Extra Power for my iPhone 5

[dmw16]

I have decided that I need to get some backup charging/power for my iPhone 5. I take my car to the track and typically cell coverage is such that the phone needs to work a little harder to keep a signal. So battery drain isn't great.

I don't really want to use a car charger. So that leaves me to either the Mophie Juice Pack Case or the Juice Pack Powerstation.

The case would be nice because I don't currently have a case, but the Powerstation has over 3x the battery capacity so it would give me a lot of safety net as far as knowing I won't run out of power.

Just curious if anyone here has experience with either and could comment?

 

[Patranus]

Why exactly do you not want to use a car charger????
You can get a USB car charger for under $5.

 

[dmw16]

Why exactly do you not want to use a car charger????
You can get a USB car charger for under $5.

My car has a light weight battery that isn't meant to charge cell phones and I don't want to sit with it running. So the car charger is out.

Any thoughts on these two case options?

Thanks.

 

[bearxor]

I'd think that if you're just barely making it or not making it right now, the Mophie case will be fine. You basically turn it on when you hit 20% and turn it off when you hit 80%. I believe you're able to do that a couple if times before it runs out of power.

Is only buy the power station if you have a serious issue with your power, where you're running out of juice about 12 hours before you can hit a charger again.

 

[RampantAndroid]

I've got one. Build quality isn't the greatest. It makes the already tall iphone 5 feel like a skyscraper in your hand. But if you don't care about these and coverage matters more...then it's a fine option.

Also: no access to the lightning port, special cable needed to use headphone jack.

 

[Spineshank]

I have a mophie. I like it but it does make the phone bigger and heavier.

 

[KeithP]

When I had a iPhone 4, I had a Mophie case and liked it. The only disadvantage is that it blocked the 30 pin dock connector so you had to use a regular USB cable for charging.

However, I wouldn't buy that external battery pack from Mophie unless you have money to burn. Monoprice has a great variety of self branded battery packs and the one I have works great.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10831&cs_id=1083110&p_id=9283&seq=1&format=2

-KeithP

 

[dmw16]

When I had a iPhone 4, I had a Mophie case and liked it. The only disadvantage is that it blocked the 30 pin dock connector so you had to use a regular USB cable for charging.

However, I wouldn't buy that external battery pack from Mophie unless you have money to burn. Monoprice has a great variety of self branded battery packs and the one I have works great.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10831&cs_id=1083110&p_id=9283&seq=1&format=2

-KeithP

Wow, that's perfect! I was leaning towards the power station because I take a GoPro to the track and thought it'd be nice to be able to charge that too. The monoprice one is the clear winner. Thanks!

 

[KeithP]

Just noticed they have a promotion on their homepage, enter code APPLE20 and you will get 20% off that battery pack.

-KeithP

 

[dmw16]

Just noticed they have a promotion on their homepage, enter code APPLE20 and you will get 20% off that battery pack.

-KeithP

Too late. Still a great deal tho. Thanks again.

 

[sciencewhiz]

My car has a light weight battery that isn't meant to charge cell phones and I don't want to sit with it running. So the car charger is out.

What do you have, a yugo? Any car battery won't even notice a phone charging from it. However, the cigarette lighter might not be active except when the car is on.

 

[RampantAndroid]

What do you have, a yugo? Any car battery won't even notice a phone charging from it. However, the cigarette lighter might not be active except when the car is on.

My TSX is like that - the radio has to be on for the car charger to be on. That said, you're mostly right - a car battery if properly charged won't notice it. If you start and stop your a bunch of times not giving it enough time to charge between cranks, charging your phone (or running the AC) might be unwise.