in the age of the smartphone, the one thing that will freak someone out is running out of power. That will leave the user disconnected and going through withdrawal. Specifically, from social media, e-mail and the like. To avoid that, people often buy battery packs to keep their phones topped off. Today I’m reviewing an interesting battery pack that was part of my goodie back from iStore which is the Fluxmob Bolt
As you can see, it’s in an interesting combo of red and black and it has five lights. One to indicate that it is charging, and the four lights that you see lit that indicate how much charge that it has. Four lights indicates a full charge. It has a nice rubberized feel and it is light. Really, really, light. Plus it is small and fits in your pocket or purse easily.
It has built in prongs for North American power outlets. It is capable of doing 100V-240V so you can use it overseas. But you will need to source your own adapters to do so. Fortunately, Fluxmob can help you with that. You’ll also note that I have a cable plugged into the USB port on the bottom. Specifically the, Agent18 Charge/Sync Cable With Lightning Connector. One thing to note is that when you plug a phone into the Fluxmob Bolt, it automatically starts charging. That is unlike other batteries that I have tried where you have to turn the battery on for it to charge a device.
The Fluxmob Bolt has a 3000 mAh lithium ion battery on the inside, and is capable of charging at 5V/1A which will get your smartphone up to full charge quickly if it supports fast charging. It also takes about 4 hours to charge from being empty. Speaking of charging, how much can I get out of this battery? Here’s what I did to find out:
- I charged a half charged ZTE Grand X 2 to full charge. It took 2.5 hours to get the job done and I had three lights left which indicated there was something between 50% and 75% charge in the Fluxmob Bolt.
- I then charged my iPhone 6 which was at 68% and it got to 95% in 30 minutes before the Fluxmob Bolt ran out of power.
Bottom line, the Fluxmob Bolt will allow you to keep your phone charged during the day and has the power to recharge it once from empty or close to empty depending on the phone. Then you will need to recharge the Fluxmob Bolt. That’s good enough for me and I suspect it will be good enough for you if you need to top your phone’s power up during the day. Expect to pay $60 CDN for one.