Comments on: Powertrekk water-powered smartphone charger priced and dated http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 08 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sirspamalotta http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-196580 Sirspamalotta Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-196580 If you are somewhere with access to electricity to charge the portable charger, probably no advantage, at least until the cost of the power pukks drop. However, if you’re rough camping for an extended period, or in a disaster area with no power, they could be priceless – and other than the “geek” appeal, as I understand it that’s the market expected to use these.

]]> By: Cam http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175226 Cam Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:59:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175226 Can someone please explain what I’m missing about the PowerTrekk.  

It is a charger for portable devices. Each PowerPukk will cost you $12 which will give you 4Wh nominal energy.

My Blackberry 9900 has a 4.6Wh battery.  So one PowerPukk won’t charge my battery fully?  For $12.

I understand that the PowerTrekk has a battery built in, but when you can get 5000mAh portable chargers for less than $25, I don’t see the point of this beside the cool tech.

Can someone please tell me what I’m missing?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175196 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175196 Yep, the water (or any liquid with some percentage of water) is basically the trigger for the reaction. One problem with this vs batteries is that the reaction do not stop once initiated. So unless you have all your devices ready for charging there will be waste.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175197 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175197 Yep, the water (or any liquid with some percentage of water) is basically the trigger for the reaction. One problem with this vs batteries is that the reaction do not stop once initiated. So unless you have all your devices ready for charging there will be waste.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175198 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175198 Yep, the water (or any liquid with some percentage of water) is basically the trigger for the reaction. One problem with this vs batteries is that the reaction do not stop once initiated. So unless you have all your devices ready for charging there will be waste.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175199 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175199 Yep, the water (or any liquid with some percentage of water) is basically the trigger for the reaction. One problem with this vs batteries is that the reaction do not stop once initiated. So unless you have all your devices ready for charging there will be waste.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175104 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175104 Water powered? No.. powerpuck powered.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175101 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175101 Water powered? No.. powerpuck powered.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175102 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175102 Water powered? No.. powerpuck powered.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/powertrekk-water-powered-smartphone-charger-priced-and-dated-23210425/#comment-175103 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210425#comment-175103 Water powered? No.. powerpuck powered.

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