When work, vacation time and life all work together my wife and I like to go camping. Many times we are camping in areas without electricity. Now do not misunderstand, since I am writing about camping in December. We DO NOT camp, other than in a warm hotel, during the winter. However, it did get me thinking about something that could be a good gift for you to give this year.
We are not totally wilderness campers meaning that if we have cell service we like to have our phones available. You know – kids, grandkids, aging relatives…use your imagination. So cell phones are good to have with us. When out camping without electricity sometimes the phones’ batteries give it up.
In comes the gift, a portable “gadget” charger. There are maybe a million of them out there. No, I have not counted but there are a plethora at least. I have tested a couple and then last year about this time I saw one that was highly rated in an ad and on a great sale.
It is called a “Kmashi 15000mAh External Battery Power Bank” and it works quite well. I bought it last Christmas for us to use, you guessed it, when camping.
The Kmashi regularly sells for $59.95 but last year Amazon had a special for the holidays making it $19.99. At that price and with the excellent reviews I bought one. There are a couple of less expensive and more expensive versions of the Kmashi that respectively supply less or more power. A rating higher than 15000mAh power means that instead of charging a device three or four times like mine, it will charge them more times. A smaller number means the opposite. This is true for all of these charger types.
I tested mine when I bought it and it took several hours to charge the unit itself but once charged we got about four phones or tablets charged before it needed a recharge. It has four lights that show you the power remaining on the charger as it works. That lets you know when it is running out of power. It also has three ports and an on/off button. Two of the ports are for inserting your charging cable and then connecting to your phone. They are regular USB ports and yes, you can charge two devices at one time. The final port is where you charge the Kmashi itself.
(barely visible), 4 power lights, over under ports to phones/tables, etc.
If you think this is something you or a friend may like, Amazon is offering another deal right now. Here is a link to the device: rd.dblclx.com/1PG9nRf. Before you check out of your shopping cart use DNWS3612 as your coupon code. This code will reduce the price even further to $12.50. If you are a prime member you will not even need to pay shipping.
Of course, buyer beware, this code worked for us, yes we bought another one for a gift, as of this writing. But if the code does not work for you, Google for another one.
