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You know those mobile power banks that everyone and their dog has where you

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plug it in with a USB port and you charge up the battery that's built in

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and then you can take it around with you and you can give your devices an extra

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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

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or just charge things on the go, all that kind of thing. Great concept. Love

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them. I have one. I use it all the time. But the thing that was kind of missing

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for me was one that doesn't need to be charged. So what I would find happening

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was I would use it on a flight to somewhere. I'd forget to charge the bank

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itself and then on the way back I'd discover that it was dead. So this is a

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product from Terat Trend by Silverstone. Basically by Silverstone. Penshape

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mobile charger utilizing AA batteries. So I think that's pretty

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self-explanatory. Supports install AA battery times 2 USBA type female

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interface. Easy to carry and compact design. Now, I asked for a pink one, and I guess they figured I must have um

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mistyped because they sent a green one, too. But the one that I actually want is

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the pink one. So, check this out. They showed this off at CES, and we actually

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did see it in their booth. But I just want to show you guys how this works.

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So, there you go. Super simple. Just like that. You unscrew the

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bottom. It's made of aluminum. It feels really solid. It's got a nice anodized

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finish on the outside. So, I mean, it's it's made by Silverstone, which is

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pretty much all you need to know. So, it's good. Um, you throw a couple

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batteries in there. You can use rechargeables or disposable batteries.

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It's up to you. So, there's your contact point. You go ahead and screw this back

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on. And then this is a quick way to turn

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a batteries into USB power. So, now all you got to do is toggle the switch here.

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And there's your USB charger. So, it's a 500 milliamp hour charger, I

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believe. Yeah, 500 milliamp. Uh, sorry,

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not milliamp hour. That's a rating for the capacity. 500 milliamp charger. So,

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you're not going to be able to quickly charge uh like speed charge a phone or

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charge a tablet at any sort of appreciable rate. But what it is is it's

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a handy little thing that you can carry around in a backpack or whatever else.

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It's going to be durable and you're going to be able to take an otherwise

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standard thing that you can buy at a store and quickly convert it into

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something that you can charge your device with or top up your device with. So, there you go. I mean, I think if you

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can see the application for it, then you see the application for it. And if you

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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

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about this. And I'll say, well, come on. It's like a pink stick. Put batteries in

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it. Must be good. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer

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videos. Oh, yeah. It's available in a variety of colors. Maybe that was the point of sending me the green one. So,

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you don't have to get a pink one. So, you can get green or I think there's like three other colors.