Mike,

On the Anker ones you charge it via a USB port, this is true for most other 
brands as well.



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Neil Barnfather

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On 24 Jun 2013, at 02:52, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote:

> How do you charge the battery itself? Can you use USb for that or does it use 
> a separate wall charger?
> On Jun 23, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I spent a lot of time looking at these, whilst I didn't want to under 
>> purchase, in that I wanted at least 1 full charge+ out of the battery pack, 
>> I did not want to be hulking some hefty block about with me.
>> 
>> I found that most of the battery packs that are out there are either single 
>> or below full charges for the iPhone 5, or massively over kill like 5 times 
>> full iPhone 5 charge.
>> 
>> As I said though, I didn't want the weight of a huge battery pack weighing 
>> me down.
>> 
>> Then quite by accident whilst on Amazon, up popped a message that I'd been 
>> looking at battery packs and I aught to look at the options from Anker.
>> 
>> Anker being spelt A N K E R.
>> 
>> I had a look and found what I was looking for. Anker make the massive 5+ 
>> charge cycle units for you power crazed individuals who need to keep a 
>> portable power station with you at all times, and they even make a lip stick 
>> sized device good for about 90% charge of an iPhone 5 or a full 4S and below 
>> charge. WOW I'm thinking.
>> 
>> So, for the middle of the road option, they do several here too, the model I 
>> opted for was the Anker Astro Mobile unit, 5600MRA, and is good for 2 full 
>> charges of an iPhone 5 with still some juice in it.
>> 
>> This suits me perfectly and what I like most, its much smaller and lighter 
>> than a brick.
>> 
>> Build quality is very good and I do think that the unit holds up against the 
>> more well established competition. Comes with a nice carry pouch and all the 
>> connectors, bar Apple Lightning, that you'll need.
>> 
>> Hope that this helps.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Neil Barnfather
>> 
>> Talks List Administrator
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
>> On 23 Jun 2013, at 19:50, Krysti <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> What does this pack do? And how much is it ?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On 2013-06-19, at 6:19 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi there
>>>> I have actually used three different ones so far. The first one I got from 
>>>> AT&T, and it costed about $50. I found it unsatisfactory because it did 
>>>> not charge up my iPhone all the way. The second one was a battery pack, 
>>>> and I'm sorry to say I can't remember it's name. The third one I just 
>>>> bought from the Apple store, and it so far seems to be the best one. It is 
>>>> called the juice pack, but it is not the one that is the case for the 
>>>> iPhone. The juice pack people make one that is the case for the iPhone, 
>>>> and they also make another one that is a battery pack. When I went to the 
>>>> Apple Store, They checked and estimated the amount of charge I would get 
>>>> from this thing. He estimated that it would charge the iPhone twice before 
>>>> it ran down. It has two ports on it to plug a device in to itself.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Gigi
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 19, 2013, at 1:58 PM, jean parker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> All:
>>>>> I need to purchase a battery pack for my i phone.  Which one's do people 
>>>>> on this use?
>>>>> Jean
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