April 9, 2018 • 5 mins
These portable power banks keep your phone charged up in style! They all have unique features including a built in bluetooth speaker, LED illumination, wireless charging and a real power outlet.Follow Rich on Social Media:Facebook: http://facebook.com/RichOnTechTwitter: http://twitter.com/richdemuroInstagram: http://instagram.com/richontechNEW! You can add the Rich on Tech Daily Update to your Alexa Flash Briefing! Just search for the "Rich on Tech" skill in your Alexa app and add it to your briefing! You'll get a daily dose of tech news each day and a longer show on the weekends!
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Or unique ways to charge up your gadgets. I'm Rich Tamiro.
This is rich on Tech Daily. If you're a regular
listener to this podcast, you probably wondered where was I
for the past week. Well, I took a little vacation
and for the first time I think forever, I deleted
all social media.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Off of my phone.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
So literally I had no Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram,
no email for a week. The only way people can
get in touch with me was through text or phone calls.
Probably got zero phone calls but a bunch of texts,
And I gotta say it felt kind of weird, but
also kind of liberating as well. So if you have
the opportunity to take a vacation and do that, definitely
try it out. All right, on to today's information. These
(00:44):
are some unique ways to charge your gadgets. I'm going
to tell you about four different products. The first is
the Tilt Block Party. This is a portable battery and
a Bluetooth speaker in one. This has a twenty thousand
million hour capacity That means you can recharge the tip
iPhone about ten times.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I really love what Tilt does with their products.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
So they make really nicely designed accessories they were very
famous for, like their flat charging cable for the car,
but they also have a bunch of other stuff as well.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Now, this device is two parts. You get the battery.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Bank on the bottom, than the Bluetooth speaker that sits
on the top, and it can play tunes for up
to seventy two hours. There's also four USB ports. Your
friends can join in on the charging as well. This
is one hundred and thirty dollars. Next up is the
Loomy Power Light. Now you might have heard Loomy. They're
famous for their light up phone cases. Basically they have
(01:35):
cases for the iPhone that sort of have LED strips
first on the front for selfies, then they put them
on the back if you want to take them that way.
But now they're applying that same LED technology to a
portable power bank. So this is basically your typical backup battery.
It's called the Loomi Power Light. But it also has
a built in LED light. So one side of the
(01:56):
battery is basically a flat screen of LED.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And what do you use that for?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Will you can get creative with your videos, you can
light up your selfies, you can use it to light
up your Facebook lives, there's also a strobe light function,
so if you want to make your videos look extra unique,
but more importantly, you're probably gonna use that to get
some attention wherever you are, so it's kind of fun.
This is built for functionality and also fun. But again
it's called the Loomy Power Light and that is fifty dollars.
(02:24):
Next up the rav Power Power Bank. And what's cool
about this one is it's the first backup battery I've
seen that has wireless charging built right into it. And
now that the iPhone has wireless charging, of course, wireless
charging is super popular. Everyone's looking for a way to
wirelessly charge their phone. Samsung's had it for a while,
but now that iPhone has it, it's.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Really pushed the popularity up.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
So this rav Power power Bank lets you wirelessly charge
your phone just about anywhere. All you have to do
is lay your phone on the top and it will
wirelessly charge it.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Rav Power says that their wireless charging is a little
bit faster than everyone else's. They use something called hyper
air technology. This is their proprietary technology to safely charge
iPhones at full speed. They say it is faster than
the competition. We tested the PB eighty model. This has
a ten four hundred million amp hour battery along with
(03:17):
a USB C and a USB C Quick Charge three
point zero port. Basically, you're gonna be able to charge
your phone the fastest input and output with this device,
and it's got everything covered for you. Finally, this is
the granddaddy of all chargers and my favorite of the bunch.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
It's called the Omni Charge.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
It's a little bit more expensive than your typical power bank,
but it has everything. This is literally the nerds dream
and the road warriors dream when it comes to a
power bank. So let me tell you about some of
the features on this thing. First off, it's a brick.
It's big, but it has a lot of power. Twenty
thousand plus millionamp hours of capacity, so that's pretty big.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
But they do have several different models.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
And the cool thing about this is it really gives
you the flexibility to charge just about anything. So there's
a built in AC outlet, so yes, you get a
real power outlet just like you'd see in the wall.
There's also a DC port, and what that DC port
does is it allows you to basically charge things like laptops,
Microsoft Surface all those things with kind of a little
adapter plug and it's going to give you the fastest
(04:22):
charge for all those devices. Now I didn't test this
aspect of it, but a lot of people apparently like
the fact that you can recharge the Omni Charge by
plugging in a solar panel to it. So if you're
really somewhere out in the woods, this device can be
your all in one. And the other thing I really
love about the Omni Charge there's a little built in
LCD screen. And why do you need that? Well, it's
really handy because most of these batteries that I've tested,
(04:45):
these little portable chargers, they have like one, two, three,
or four LED lights on them that kind of give
you an indicator of how good the battery is, if
you've got twenty five percent left, fifty percent left, seventy
five percent, or fully charged. This one has an LED
screen that literally tell you the specifics. It's gonna tell
you how fast your device is charging, so you're gonna
see that right on the screen. Plus's gonna tell you
(05:06):
exactly how much battery is left, and all in real time.
The Omni Charge starts at one hundred and eighty dollars.
But believe me, if you're a road warrior, you gotta
check this thing out, all right. If you don't want
something expensive, you just want something basic, I recommend the
Anchor Power Core. This is about thirty dollars and it's
gonna charge your phone about three to five times.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I've used it in the past.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It gets lots of great reviews on Amazon, and you
can get links to all of these devices on my website.
