This has a starting capacity of 16800MaH battery capacity. After six months the 3 cells lose some of the topside and it stay at about 11000MaH capacity. This has a lot of different functions including being able to jump start your vehicle. Upon ordering this product it came with:
1 Power bank
2 Clamp wire
1 Four-in-one data cable
1 multi-connector adapter cable
1 Adapter cable
1 Car charger
1 User manual
1 Carrying Case
I will start with the carrying case. It is a hard plastic case to keep all your connectors in one convenient location. It has 2 snap latches on the front to lock the case. It is compact enough to fit under a seat, a truck box, or most storage areas in the trunk of a car.
Now to the included cables. First off is the 2 clamp wire as they call it. These are the ones used to jump start your vehicle. They are fairly rigid and clamp onto the posts of a battery very well. You do not have to worry about them being bumped lightly and coming unclipped. These plug into the battery pack where the rubber cap covers with a car imprint on it. The next feature is the length of each of the ends on these 2 clamps because they are off set which makes then grounding out less likely.
Next are the adapters for charing the back up battery charger. There is a standard 110 adapter that plugs directly to the wall socket and to the battery pack. Next is one that plugs into a lighter plug of a vehicle and then into the battery pack. These are great because if you are needing to jump start your car but no one has cables, usually there is a store or place you can charge up the battery pack near. You can charge it inside a place more comfortable then the environment. Then if you are in an area where there is not an easy access wall socket you can use the one that plugs into a lighter socket of someone that is around that has a vehicle if they do not have standard jumper cables to help you out.
Then there is the 4 in 1 data cable. This can be used to charge almost any device you are needing. I was able to test this cable out on a few products I have around the house. It was able to charge 2 cellphones (I-Phone, Droid), my tablet, my earbuds, and Bluetooth speaker to mention a few. I did charge my phone 2x, tablet 2x, earbuds 3x, and bluetooth speaker 1x and this left the battery at 69%.
Next is the 6 inch cable used for powering things like laptops. You plug this short cable into the battery pack. Then there is a selection of 8 tips you can use to adapt to fit your laptop power plug. Once you have your correct adapter in place you plug it into you laptop to power it. This is a fairly hard drain on the battery pack. I was only able to power the laptop for about 15 minutes. That however gives enough time for anyone to get a message or check for an important incoming message.
Now for the battery pack. It comes with a capacity of 16800MaH at max. However after 6 months the batteris lose about 1/3 of their top holding power and makes the capacity more closer to 11000MaH for the rest of the life of the unit. When looking at the front of the unit, on the left side of the unit is where the flashlight and jumper plug for jump starting your car. The flashlight is supposed to come on when hold the power button for 3 seconds. I have never been able to get the flashlight to power up though. Possibly flawed in assembly, do not know, and I am asking the company about this. Moving to the front of the device and starting from the left we have the LCD screen. When you press the power button it will display the amount of charge the battery currently has. Next going aross to the right is the DC power out. This is where the laptop or other DC unit you are needing to power plugs in at. To the right of that is the power button that gives your battery read out and control on the flashlight. To the right of the power button are 2 USB ports for charging your devices. Both of these ports are 5.0V/2.1A so they do charge devices fairly quick. TO the right of that is the DC in plug. This is where you plug in to charge the battery unit. Laslty to the right is the on/off button. The unit does nothing in the off position. Only makes since!
I was able to test charging the unit with both adapters. I had no issues with the plug to the 110 wall socket or the car adapter. The one from the wall took about 1 1/2 hours to charge the battery pack. Charging it with the lighter socket of the car took about 4 hours though. It was much slower but it did get the charge completed. I have not tested the ability of this to jump a vehicle yet. Thankfully I have not been subject to that issue though. However it goes over the directions to properly jump a vehicle with this. I do not recommend going outside of the directions because it could harm the battery unit.
If you are looking for a multi functional tool that can supply power to a lot of devices this is one you most certainly need to consider and I recommend. It can charge a multitude of devices, jump start your car, has a flashlight, and can even power a laptop. I would like to thank Joieshow and affiliates for sending me this battery backup unit to try out and share my opinion.
Can be found at:
http://www.amazon.com/CARCHET-16800mAH-Multi-Functional-Emergency-Flashlight/dp/B011USYW40/ref=sr_1_3?m=A3SLCSVTFDUD7B&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1450428236&sr=1-3&refinements=p_4%3ACARCHET
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