Product review - Medis 24-7 fuel cell Power Pack

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Scott, good review. I'm glad to see that you came to the same conclusion I did. Little or No value proposition for this thing. Also good to see your positive review of Li+ devices which make far more sense.

two questions:
When you used the 'low power device' and it took a couple of minutes to get a charging symbol. Is that all you let it do? Or did you try to make a call at the time. Seems to me that if this is ever going to be an emergency device, the dead cell phone should be plugged into a the 24/7 and then a call made. Se how long a call lasts after the charging symbol comes up.

"I first activated my 24-7 Power Pack three days ago, and since then I have charged 3 different devices 7 times."

Was this a total of 7 charges over 3 days? or was this a total of 21 charges over 3 days? I'm wondering because it is clear, from the rate of charge you are getting, that its just the battery (in the PMS) that is in fact charging the device and not the fuel cell directly which can only charge at 1 watt.

I would think that this would matter if you are actually trying to use the power pack on a long haul. you would kill the PMS battery and be left with nothing. Battery driven devices for far lass than a power pack + Extreme cable are available all over.

example: http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=2763&t_mode=des

60 bucks, close to 20Wh, virtually free refills, hundreds of re-uses. Cant beat it (well perhaps you can with other Li+ devices :).

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