Just go to rich on tech dot tv. Thanks so
much for listening to the podcast. You guys thought I
ditched you, but I did not. Glad to have you back,
and if you like the podcast, please review it on
the Apple Podcasts app. Links to everything I mentioned Always
at richontech dot tv.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
I'm Richidmirol. I'll talk to you real soon.
Or unique ways to charge up your gadgets. I'm Rich Tamiro.
This is rich on Tech Daily. If you're a regular
listener to this podcast, you probably wondered where was I
for the past week. Well, I took a little vacation
and for the first time I think forever, I deleted
all social media.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Off of my phone.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
So literally I had no Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram,
no email for a week. The only way people can
get in touch with me was through text or phone calls.
Probably got zero phone calls but a bunch of texts,
And I gotta say it felt kind of weird, but
also kind of liberating as well. So if you have
the opportunity to take a vacation and do that, definitely
try it out. All right, on to today's information. These
(00:44):
are some unique ways to charge your gadgets. I'm going
to tell you about four different products. The first is
the Tilt Block Party. This is a portable battery and
a Bluetooth speaker in one. This has a twenty thousand
million hour capacity That means you can recharge the tip
iPhone about ten times.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I really love what Tilt does with their products.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
So they make really nicely designed accessories they were very
famous for, like their flat charging cable for the car,
but they also have a bunch of other stuff as well.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Now, this device is two parts. You get the battery.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Bank on the bottom, than the Bluetooth speaker that sits
on the top, and it can play tunes for up
to seventy two hours. There's also four USB ports. Your
friends can join in on the charging as well. This
is one hundred and thirty dollars. Next up is the
Loomy Power Light. Now you might have heard Loomy. They're
famous for their light up phone cases. Basically they have
(01:35):
cases for the iPhone that sort of have LED strips
first on the front for selfies, then they put them
on the back if you want to take them that way.
But now they're applying that same LED technology to a
portable power bank. So this is basically your typical backup battery.
It's called the Loomi Power Light. But it also has
a built in LED light. So one side of the
(01:56):
battery is basically a flat screen of LED.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And what do you use that for?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Will you can get creative with your videos, you can
light up your selfies, you can use it to light
up your Facebook lives, there's also a strobe light function,
so if you want to make your videos look extra unique,
but more importantly, you're probably gonna use that to get
some attention wherever you are, so it's kind of fun.
This is built for functionality and also fun. But again
it's called the Loomy Power Light and that is fifty dollars.
(02:24):
Next up the rav Power Power Bank. And what's cool
about this one is it's the first backup battery I've
seen that has wireless charging built right into it. And
now that the iPhone has wireless charging, of course, wireless
charging is super popular. Everyone's looking for a way to
wirelessly charge their phone. Samsung's had it for a while,
but now that iPhone has it, it's.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Really pushed the popularity up.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
So this rav Power power Bank lets you wirelessly charge
your phone just about anywhere. All you have to do
is lay your phone on the top and it will
wirelessly charge it.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Rav Power says that their wireless charging is a little
bit faster than everyone else's. They use something called hyper
air technology. This is their proprietary technology to safely charge
iPhones at full speed. They say it is faster than
the competition. We tested the PB eighty model. This has
a ten four hundred million amp hour battery along with
(03:17):
a USB C and a USB C Quick Charge three
point zero port. Basically, you're gonna be able to charge
your phone the fastest input and output with this device,
and it's got everything covered for you. Finally, this is
the granddaddy of all chargers and my favorite of the bunch.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
It's called the Omni Charge.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
It's a little bit more expensive than your typical power bank,
but it has everything. This is literally the nerds dream
and the road warriors dream when it comes to a
power bank. So let me tell you about some of
the features on this thing. First off, it's a brick.
It's big, but it has a lot of power. Twenty
thousand plus millionamp hours of capacity, so that's pretty big.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
But they do have several different models.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
And the cool thing about this is it really gives
you the flexibility to charge just about anything. So there's
a built in AC outlet, so yes, you get a
real power outlet just like you'd see in the wall.
There's also a DC port, and what that DC port
does is it allows you to basically charge things like laptops,
Microsoft Surface all those things with kind of a little
adapter plug and it's going to give you the fastest
(04:22):
charge for all those devices. Now I didn't test this
aspect of it, but a lot of people apparently like
the fact that you can recharge the Omni Charge by
plugging in a solar panel to it. So if you're
really somewhere out in the woods, this device can be
your all in one. And the other thing I really
love about the Omni Charge there's a little built in
LCD screen. And why do you need that? Well, it's
really handy because most of these batteries that I've tested,
(04:45):
these little portable chargers, they have like one, two, three,
or four LED lights on them that kind of give
you an indicator of how good the battery is, if
you've got twenty five percent left, fifty percent left, seventy
five percent, or fully charged. This one has an LED
screen that literally tell you the specifics. It's gonna tell
you how fast your device is charging, so you're gonna
see that right on the screen. Plus's gonna tell you
(05:06):
exactly how much battery is left, and all in real time.
The Omni Charge starts at one hundred and eighty dollars.
But believe me, if you're a road warrior, you gotta
check this thing out, all right. If you don't want
something expensive, you just want something basic, I recommend the
Anchor Power Core. This is about thirty dollars and it's
gonna charge your phone about three to five times.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I've used it in the past.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It gets lots of great reviews on Amazon, and you
can get links to all of these devices on my website.
Just go to rich on tech dot tv. Thanks so
much for listening to the podcast. You guys thought I
ditched you, but I did not. Glad to have you back,
and if you like the podcast, please review it on
the Apple Podcasts app. Links to everything I mentioned Always
at richontech dot tv.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
I'm Richidmirol. I'll talk to you real soon.
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