Rayovac PS68BK Phone Boost Emergency Charge

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If you are a person that constantly uses his or her smart phone and wants to bring some extra juice along so that you can constantly use your phone all day and all night, this is not your device. It does not deliver enough power to do that.

The charger broken into all of its parts with my Bic pen 

for comparison. Photo by DWD.

This device is designed to be an emergency power source for a cell phone - the kind of battery designed to deliver you enough power to call AAA if you find yourself with a nearly dead phone battery and a very dead car battery at the end of the evening. To help with that goal it is very sleek and very lightweight (it weighs 1.1 ounces). It would easily store in a purse or a glove box. I have no idea how long it stores its charge. If you keep it on a key ring or in a car it would be wise to plug it in every once in a while just to make sure it is topped off. On my Samsung Galaxy 3 it raised my charge from 13% to 24% before it died after the Phone Boost had been sitting around for about two weeks after being fully charged.

The charger comes with mini-USB and Apple-compatible adapters.

Note: I received this item from the manufacturer for free in exchange for an honest review.

I rate this item 3 stars out of 5.