Black & Decker CPI100B 100 Watt Power To Go Cordless AC/USB Power Supply

by Black & Decker

Product Features

• Powers & recharges personal electronics
• Supplies portable AC & USB power to mobile electronics
• No adapters needed, plug your charger in and power on the go
• Provides up to 9 hours of extended runtime*
• Compact & portable power supply anytime & anywhere

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 4.5 x 4.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000SZVMRW
• Item model number: CPI100B
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,599 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Because staying connected is a basic human need, Black & Decker created Power To Go. These lightweight and compact powerful solutions come equipped with both AC & USB outlets allowing you to power and/or recharge a variety of mobile devices while on the go. No special adapters needed, one Power To Go does it all. Like a portable outlet, Power To Go is a cordless, rechargeable power supply that meets the busy pace of your life - anywhere and everywhere!

Product Description

Black & Decker Power to Go AC/USB Power Supply #CPI100B -Manual ON/Off Pushbutton -100 watts output for 5 min or 80 watts continuous - Two 5 Volt DC USB Power Ports Built-in Power/Fault LED Indicator Battery Status LED Indicators 120 Volt AC Charging port and Adapter -Ideal for operating personal electronic devices such as digital cameras, MP3's, cell phones, PDA's, and more - Powers & recharges personal electronics - Supplies portable AC & USB power to mobile electronics - No adapters needed, plug your charger in and power on the go - Provides up to 9 hours of extended runtime (see Manfacturers specs for Specific details) - Compact & portable power supply anytime & anywhere Input - 9.6 VDC, 15A Output - 115V AC 60Hz-100W for 5 minutes, 80W continuous Battery - 4Ah, NiMH USB - 5V DC (350 mA) each x 2 Use this to calculate your own device c) X Watts device you will get 43 Watts-h / X W = Y hour = Y*60 min Note: Please check any larger electronic deviced carefully prior ro purchase as to the load ratings to be sure this device will operate under the load conditions Note: Generally this item does not have the power to run the average Laptop or simular product for very long here is some helpful estimations for calculating your devices. Therefore, for a laptop (a) or netbook (b) or cell phone charger (c): a) 90 Watts adapter you will get approximately 43 Watts-h / 90 W = 0.47 hour = 20 min. b) 40 Watts adapter you will get approximately 43 Watts-h / 40 W = 1.08 hour = 64 min. c) 5 Watts cell phone charger = 43 Watts-h / 5 = 8.5 hours (as advertised) Use this to calculate your own device c) X Watts device you will get 43 Watts-h / X W = Y hour = Y*60 min

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its just basic physics, February 3, 2009

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Cristian "Cristian" (Champaign, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black & Decker CPI100B 100 Watt Power To Go Cordless AC/USB Power Supply (Lawn & Patio)

Hi, I was considering buying this product, but I estimated how much the battery would last first. Here is a method to avoid you a headache.

First check the power consumed by your laptop AC adapter or any device.You can get an aproximate value by multiplying the output voltage ny the output amperage.

For example a typical value would de around 90 W for a regular laptop, 40 W for a netbook and 5 W for a cell phone charger.

The battery on this device is 4 Ah (means Amperes per hour), I guess that this is a 12 V battery. This means that this device gives 4 x 12 = 48 Watts-h (Watts per hour). The inverter is not 100% efficient, lets say its 90% efficient. Therefore after the inverter at 115 Volts we would have approximately 48 * 0.9 = 43 Watts-h. This is the real capacity of the device.

Therefore, for a laptop (a) or netbook (b) or cell phone charger (c):
a) 90 Watts adapter you will get approximately 43 Watts-h / 90 W = 0.47 hour = 20 min.

b) 40 Watts adapter you will get approximately 43 Watts-h / 40 W = 1.08 hour = 64 min.

c) 5 Watts cell phone charger = 43 Watts-h / 5 = 8.5 hours (as advertised)

Use this to calculate your own device
c) X Watts device you will get 43 Watts-h / X W = Y hour = Y*60 min

Hope this helps, please note that this is my OPTIMISTIC estimation of the time it will run a laptop

41 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected, September 13, 2007

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Thomas A. Holecek (Lexington, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker CPI100B 100 Watt Power To Go Cordless AC/USB Power Supply (Lawn & Patio)

I thought this power supply did better than I expected. Running a Dell D610 under normal use, I got about 50 minutes with. Given that it has 4Mah of storage, that is better than I could have hoped for. I would caution anyone that thinks they should get 9 hours of computer battery life to read the specs and understand what the power requirements of a computer are. There isn't an easily portable product on the market that can do that. A gas generator would but they don't allow those on airplane for some reason??? All kidding aside, one issue that anyone using this with a laptop should realize is that it won't automatically kick the computer into an energy saving mode like it does when you switch to your internal battery so the power draw will be higher and the battery won't last as long even though it is rated pretty close to the same capacity as a normal laptop battery. Anyway, it does well charging my gadgets which is the real reason I bought it anyway. It is worth spending the extra money on this instead of the smaller one because it will give a full charge to the palm, camera battery and the cell phone at the same time.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars tech specs, August 7, 2008

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Marcin Jeske "prime number" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker CPI100B 100 Watt Power To Go Cordless AC/USB Power Supply (Lawn & Patio)

Looking that the three versions of this 10W, 20W, 100W, I found the technical details on the B+D site helpful:

The 10W has a 700mAh battery, the 20W has a 2Ah battery, and this Model # CPI100B the 100W a 4Ah battery. It looks like they are progressively heavier, but I can't find accurate figures on weight or dimensions.

Note that the tech specs imply that the 100W model has two USB ports as compared to the single USB port in the lower models.

Input - 9.6 VDC, 15A
Output - 115V AC 60Hz-100W for 5 minutes, 80W continuous
Battery - 4Ah, NiMH
USB - 5V DC (350 mA) each x 2
- *Approximate talk time based on average results using commonly used cell phones. Results may vary depending on features/cell phone used