Hyper juice batteries and MagSafe 1

We got and excellent question today.  Thought we'll blog our answer.

Q:  I have HyperJuice 220Wh battery with old style MagSafe cable (without any boxes). I tried to charge my MacBook Pro Retina with it using MagSafe->MagSafe 2 converter. MacBook does not recognize it at  all. Then I tried HyperJuice car charger (battery->magsafe cable->magsafe 2 adapter->macbook). It only slows down internal battery drain. Looks like this is a voltage issue. How can I convert my cable to be compatible with my notebook?

A:  As far as the battery side, you might get better results with the new Masafe 2 cable, however the voltage output on the HyperJuice battery is still a little to low for the new retina MBP.On the Car adapter side, similar story.   I'd suggest you consider a higher voltage adapter like the ones we sell here: http://mikegyver.com/IdeasnProducts/

Thanks!

Magsafe cables for Hyperjuice batteries

We are getting increasing emails about using magsafe cables with HyperJuice batteries. (as you may know they have been sued by Apple for illegally making/selling magsafe cables-Yes Making, selling grey/black market MagSafes, and as a result their alternative are huge boxes).

We are happy say that our magsafes will work just fine with their battery, or any other batteries on the market as long as the power specs are good.

There is one area we need to cover. The Apple brick adapter. As you might have read elsewhere in our website, the Apple brick adapter does not charge anything else EXCEPT the Macbook. The adapter 'talks' to the Macbook before it'll turn on. (While another chip in the Magsafe tip tells the Macbook to start charging) there is a way to 'trick' the adapter, and we are now offering charging from Apple Brick adapters.

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