Just wanted to update everyone, that we've posted more pictures of our final product!
It looks beautiful in shiny White! Click here
Stay powered up!
Mike
MCT-corp.com
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Update 5: USB-C charger adapter - Pre-Order here!
Hello,
Just wanted to update everyone, that we've posted more pictures of our final product!
It looks beautiful in shiny White! Click here
Mike
Just wanted to update everyone, that we've posted more pictures of our final product!
It looks beautiful in shiny White! Click here
Mike
TSA and external batteries
Hi all,
Do you remember the last time we wrote about being stopped by Airport Security (TSA)? For those of you who missed it, please check it out here: So I got stopped at #TSA ~ #TravellingTips #TravellingTales
I recently had another opportunity fly and keeping in mind what happened last time, I decided to see what would happen if I took our "Executive" battery along for the ride.
On arriving at the TSA, we had to perform the usual drill: put iPad in separate bins, take off shoes....etc. Not sure of what to expect, I left my 34.2ah battery (127wh) in my bag and shoved it through the X-ray machine. Well, I ended up walking through the body scanner and picking up my backpack (with my battery inside) on the other side. They didn't stop me, there were no delays and everything went quiet smoothly! All I kept thinking was: "Damn, I am not going to have much to blog about!"
Besides my disappointment at a lack of blog content though 😂, I am happy to report that it seems that even our Executive may at times makes it through TSA.
So with nothing else to blog about, I thought I would use this space just to answer a recent question by one of our battery users. He was asking us how we calculate our battery capacities (thinking all our batteries where over the 100W max for airlines). We calculate our battery capacities by multiplying the voltage of the individual cells inside the battery by it's total Ah.
For example - with our "executive" battery, the cells inside are each 3.7v so we take 3.7v x 34200mah which would then = 127wH.
If you do these calculations with all of our batteries, you will actually see that technically, the only two batteries that are not TSA compliant are our "CEO" which is ~195wH and our "Executive" which is ~127wH. All the rest of our batteries (which we call the platinum batteries) are good to go for TSA.
Why am I telling you this? Are we telling you to break the law or that you won't ever get stopped at TSA if you carry our CEO or Executive? No. Remember, your 'mileage' may vary, and you could end up having your battery confiscated or worse. Also remember...there is a reason they call me Mikegyver!! 😂
I have always wondered though, what the difference is between taking two 24aH batteries on a flight (177wH in total) and one big battery (like our Executive) that is 127wH. We would love to hear your thoughts on this one or any stories you might have of getting any of our batteries through TSA.
So what do you think? Is it the same as taking two batteries or one large one? Is it worth the risk?
Mike
Do you remember the last time we wrote about being stopped by Airport Security (TSA)? For those of you who missed it, please check it out here: So I got stopped at #TSA ~ #TravellingTips #TravellingTales
I recently had another opportunity fly and keeping in mind what happened last time, I decided to see what would happen if I took our "Executive" battery along for the ride.
On arriving at the TSA, we had to perform the usual drill: put iPad in separate bins, take off shoes....etc. Not sure of what to expect, I left my 34.2ah battery (127wh) in my bag and shoved it through the X-ray machine. Well, I ended up walking through the body scanner and picking up my backpack (with my battery inside) on the other side. They didn't stop me, there were no delays and everything went quiet smoothly! All I kept thinking was: "Damn, I am not going to have much to blog about!"
Besides my disappointment at a lack of blog content though 😂, I am happy to report that it seems that even our Executive may at times makes it through TSA.
So with nothing else to blog about, I thought I would use this space just to answer a recent question by one of our battery users. He was asking us how we calculate our battery capacities (thinking all our batteries where over the 100W max for airlines). We calculate our battery capacities by multiplying the voltage of the individual cells inside the battery by it's total Ah.
For example - with our "executive" battery, the cells inside are each 3.7v so we take 3.7v x 34200mah which would then = 127wH.
If you do these calculations with all of our batteries, you will actually see that technically, the only two batteries that are not TSA compliant are our "CEO" which is ~195wH and our "Executive" which is ~127wH. All the rest of our batteries (which we call the platinum batteries) are good to go for TSA.
Why am I telling you this? Are we telling you to break the law or that you won't ever get stopped at TSA if you carry our CEO or Executive? No. Remember, your 'mileage' may vary, and you could end up having your battery confiscated or worse. Also remember...there is a reason they call me Mikegyver!! 😂
I have always wondered though, what the difference is between taking two 24aH batteries on a flight (177wH in total) and one big battery (like our Executive) that is 127wH. We would love to hear your thoughts on this one or any stories you might have of getting any of our batteries through TSA.
