fast charging – Backerjack

There are a lot of portable phone batteries that claim to be light enough to forget about while powerful enough to recharge your phone a million times very quickly. Many claims are quickly debunked the moment you realize there’s a brick in your bag for most of the day. The ONE CARD is looking to shame all the rest by offering a 2,200mAh battery in the form factor of a credit card.

Despite its 6.5mm size, small enough to stick in your wallet, the ONE CARD is still extremely versatile sporting connections enough for the iPhone 4/5/6 and Android phone and an LED power indicator to keep you informed. The campaign boasts about its featherweight qualities by saying you can easily walk and talk with it, but who would want to do that? In any case, you shouldn’t have to for too long as the ONE CARD charges devices at 1A, or about 1% a minute, limiting the amount of time you’d need to wait. And if the ONE CARD is too petite for your taste, also on offer is the ONE THING charger which has a 10,000mAh battery in the size of a pack of cigarettes that can charge up to two devices at once. Currently, a ONE CARD is going for $17, while a ONE THING is going for $35, with a delivery date of December 2014. The campaign hopes to raise $1,200.

In this day and age of charging wonders, with everything from fast to wireless charging capabilities available, it’s a shame most smartphones need to be recharged every day or so if we’re lucky. It’s a practice that seems extremely antiquated, especially with the demands placed on us by our every day lives requiring us to move as much as we do. More and more people have opted for portable battery packs to keep their devices topped up in the time between outlets, but most of the time they themselves take forever to charge and charge devices too slowly even when they are.

Power Practical is looking to alleviate some of that difficulty with their fast-charging Pronto battery pack. It comes in two flavors: the Pronto 5 has a 4500mAh capacity, while the Pronto 12 boasts a 13,500mAh capacity — enough to charge an iPhone 5 nine times. An integrated “smart chip” tells any device to receive charge at its maximum amount, and a hard-anodized aluminum enclosure makes certain nothing can happen to your precious power while you wait. The Pronto 5 can charge using both USB and a wall outlet while the Pronto 12 can only be charged by the latter, but at least both aren’t tethered to the wall like the Tiny TravelBuddy is. The products will launch in June of 2015; the Pronto 5 can be had for $79 while the 12 can be had for $119.