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PowerMonkey charger
20th December 2007, Page 78
20th December 2007
Page 78
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For anyone with an interest in gadgets, there is one that is essential, even if it does have a silly name.The PowerMonkey is a highcapacity storage battery, about the size of half a banana, which acts as a power backup for a wide variety of electronic devices — phones, games, cameras, etc. It comes with some of the most common connectors, and almost all of the more obscure ones can be bought separately for £2.50.
The model pictured is the PowerMonkey eXplorer (about £65), which includes a solar charger, but we also tried the basic PowerMonkey (about £30), which will be adequate for most needs.
It holds enough charge for up to six months to give around 96 hours' standby on