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    Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit

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    Image of davezatz davezatz
    02/19/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit
    Cheaper to buy a second car battery. And 40 hours to recharge?
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    Image of Oh yeah, I still have a clock and a pencil! Oh yeah, I still have a clock and a pencil!
    02/19/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit
    and it talks why???
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    02/19/09

    @Kevin: Otherwise you might confuse it for a dead parrot?
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    Image of flobear flobear
    02/19/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit
    Talking batteries? Technology's cool and all but really, a future where all of our routine objects talks to us is worse than a post-nuclear apocalypse.


    Left shoe: my turn!

    Right shoe: my tirn!

    Left shoe: ...

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/19/09

    @flobear: And people thought the old 300ZX was annoying...


    Wait, I'm not on Jalopnik.


    *runs*

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    02/19/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit
    Couldn't you say something like "Power Unit, recognize Fallon, Sean, code Pi 1-1-0, silent countdown. Enable"?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/19/09

    @Buckaroo_GitEmSteveDave: Well, sure, if he wanted it to self-destruct.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/19/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit
    Half-assed concept.


    Why not just make batteries wrapped in solarcells? Not only would such self-contained batteries store and recharge their own power. eliminating the need for separate external powerpacks, they would be eco- and space-efficient.


    Some people have noodles for brains.


    And tongues in their cheeks.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    02/19/09

    @bosskev:


    holy crap, you know what would be awesome? a tattoo of a tongue on the inside of ones cheek, to be revealed at appropriately cheeky times

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/19/09

    @nutbastard: your pic seems especially apt after reading that comment.


    Keep up the good works!

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    Image of gadam07 gadam07
    02/19/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit
    Wait, you mean that thing talks at you no matter what? You can't turn it off? That'd get really annoying. There's a more generic power pack like this that's been around for a while and only costs $99, so I'd recommend checking that one out. Thinkgeek.com has it, I think.
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    Image of Ozzie's Secret Code Name: MisterWho Ozzie's Secret Code Name: MisterWho
    02/19/09

    @gadam07: You think that's annoying? Try being married!
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    02/19/09

    @The original Mr. Who v.2.0.1:


    you'd think someone would have figured out how to turn the air pressure of nagging and bitching into a tire pump by now.

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    Image of Je_suis_un_revolutionnaire Je_suis_un_revolutionnaire
    02/19/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit
    Shouldn't jalopnik be doing this review?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    02/19/09

    @Je_suis_un_revolutionnaire: Does Jalopnik usually covered USB items and electronics?
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    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    02/19/09

    @Buckaroo_GitEmSteveDave: Now now, be nice kids.


    You're both kinda right though, this could be featured on either site. Great product though!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    02/19/09

    @SJRNWT: Sorry, didn't mean to come off as snarky.
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    Image of catastrophegirl catastrophegirl
    11/09/08

    In reply to The Duracell Powerpack 450 Talks You Through a Jump Start
    i have a different brand of something similar that charges from both my car or any wall outlet, has a light, air compressor and 12v DC outlet. i didn't feel the need for the upgrade because i already own a couple of 12v DC inverters, one of which has 3 AC outlets and a USB power port. it never leaves my car unless i go camping, where i use the light [for obvious reasons] and the outlet for my portable thermoelectric cooler [which i have to have for my insulin, not just for 'luxury camping']


    but i can just plug it into my car to recharge while i am driving. since my car's outlets turn off when the engine is off, i don't have to worry about my car's battery being drained.


    mine hasn't got the fancy voice technology, just dials to tell me how much power is left, but i haven't once had the thought that i needed a voice prompt.


    while it's a nice shiny product, and has a couple of extras features that mine doesn't have, i still like the one i picked up at harbor freight tools better because it was about $100 LESS than the duracell

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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    11/07/08

    In reply to The Duracell Powerpack 450 Talks You Through a Jump Start
    I swear that's the mom from some 80s show as the model.
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    11/07/08

    In reply to The Duracell Powerpack 450 Talks You Through a Jump Start
    I have one similar I bought at Harbor Freight, but it is way bigger and bulkier than this. And it doesn't have the ac power outlets.
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    Image of Anhizer Anhizer
    11/07/08

    In reply to The Duracell Powerpack 450 Talks You Through a Jump Start
    The only issue with this type of device is that you have to keep it charged because its essentially a glorified battery. If it charged on 12v DC that would be interesting... (so it never leaves your car)
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    Image of catastrophegirl catastrophegirl
    11/09/08

    @Anhizer: the specs on the product page say it CAN be charged from DC or AC.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/07/08

    In reply to The Duracell Powerpack 450 Talks You Through a Jump Start
    Can I only use it to jump-start a car or can I attach the other end of the jumper cables to some poor schmuck's balls?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/04/08

    In reply to Bicycle Seat Generator Harnesses the Power of Your Butt
    I suddenly am reminded of Queens video "Fat Bottomed Girls"
    (which returned up some seriously interesting at youtube)



    + Watch video
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/04/08

    @Curves: *search results
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