3CorsaMeal
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Been looking into these as i quite often need power when on fishing trips or wanking in the woods.
They do a few, heres the offical website
https://powertraveller.com/iwantsome/primatepower/
Amazon are selling the Powermonkey V2 for £24 ish, which is over £10 cheaper than anywhere else i can find, dunno if its a mistake or not?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Powertraveller-Powermonkey-Classic-Portable-Charger-Black/dp/B002UZQ124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1286203840&sr=8-1-spell
Just bought mine 
Max. reserve power available:
All iPods - 40 hours
Mobile phones - 96 hours
Digital Cameras - 1600 pictures
Two-way radios - 24 hours
Sony PSPs - 5 hours
MP3 / MP4s - 6 hours
PDAs - 48 hours
[Edited on 08-10-2010 by 3CorsaMeal]
[Edited on 08-10-2010 by 3CorsaMeal]
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Dom
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Been looking at them for a while, very useful for festivals etc Be interesting to hear what you think of it if you get one though 
Version 1 (don't think there are many differences between v1 and v2 apart from weight and size) is £17.99 on Play.com - http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/9159324/Powertraveller-Power-Monkey-Classic/Product.html
Bit of a review here - http://www.gadgetspeak.com/gadget/article.rhtm/755/593462/powertraveller_powermonkey-classic_V2.html#
And a better one - http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3234417&productid=3234426
Another here on a few different products but the comments might be useful - http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Proporta_USB_Travel_Charger_vs_Powertraveller_powermonkey-eXplorer.php
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3CorsaMeal
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i did see the V1 but wasn't sure i wanted to buy it, plus all the people with V2's would then be better than me and i can't be having that as i'm a gadget enthusiast
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Ben G
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this would come in handy at work when my battery gets low.
can you charge and use your phone at the same time?
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3CorsaMeal
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yes you can leave it plugged in to phone and just run off the monkey power.
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Ben G
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does it come with a real monkey or is that an optional extra?
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3CorsaMeal
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UPDATE: Just been delivered, pics are uploading, i will do it like a story and took lots of pointless photos, i swear it will get more attention this way
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3CorsaMeal
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My PowerTraveller PowerMonkey V2 Classic Story.
I ordered it on the internet through amazon, it cost me about £24
I was sitting on laptop and the doorbell rang, i knew it would be the monkey as i'm not waiting for anything else at the moment.
It was the monkey, arrived in a brown jiffy style envelope (i took a pic)
Excellent, i was so excited, i flipped it over and took it half out of envelope and took a pic
With the box fully withdrawn from the envelope i discarded the envelope and took a pic
I opened the flaps on the white box and saw there was another box inside to open, it really doesn't get any better than this, thats the thrill of opening 3 parcels and only bought 1 thing, i took a pic
I removed the plastic box from the white cardboard box, couldn't believe my luck, i had a clear bag to open as well, thats 4 opening experiences from this one parcel, naturally i took a pic
With the best box of the lot removed from the plastic bag, i took another pic, this shows some of the packaging once removed, i then decided to disgard the plastic bag and white cardboard box as i felt they were no longer neeed, here is the pic
The main plastic box, do you want a pic?, i guessed the answer would be yes so took one
Once the powermonkey was removed i opened the bottom of plastic box and it was stuffed full of STUFF  , i laided it out and took a pic, i included some rizla to show the scale of things.
Then the actual power monkey itself, very small and feels lovely, not tried it out yet but it smelt good. Oh btw, i took a pic of it.
thanks for looking at my pictures, i hope this gets me some internet points
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sand-eel
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Was this in memory of steve?
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3CorsaMeal
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no, its just the way things are done and i wanted to be a part of it.
this style generated alot of interest for the terminator doll
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3CorsaMeal
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honestly, everyone should buy one
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Dom
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It looks a lot smaller than i imagined. Can you charge it via USB?
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alan-g-w
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Loving the pics mate.
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
It looks a lot smaller than i imagined. Can you charge it via USB?
yes, it has an awesome little lead for that, kinda recoils in automatically so no messy wire, i'll get pics
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3CorsaMeal
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here is the USB charger for it, it works like a ski pass thingy.
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chrisritch
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does it work with iPhones? Apple are cunts and make it so alot of cheaper aftermarket products aren't compatible
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3CorsaMeal
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i think so, has mini usb, micro usb for most smart phones, also has adaptor for my ipod
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sand-eel
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That corrado has been in a crash.
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3CorsaMeal
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Right, i let my battery run down to 10% plugged this monkey in and it went to 50% then the monkey went flat. So not too impressed at the moment, although i did play on phone for a couple of hours while charging, but still not as expected
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