Duracell 5 Hour Mobile Phone and MP3 Portable USB Charger Review

1. Introduction2. Testing3. Closing Thoughts4. View All Pages

The instructions to use are straightforward:

Charging devices while the Duracell Portable USB Charger is plugged into a wall outlet:

1. Connecting the USB end of the cable provided to one of the Duracell Portable USB Charger’s OUT ports on the bottom of the charger. The supplied cable is not device specific. Use the enclosed cable to charge micro USB enabled devices.
2. Connect the micro USB end of the cable provided to your device.
3. The indicator light will turn on to confirm your device is charging.
4. The Duracell Portable USB Charger uses a smart automatic shut-off feature that stops the charger when your device is fully charged.
5. For Apple devices or other custom charging inputs, use the USB cable supplied with your specific device.
6. For high charge current devices (>1A) charge separately, do not add another device to second USB port.

Charging devices while the Duracell Portable USB charger is not plugged into a wall outlet:

1. Connect the USB end of the cable provided to one of the Duracell Portable USB Charger’s OUT ports on the bottom of the charger. The supplied cable is not device specific. Use the enclosed cable to charge micro USB enabled devices.
2. Connect the micro USB end of the cable provided to your device.
3. The indicator light will turn on to confirm your device is charging.
4. The Duracell Portable USB Charger uses a smart automatic shut-off feature that stops the charger when your device is fully charged.
5. For Apple devices or other custom charging inputs, use the USB cable supplied with your specific device.
6. For high charge current devices (>1A) charge separately, do not add another device to second USB port.
7. When charging away from a wall outlet, the folding or attachable AC adapter may be closed or removed to facilitate portability.
8. Smart charge indicator turns on in charge mode with next stage blinking.
9. 1 Bar Solid LED Light = 1/3 charged – 2 Bars Solid LED lights = 2/3 charged – 3 Bars Solid LED lights = fully charged
10. In discharge mode, the smart charge indicator is activated manually. Press fuel gauge button to check the power level. The LED lights will indicate the state of charge, and then turn off the lights again to conserve power.
11. If all LED bar lights are blinking, this may indicate a temporary error. Disconnect from all devices. Try again in five minutes.

Troubleshooting:
If devices charge and charger does not, unplug devices and charger should charge.
If device shows error warning about charger on screen, remove all devices and only charge one device at a time.
If USB outputs ports short circuit, user must reset the charger by inserting the charger into an AC wall outlet.

To test performance we fully charged the Duracell 5 hour USB device, which took 5 hours from flat. We then connected the (completely flat) BlackBerry Phone to see if it would deliver a full charge again. We did the same with the iPod Classic, after recharging the Duracell 5 hour USB device. Finally we connected both devices and charged them both when they had flat batteries.

The Blackberry Phone was charged from flat to 100% charge without a problem, and the Duracell 5 hour charger indicated some capability left within.

The Duracell 5 hour charger was attached to a mains for several more hours until it read 3/3.

The Apple iPod Classic was also charged from flat to 100% with some charge left in the device.

We charged the Duracell 5 hour charger again to 3/3.

We ran both iPod and Blackberry phone to flat and attached both simultaneously. Charge time for both devices was a little longer with both attached, and the phone and iPod read a 2/3 charge before the Duracell device ran out of charge completely.

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