Kensington power pack

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Nuck

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Hello All,

Just wanted to let those of you interested in a power pack know that Best buy has put the Kensington back on sale as of today for $39.99. This is a $20 savings.

I bought one a couple of weeks ago and it is a great addition to my e-smoking stuff!

and naturally, the Canadian Best buy doesn't carry it...:mad:
 

luvmyvapor

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Hello All,

Just wanted to let those of you interested in a power pack know that Best Buy has put the Kensington back on sale as of today for $39.99. This is a $20 savings.

I bought one a couple of weeks ago and it is a great addition to my e-smoking stuff!

I just bought one there yesterday for $59.99. Love it!:D
Thanks for letting me know - you saved me $20! (I think they will honor the sale price)
 

LuckySevens4U

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It really is a great way to go either at home or driving. I seem to be getting about 1 1/2 days from a charge and I'd consider myself to be a moderate user. I charge it yesterday in the late afternoon and I still have 4 out of 5 lights showing.

If I vape on it all day and all night non stop, by 10 pm it needs charging. Yesterday I had it fully charged and did not vape on it all day at all, didn't have time. It still worked all night when I got home and all morning the next day till almost noon. So, correct, it depends on how much you are vaping on it as for how long it will stay charged. I just know if you vape non stop on it all morning, day and night, by late evening it's done.

What I like about them is they are great for the desk, watching tv, and yes, in the car. When I go out and about I'll either be using my mod or my small battery, depending on what I'm doing. The regular battery is fine and discreet if you are out and about and only have the chance to take a puff here and there, but to continuously vape, no way, they suck. lol
 

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I had purchase two of the APC powerpacks and one is no good now. I decided to go ahead and get a good powerpack. Read on the forum that Kensington is a good one.
So now I have the cheap APC and the Kensington. Think I am set on them for a while.
Always want a backup in case I forget to change my batteries. This thing can be very helpful.
 

LuckySevens4U

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I highly recommend you have more than one passthrough on hand because they are very touch and go themselves just like all the rest of the junk from China. I ordered 2 and 1 of them burned out 3 attys in less than a week. Glad I had a back up and am getting the bad one replaced, plus have 10 more on order. Another person here has a bad one. Hooked up to her Kensington and bad or no vape. Shouldn't be like that.
 

puff-puff-pass

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I highly recommend you have more than one passthrough on hand because they are very touch and go themselves just like all the rest of the junk from China. I ordered 2 and 1 of them burned out 3 attys in less than a week. Glad I had a back up and am getting the bad one replaced, plus have 10 more on order. Another person here has a bad one. Hooked up to her Kensington and bad or no vape. Shouldn't be like that.

Makes me wonder exactly how much amperage IS going through the passthrough. If I remember correctly, the kensington put out "up to" 1500mA of power at 5v...if the atomizers can only handle 1000mA, then I can see atoms burning up all over the place. Might have to put an inline resistor on my passthrough cable...
Gonna start a new thread.....
 

tokarev

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Makes me wonder exactly how much amperage IS going through the passthrough. If I remember correctly, the kensington put out "up to" 1500mA of power at 5v...if the atomizers can only handle 1000mA, then I can see atoms burning up all over the place. Might have to put an inline resistor on my passthrough cable...
Gonna start a new thread.....

No need to worry about the extra mA. The current used by any device is a function of the voltage and resistance. The formula (Ohm's Law) is:

Current (in Amps) = Voltage (in Volts) / Resistance (in Ohms)

That's the simple explanation anyhow, and I don't think capacitance and inductance are a factor here. The point is that a device will only use as much current as it needs, regardless of how much is available. After all, you can use 25W and 100W light bulbs in the same socket, even though the 25W pulls a lot less current than the 100W. Voltage is a different matter. Too much voltage would certainly burn up your atty.

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