Portable Battery Suggestions

[Herr Kutz]

Hello,

I'm going camping in a couple months and would like to purchase a portable battery bank to keep my camera (labeled as 7.6V, 1300 mAh) and cellular telephone (iphone 4s) charged. As a side bonus, this would be really useful when I'm on travel for work, assuming airlines allow you to carry them on the plane.

I'm looking for something in the 10,000 mAh to 15,000 mAh range and would like to stay at or below $40 if possible.

I've purchase a limeade 13,000 mAh which I returned immediately since it looked like it had been used previously. The anker ones seem to get good reviews, but that particular brand leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I've previously ordered an anker AC adapter and it literally fell apart within a few weeks, as did the replacement they sent me.

I'm thinking about giving the limeade another go, but I would like to see if anyone else has any other recommendations before I order.

 

[MrSquished]

I used to have an Anker 7000mAh and loved it. gave it to my sister and have had the anker 10,000mAh since then and love it.

yes you can take it on planes, done that.

i just bought the little 3000mAh one to have with me since my new phone the nexus 5 has no removable battery. it's small enough i can pocket it or it won't add as much weight as the 10,000 one if i backpack it when all i really need is a little top up.

i like Anker products. they are well reviewed on Amazon.

 

[vshah]

this guy looks pretty awesome:
http://www.amazon.com/HooToo%C2%AE-T.../dp/B00DTPYRTI

 

[andylau09]

I have this one and it is pretty good:

http://www.amazon.com/15000mAh-Porta...rtable+battery

 

[Tsaar]

Funny you brought this up now. I just ordered the Anker 10k mAh this morning after reading reviews.

I also ordered the Anker solar panels because, well, no other reason than they looked cool.