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Its back on today only. Does anyone know whether these are anygood and whats inside?

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/panasonic-eneloop-mobile-booster-black-dsau-pw8952

I have both here, one is on the PC to charge it fully. The led goes from red (30% or <) - orange (30-60) - green (60 - 100) as it charges. Cant say whats inside, there are no screws to pull it apart etc, I assume its glued or internal clipped. Not that I would know how it works even if I could pull it apart.

The instruction booklet states it has Overcharge, Overcurrent and Over discharge protection along with abnormal temperature detection. Apparently it can be placed on an IQ pad to charge too.

The head comes off, has fixed to it the std USB plug, and a short cable neatly fitted and wound in a slot with the Micro USB. You can pull the head and plug the USB to PC, and the micro lead into the side of the unit to charge itself from the PC/USB port. The head is them placed back on, the USB plugging into the unit, and the micro now being the output to the phone item being charged.

The lead wraps neatly around the head. Theres a power button along with the LED too and thats about it on the outside. Its a clever enough design… but I cant find any info about how it charges the li ion inside for example.

Internal battery max voltage is 4.35, max charge rate is 0.95a

Rated input is 5v, 0.50a/1.0a
Rated output is 5v 1a, or 1.5a if the 203 model and using both terminals (Ill assume it has dual outputs). This is the 103 model though.

Thanks EF. Would you consider this a good buy for $15.00 with shipping?

Not with any confidence, but I bought two anyway if that helps. Its Panasonic, and Eneloop branded (though I have no idea why), how bad can it be? It seems to know what state of charge the li ion is so it must have some smart features in it.

Edit: Its taking a while to charge though using the supplied cable and head (plugged into a USB3 port on my PC). Been going about 3 hours and the light is orange. However reading between the lines of the manual/specs, it might do better with another cable to recharge itself with. The wording seems to indicate the cable is limited to 0.50a. Its not a unsurrmountable issue if Im right, the cable is just a USB to Micro cable anyway. Ill try to charge the other one with a USB cable I have here I know is rated for at least 1.0a.

Thanks.

Bought two, cheap enough to crack one open to see what is inside … perhaps unless it works well. $6 shipping … still a good deal

edit: damn, didn’t realise there was a white version too.

I kept one, gave one to my son. Good luck on the tear down if it happens, dont forget to post pics.

Yeah, theres a white one. Better late than neve… oh wait, probably not.

I got both boosters delivered now. They are solid. Well worth the $10. First attempt at trying to crack one open, it is sealed pretty well. Damaged the corner trying to get a wedge in. Not sure if I’m going to keep trying as I do like it. It is on par with sealed laptop battery packs in terms of being glued tight.

I put it on Qi charging pad and voila! It charges!

I’ve tried charging a phone and charging the booster at the same time. The wall charger is only rated for 1.2 A max, infact it is the charger for a N900, which I’m charging at the other end from the booster and it pulls 500mA during a charge (edit, the N900 reports that it is a wall charger so max rate). I don’t know what the booster is doing when it is plugged into the wall and charging another device but the green light turned to a yellow light during the process. I think when you have it plugged into charge another device, the booster stops charging from the wall

will play around with it more but it makes me want to look for a good USB light, maybe the xtar u1

Sounds good. I'll pick one up next time.

Mobile Panasonic charger on special again for $10.00.

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/panasonic-mobile-booster?utm_source=Exact_Target&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=panasonicmobilebooster&amp;utm_campaign=AU_WK32_FriPM

Eneloop Chinese Chocolates x 8 $15.00.

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/batteries/eneloop-aa-chocolat-8pk-web-dsau-s4493?utm_source=Exact_Target&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=s4493&amp;utm_campaign=AU_WK32_FriPM

Eneloop Japanese Tropicals x 8 $18.00

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/batteries/eneloop-aa-tropical-8-pack-dsau-s4492?utm_source=Exact_Target&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=s4492&amp;utm_campaign=AU_WK32_FriPM

Damn, do I or don’t I? The two I have are great I have to admit. One permanently has an Ikea USB light on it and is used as a bedside light, the other, I’ve used it it once to top up my phone.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/8x-Panasonic-Eneloop-Chocolat-AA-Rechargeable-LSD-NiMH-Batteries-/121561861913?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&amp;hash=item1c4da6cf19

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Sanyo-eneloop-tones-UOMO-8-x-AA-Rechargeable-NiMH-LSD-Batteries-New-Oz-Stock-/221546627780?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&amp;hash=item33953542c4

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Panasonic-eneloop-Chocolat-8-x-AA-Rechargeable-NiMH-2000mAh-Batteries-/171493097512?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&amp;hash=item27edc90028

8 x AA Eneloop Chocolate for $23.52 free shipping

http://www.freeshippingtech.com.au/index.php?z=p&amp;p=BATPAN2883&amp;qr=shopbotau

…both are online only deals so you cant buy at these prices in store but you can click and collect in store if one is handy to you, saves the delivery cost. These deals usually end at midnight, unless they sell out earlier.

Eneloop Pros under $15
www.dicksmith.com.au/eneloop-pro-rechargable-aa-4pk-dsau-pw8009

Quick charger with 4 white eneloops for $28
https://www.dicksmith.com.au/batteries/eneloop-quick-battery-charger-4-x-aa-rechargeable-batteries-dsau-pw0050

ThruNite Catapult V3 for $49
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/141654008773

$65 posted.

BTW Turnigy LSD AAA 900mAh are back in stock for $1.36 each + shippin.

DSE Auto Temp Control Soldering Station, 48w

$53.99 - $10 = $43.99. RRP is said to be just under $90

No idea what quality is like but to get the extra $10 off use the code ‘10FORME’

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/tools-hobbyist/temperature-controlled-soldering-station-dsau-t2200

Click and collect is DSE is nearby, or add some postage for delivery.

Bahco 2444 Knife (made in Sweeden by Mora) - $16.90
on eBay
on YouTube

Hultafors Heavy Duty GK Knife (made in Sweeden) - $15.04
on eBay
on YouTube

Bahco 2449 Curved “Wrecking” Knife - $39.02
on eBay
on YouTube

The Bahco 2444 is the only exclusive Australian knife posted but the 2449 and Hultafors are as cheap as I’ve seen available in Australia.

I’ve owned the Hultafors Heavy Duty knife for a long time and its my favourite work knife since.

The Bahco 2444 is made by Mora in Sweden, the 2449 is made in Taiwan but all Bahco tools have a lifetime warranty. The wrecking knife states on the packaging you can use a hammer to hit the spine to cut into things. Also interestingly Snap-On owns Bahco and the knives come in “Snap-On Industrial Tools” packaging.

I have purchased the 2444 and 2449 but they haven’t arrived yet.

It's $5. I haven't got one myself, but it doesn't look too bad. Plus, it's powered by easy to find AA cells. The only downside is that I can't pick them up. Delivery cost (tried 2 of them at checkout) was $7.95. For me, it seems that ordering 5 maxes the delivery cost to $11.95.

With the delivery cost, it's $8.90 each (for 2).

No store has stock my side of town either.