How long does it take to charge this ? And how many many times will it let me charge my iphone 5 before the pack gets depleted ?
1417293
It charges in a couple hours - I usually just plug it in at bedtime and its ready to go in the morning. You can easily get 3 FULL Phone Charges before you have to recharge it.
986660
I usually use it to charge a number of devices from iPod to iPhone and iPad (over a 24 hour period)...so far it has held up and still had the ability to recharge my iPhone and iPod at least one more time each (and it still showed quite a bit of charge remaining).
1156837
It takes quite a while to charge it from completely drained to a full charge. It took me about 8 hours the first time. I have charged it the last few times with one light still showing and it took about 5 hours. However, it gave me over 10 hours of additional use on my iPad Air. I have totally charged my iPhone 5 twice on one charge of the battery. I have had one that I did not use for almost a month and it still had three out of four lights showing and was able to completely charge my iPhone. I believe the information said the battery would hold a charge for 60 days, but I have not personally left the battery unused for that long. It takes quite a while to charge it from completely drained to a full charge. It took me about 8 hours the first time. I have charged it the last few times with one light still showing and it took about 5 hours. However, it gave me over 10 hours of additional use on my iPad Air. I have totally charged my iPhone 5 twice on one charge of the battery. I have had one that I did not use for almost a month and it still had three out of four lights showing and was able to completely charge my iPhone. I believe the information said the battery would hold a charge for 60 days, but I have not... » Read More It takes quite a while to charge it from completely drained to a full charge. It took me about 8 hours the first time. I have charged it the last few times with one light still showing and it took about 5 hours. However, it gave me over 10 hours of additional use on my iPad Air. I have totally charged my iPhone 5 twice on one charge of the battery. I have had one that I did not use for almost a month and it still had three out of four lights showing and was able to completely charge my iPhone. I believe the information said the battery would hold a charge for 60 days, but I have not personally left the battery unused for that long. « Show Less
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You must charge it until all four blue batteries at the back light up blue. The battery pack switch should be OFF. Then when putting in the phone for charge, turn the switch ON. But BE WARNED, this battery pack WILL NOT EVER CHARGE YOUR PHONE FULLY. NEVER. Not past maybe 70%.DO NOT BUY THIS!!
299003
Not sure about charging a mini, since I've never had to charge mine with it. I can fully charge my iPhone 5 from 14% to 100% 4 times. Hope that helps.
1848172
I believe it is similar to the charge time for a cell phone or IPad...relatively fast and hard to say how long to charge in the sun.. I used it in the Montana summer and always had a charge.I used used mine last summer along with another (isound portable power 16,000 mAh) battery pack on a 7 day paddle trip.I could charge the power monkey then the extra battery Pack. This was good because I found myself charging other people's phones. By the way, I had to keep my IPad charged because I needed it for navigation on the river and a motorcycle trip afterwards.
473744
It will charge 5 devices at a time. It will not charge an IPhone 5 or Ipad 4 as they are too new and do not use the 30-pin charger.
1013370
from a dead pack, I use my iPhone 5s charger and it takes roughly 6-7 hours
587330
The unit is charged by using a micro USB cable connected to a wall outlet. This item includes the cable with the purchase. I myself have several micro USB cables lying around that I can use to charge it as well. In my opinion, it does take a while to charge up. Maybe 3-4 hours from dead battery. But I can charge my iPhone 4 or 5 times from the battery pack before depleting it. A fair trade off in my mind.
1176268
Not sure I understand the question. I use it to recharge my device, not as a supplementary power supply. Mine holds a charge for about 3-4 weeks. It charges my Iphone 1-1.5 times on one charge.
370826
Jon, To be honest I didn't look at the reviews till after I bought it. Which is dumb, my charger charges my iphone 5 from 0-100% and then some more it is really reliable, despite what others have said. I hope that helps.
2227832
I fully charge mine and the stick it in my bag before work, sometimes I use it and others I don't. Went about three days with it off and in my bag, and when I plugged my iPhone 5 in it still had a full charge. The battery light indicators are very helpful for just checking the battery status. It's an amazing battery, charges my iPhone faster than it would by laptop or wall charger, I love it.
791884
I wish I could answer you - I'm not sure if it will do that. It does charge my iPhone and it hasn't casued any problems with it.
884589
I used the mini usb (that came with the unit) plug into wall adaptor (came from my iPhone) to charge the unit. It took 10 hours to full charge the unit. I didn't test how it can last but look like it can last really long (at least 2 weeks). It can charge my iPhone 5 for 4 times and still not fully empty. I can tell 4.5 times approximately for charge an iPhone 5. No idea about iPad. Hope this help.
981705
This is the power pack. It recharges your phone by the hook up shown in picture. The power pack itself is recharged via a USB plug/chord. I'd buy a different power pack though. Used mine a few times and it has stopped holding enough of a charge to be of any use to me. Used to be able to charge my phone for a five extra hours of use. Now its only good for about 30min.
759042
It took 24 hours for a full charge (red light to turn green) then when I used it for my iPhone 5 it did not give it a full charge and the battery was drained. I tried it a second charge, again 24 hours and it didn't have enough charge to recharge my iPhone.
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It has 4 full charges until you need to charge it again (but it does die if not charged in a week or so just like your phone or laptop would even if you're not using them) and yes it charges an iphone 5