You know those mobile power banks that everyone and their dog has where you
plug it in with a USB port and you charge up the battery that's built in
and then you can take it around with you and you can give your devices an extra
boost. Actually, I guess we're kind of in the shade, aren't we? Uh you can give your devices an extra boost of power um
or just charge things on the go, all that kind of thing. Great concept. Love
them. I have one. I use it all the time. But the thing that was kind of missing
for me was one that doesn't need to be charged. So what I would find happening
was I would use it on a flight to somewhere. I'd forget to charge the bank
itself and then on the way back I'd discover that it was dead. So this is a
product from Terat Trend by Silverstone. Basically by Silverstone. Penshape
mobile charger utilizing AA batteries. So I think that's pretty
self-explanatory. Supports install AA battery times 2 USBA type female
interface. Easy to carry and compact design. Now, I asked for a pink one, and I guess they figured I must have um
mistyped because they sent a green one, too. But the one that I actually want is
the pink one. So, check this out. They showed this off at CES, and we actually
did see it in their booth. But I just want to show you guys how this works.
So, there you go. Super simple. Just like that. You unscrew the
bottom. It's made of aluminum. It feels really solid. It's got a nice anodized
finish on the outside. So, I mean, it's it's made by Silverstone, which is
pretty much all you need to know. So, it's good. Um, you throw a couple
batteries in there. You can use rechargeables or disposable batteries.
It's up to you. So, there's your contact point. You go ahead and screw this back
on. And then this is a quick way to turn
a batteries into USB power. So, now all you got to do is toggle the switch here.
And there's your USB charger. So, it's a 500 milliamp hour charger, I
believe. Yeah, 500 milliamp. Uh, sorry,
not milliamp hour. That's a rating for the capacity. 500 milliamp charger. So,
you're not going to be able to quickly charge uh like speed charge a phone or
charge a tablet at any sort of appreciable rate. But what it is is it's
a handy little thing that you can carry around in a backpack or whatever else.
It's going to be durable and you're going to be able to take an otherwise
standard thing that you can buy at a store and quickly convert it into
something that you can charge your device with or top up your device with. So, there you go. I mean, I think if you
can see the application for it, then you see the application for it. And if you
can't, then you can just tell me, Lionus, I don't see the application for it. I don't know why you made a video
about this. And I'll say, well, come on. It's like a pink stick. Put batteries in
it. Must be good. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer
videos. Oh, yeah. It's available in a variety of colors. Maybe that was the point of sending me the green one. So,
you don't have to get a pink one. So, you can get green or I think there's like three other colors.