating for the adapter is not listed on the adapter nor in the specs.
There are some misses:
1. The lettering for the port power output (1.0 or 2.1 amp) is black on black and VERY hard to see unless there’s bright light. I stuck an adhesive dot next to the 2.1 port so I could easily spot it.
2. The on/off button is very small and feels cheap, unlike the rest of the power bank. While it is not needed much since this is an auto-on devoice, a larger button with a better “click” feel would have been nice.
3. The screen is clear but the screen cover is thin and flexes. Again, it introduces a somewhat cheap feel to an otherwise solid device. The screen is also a fingerprint magnet (unlike the case, which is fingerprint-proof due to the brushed finish).
4. No power rating for the AC adapter.
I’ll keep the rating at 5 stars since these misses 1-3 are mostly cosmetic; miss #4 is more of my curiosity than an essential issue. It’s a decent power bank that is worth considering.
[Manufacturer provided sample for review]
0
Was this review helpful to you?
Works great,
On a single charge I recharged my cell phone (LG 840g) twice, my Samsung 5″ Galaxy media player (it plays all types of media; basically it is their Galaxy II phone, just without the phone but does have all the multimedia components) and was able to charge it twice as well. Note the Samsung player has a hefty battery of its own as it can play for 9 hours on a full charge and I was able to fully charge it both times.
The backup battery backup then needed to be recharged and it took 13 hours to fully charge it (it was pretty much at zero power by the time I recharged it). It recharged flawlessly. Just a few more things: there is an LED display window on the front with a picture of a battery-like on a cell phone-that keeps track of how much power is left in the charger. Unlike my phone which tends to go from showing the internal battery as being fully charged and then 3 hours later being drained, the display on the backup charger I purchased Is very accurate. I was able to charge 2 usb items at once (and if you look at the usb ports on the charger they put out different mAh – power – so while you can use the higher “voltage” one to recharge something like a 7″ tablet you can use the other to charge a phone (I’m sure of that because I did it). However, you can also use the usb port that puts out more power to charge the phone as well…it just charges a little faster. Last thing: I’m not sure why they did this but there is also a flashlight on the front of the unit as well. I tried it, it works, but I have no real use for it.
0
Was this review helpful to you?