Customer Reviews

Duracell PowerSource Mobile 100 - 100 Watts, Model# 852-0281-07

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

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I give a brief overview of this product and it's great features, as well as explaining the whole "Duracell/Xantrex" branding issue.

Some people don't know the details about power supplies like this. This one requires a long answer.

The PowerSource will provide about 45 Watt Hours. It has a limit of 60 watts from the battery and 80 watts from the 12 volt input. It has a 100 Watt surge limit for a short time.

Translation: the run time depends on your computer and the existing charge level when you plug it in to the PowerSource.

If your laptop batteries are run down, the PowerSource probably will NOT operate it.
If you remove the batteries it may work. It may also work to charge with the laptop off.
If you run it with the 12 volt input it may operate your laptop.

The reason for this is; your laptop uses twice as much power to run if it charges the batteries at the same time.

It will work, if you plug the laptop into the PowerSource before you run down the batteries.

I tested my HP dual core laptop watching movies over the WIFI link. It ran 1 hour and 35 minutes on the PowerSource then 2 and a half hour on its own batteries. Same test, next day, same results.

This would be 4 hours on an airline flight. It will power a Zune or IPod for a long time.
The more powerful the laptop, the shorter the battery life. Your mileage may vary.

It includes a special plug that work on some airlines power jacks.

Many smart phones use a specially wired charger to charge from the wall and will only charge from a computer IF the computer has a data connection to the smart phone. A different USB cable will not help, unless it is wired special. A cheat that works on some Smart Phones is to plug it in then reboot the smart phone.

I recommend it.

This unit charges my two ipods and my camera as I expected it would. It would not charge my friend's iPhone through the USB port although it would charge through the iPhone AC adapter. It extended my laptop by 30 to 45 minutes -- I had expected more. One thing I didn't like is that when the device itself is plugged into AC, it will not charge anything.

I purchased both the xantrex Powersource mobile 100 and then this Duracell labelled model a little over a month ago. They are both made by Xantrex, and identical in every way, except the Xantrex works great, and the Duracell version doesn't work at all. With the Xantrex model, I charged my itouch 2G and 4 different cell phones using the usb port from the internal battery, and ran my small 13in TV using the 120V port and the internal battery. Basically runs everything I tried (though I have not tried out the inverter function in my truck cigarette lighter yet). Later I saw this duracell version costing much less, and thought I'd found a winner (Xantrex $100, Duracell $42) From day one the duracell one won't hold a charge and I get the alarm and red light as soon as I try to turn it on. Guess you get what you pay for, but the duracell isn't even worth 2 cents. Maybe it's a lemon, or maybe Duracell thought they were getting a good deal. BTW, the manufacture date on the xantrex was Oct 2006, and the duracell was Nov 2006. That's right, I said 06! Perhaps the Duracell was stored in a hotter warehouse all that time and ruined the battery. Regardless, 3+ years is a long time for any electronic device (especialy with rechargable battery) to sit around. Hey Amazon and vendors, clear out your old inventory somewhere else!

Good product, it has done all I expected, powered my Dell Latitide D630 for a bit over 2 hours, so that gives me plenty of battery power on the go.
Also since is can work as a inverter with plane and car adapter, it's perfect for me. The 2 USB ports also are great you can charge your phone or any other gadget and laptop, it's great!
If you're looking for a nice product for multiple uses, this is it.
;-) hope this review helped.

I have a DS and a PSP and both worked fine with it. I had a little bit of trouble trying to charge my iRiver Clix via the USB port, but I think it might just be the software with the Clix. When my Clix has power and I plug it in, it just says USB connected but it won't charge. However, if I drain all the power from the Clix then it will charge because it never goes into the Clix OS. It is what it is; portable power. It does tend to get a bit toasty when it's being used, so hopefully you have a little leg room where you use it. It is actually smaller than I thought it would be: 5.5 x 3.25 x 1.5 (approximately).

Purchased last week and gave it the once over with several different devices. Battery LED is almost impossible to read, red and orange look the same and you can't read them unless it's dark. Ran a DVD player for 3-4 hours including the DVD battery. Ran a 28 Watt florescent light for 60 minutes. Only used the AC plug so far, recharged it 3 times and seems to hold it fine. Manual claims to charge in 6 hours, but it looked like it was still orange after 6 so I let it charge for 24 hours until it turned a definite green. Other than that it worked pretty much as advertised.

This product offers the best of both worlds - Power inverter and backup battery... with one problem... the 70-80 Watts (not the 100 Watts advertised) it can source will not power any modern laptop. My 2 year old Dell power supply is 90 Watts and shuts down the Duracell product in only a few seconds in both battery and inverter mode. It does a great job of powering my cell phone while camping however. It also powers off every time you start and stop your vehicle. I wouldn't recommend the product unless you have a very limited use case.

The Duracell DC to AC inverter works great. It gives me about 40 minutes of power for my laptop that lets me run my laptop and charge the battery simultaneously. The end result is that it actually gives you about an additional 70 minutes of run time for a laptop. The package is a compact, low heat rejection device that is well designed with may vents. The 2 USB power ports come in very handy too. I can't wait to try it on a plane.

I bought this item new just a week ago and the date of manufacture was 9/25/2006. This item has been discontinued, the battery is old stock and won't hold a charge and it will not charge a common cell phone from the USB port. I plug in my Motorola flip phone using a micro USB cable and nothing happens. I cannot return it because I lost the packaging. Total junk. Amazon needs to pull this item from their shelves. Four year old batteries are worthless......