+Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger I was recently asked to do a product review on the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger. I mean seriously... don't we all need an extra charger for all of our many devices? Now a days people own more than one chargeable electronic device in their lives. It isn't hard to believe that many people need a product like this for emergencies.
The package arrived just in time for me to charge it up and take a business trip. When my product came in I thought the packaging was clean and modern and perfect for retail. The window allowed me to see the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger in the window and which devices it works for labeled on the back. When I opened it I noticed that it came with two input/output wires. One wire was for devices that use a micro mini USB and the second is for the lightening speed apple approved charger. It also came with the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger itself. The portable charger was really heavy and you can tell that it's a sturdy unit. I noticed that some people said it was light in their reviews, but I've owned these portable chargers before and this is by far the heaviest. I don't feel like that's a bad thing unless you're going somewhere where you have to hold it the whole time. Most of the time I hook up my phone to a charger and drop it in my purse.
The package arrived just in time for me to charge it up and take a business trip. When my product came in I thought the packaging was clean and modern and perfect for retail. The window allowed me to see the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger in the window and which devices it works for labeled on the back. When I opened it I noticed that it came with two input/output wires. One wire was for devices that use a micro mini USB and the second is for the lightening speed apple approved charger. It also came with the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger itself. The portable charger was really heavy and you can tell that it's a sturdy unit. I noticed that some people said it was light in their reviews, but I've owned these portable chargers before and this is by far the heaviest. I don't feel like that's a bad thing unless you're going somewhere where you have to hold it the whole time. Most of the time I hook up my phone to a charger and drop it in my purse.
+Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger Contents I also noticed that the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger was labeled really well and it made it easy to figure out how to charge it up. I ended up charging it overnight to make sure it was fully charged. When I plugged it in, the light on it was glowing orange. When I came back in to check on it I noticed that the light was off. I read the directions and realized that the orange light turns off when it's fully charged. I find this odd because when I plugged it back in for a second the light turned on again, which led me to believe that it wasn't charged. I would have like to have seen a button that you could push to see how much charge is left on the device. Other units have this feature.
When I plugged my Samsung Galaxy S3 into the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger it started on 20% battery. The light on the portable charger lit up blue when it was plugged into my phone. I checked it on the 15 minute mark and it was at 30%. It ended up taking almost 2 hours for my phone to be fully charged. Honestly I didn't think that it was very fast, but it was nice to have my phone fully charged after a long day of meetings. The next day I needed to use the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger again and when I plugged it into my phone it kept showing a lightening bolt on my battery of my phone. Usually this means that it isn't recognizing the unit as being a battery/charger. However, after 15 minutes I did notice that it was charging my phone. Unfortunately the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger ran out of the original charge within 30 minutes of it being plugged it. I was a little surprised to find out that the unit only carries enough to charge my phone 1 to 1.5 times. Some units can carry enough juice to charge my phone 2 or more times.
For the price of under $25.00 I feel that the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger is a pretty good unit. The other units that I've had have cost me anywhere from $70 - $100.00, so I think the price is going to be the best part of this product. If you're looking for a product that can withstand traveling or you need a heavy duty charger, the +Lifeguard Mini 1 Portable Charger would be a good choice. You can purchase yours on Amazon.
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