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Duracell 5-hour Portable Charger

Top up your car gadgets with this new portable charger from Duracell

Duracell 5-hour Portable Charger

Price: £40
Contact: www.duracell.co.uk

Top up your car gadgets when away from a power source with the Duracell 5-hour Portable Charger. The emergency device slips in your pocket, once you’ve detached the three-pin plug.

We left the Portable Charger plugged into a mains socket overnight, before putting it to the test on an Apple iPhone 4 with a flat battery. The Duracell gave 90 minutes’ charging, before the illuminated icon showed there was no juice left. It took our iPhone to 77 per cent battery capacity – that’s enough for the five hours of talk time the new charger’s name refers to.

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After we’d recharged it, we plugged in an iPad and a sat-nav at the same time. The Duracell gave less than an hour’s worth of charging this time, providing only a minor top-up of our gadgets, rather than a real boost.

The price is our biggest bugbear – as the device has a 1,800mAh battery, £40 is a lot to pay. But it’s useful when you need to top up a USB device and 12V or mains power aren’t options.

Verdict

Rating: ★★★
What is it?
Emergency charger to give you all-important talk-time when your phone goes down.
Problems?
Didn’t provide a full charge of our iPhone 4, not a cheap option, either.
Why buy?
Can top up two gadgets simultaneously, fits into a pocket when not in use.

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