Damn; they won't ship to Canada. You could even top up your bike tires, but you'd still need what started all this, the USB<->M100 cable.
For $2.00 you could use this version (although you could of course just keep an AA four-pack in your pocket...): That's one of my 'frontlight's in the foreground, optionally powered by BarCode connector or internal battery. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Gonzales To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [M100] USB "juice pack" I just got one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Schumacher-XP2260-Instant-Portable-Source/dp/B004EIAADG It should power my m100 for awhile. :) On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Peter Vollan <dprogra...@gmail.com> wrote: What we need is a USB to adaptaplug cable. On 27 November 2015 at 13:40, Brad Whitlock <bradw...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > The juice packs should put out 5V, the same as you'd get from 4 rechargeable > batteries, so it should just be a matter of making a cable with USB on one > end and the right size coax power on the other. > > Alkaline AA battery capacity ranges from 1800-2600 mAH, so for a 2200 mAh > juice pack I'd expect the M100 to run about as long as it does on alkaline > AAs. Make sense? > > Brad > ________________________________ > From: John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> > To: Model 100 Discussion <m100@lists.bitchin100.com> > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 2:57 PM > Subject: [M100] USB "juice pack" > > Anyone know what it takes to use the phone charger "juice packs" to run a > M100? > > Is there an off the shelf connector or converter needed or would I > have to build something myself? > > I have a handful of vendor swag cheapie units laying around. Running a > Raspberry Pi off one of them. > > -- John. > >