So what do you think? Is it the same as taking two batteries or one large one? Is it worth the risk?
Stay powered up "SAFELY"!
Mike
MCT-corp.com
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Update 4: USB-C charger adapter - Pre-Order here!
Pre -Orders open
Hi Everyone,We are finally in production and super excited!!
We also just wanted to let everyone know that pre-orders are now open!
Don't pay too much attention to the pictures yet, as the final unit will be glossy white. We'll update the pictures as we get them. Consider this a Pre-announcement only!
Herewith then our pre-order link - place your order now:
http://mikegyver.com/store/index.php?product/page/2095/USB-C+Car+Adapter+charger
Stay powered up!
Mike
MCT-corp.com
Friday, June 9, 2017
UPDATE 3: USB-C charger Entering Production
UPDATE 3: USB-C charger - We Are Finally Entering Production!
Hi everyone, just wanted to send a small update.
We have officially entered into production for the World's First USB-C car and battery charger!
We expect it to be available in about a month and we are looking to have pre-orders up shortly.
If you have been following our blog, you might have noted that our USB-C charger was originally going to be 87w. For our current model, we had to compromise on the 87w power, dropping it down to 60w so as to maintain compatibility across all the larger devices like Macbook, Dell, HP, etc. Please be assured that 60w of power is still plenty of power (more then anyone else!) to charge and power your New Macbook Pro 15" from car or Battery. Also, there are a lot of external batteries out there that do not support 87w power which could potentially cause overload conditions.
Stay powered up!
Mike
MCT-corp.com
New Surface Pro 4 and Lind Car adapters
New Surface Pro 4 and related power supplies.
We have been selling Surface Pro Car accessories since the Surface hit the market. More specifically, our Lind Candy adapters originally could charge the Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4. But with the latest updates from Microsoft, it seems the Lind Candy adapter will no longer be able to power the Surface Pro 4.
As indicated by this thread:
it seems that the adapter that currently ships with the Surface Pro 4 is a bit underpowered! Also, looking at Microsoft's website, they only seem to be stocking the larger sized 65w replacement adapters and not the smaller 36w adapter that actually ships with the Surface Pro 4.
So, as of today, we are changing our store lineup and selling the Lind "candy" size adapter for the Surface Pro 3 ONLY. The Surface Pro 4's Lind adapters will be shipped with a higher power Lind adapter comparable to the 65W Microsoft replacement adapters. This larger size/higher power Lind adapter will allow users to continue to charge the Surface Pro 4 battery while the tablet is in use.
Stay powered up!
Mike
MCT-corp.com
Saturday, June 3, 2017
UPDATE 2: USB-C Adapter for full line of USB-C Macbooks! (Almost there)
I am so excited guys! We are almost there!
Final prototype in testing.
If all final testing goes well, we'll have pre-order up soon, so watch this space!
World's only USB-C car adapter and universal battery charger.
We recently tested our competitors, and we can safely say that we are going to be able to fully power a full sized Macbook Pro 15" from any External battery (within voltage output range of 12-24vdc),
Here are our some pictures of our prototype in final testing. (End casing will be white in color.)
Stay tuned! We will be announcing the launch of this great product first here!
Until then...
Mike
Final prototype in testing.
If all final testing goes well, we'll have pre-order up soon, so watch this space!
World's only USB-C car adapter and universal battery charger.
We recently tested our competitors, and we can safely say that we are going to be able to fully power a full sized Macbook Pro 15" from any External battery (within voltage output range of 12-24vdc),
Here are our some pictures of our prototype in final testing. (End casing will be white in color.)
(Pictures of our USB-C adapter after fully charging our MBP 15 from 0% charge.)
Stay tuned! We will be announcing the launch of this great product first here!
Until then...
Stay powered up!
Mike
MCT-corp.com
Monday, May 15, 2017
UPDATE: USB-C Adapter for full line of USB-C Macbooks!
Hi Everyone.
Thanks for emailing us your questions. We are still working hard on this project.
USB-C is turning out to be harder than expected as getting it to work across all devices is not an easy task. One of the reasons why is because USB-C PD is a smart adapter which means there is communication between the charger and the device to adjust the voltage accordingly. Most of today's devices typically have one adapter to one device.
Basically 1 to 1. USB-C is 1 to many.
The other delay has been our Courier unfortunately crushing our prototype during delivery which created a long wait whilst getting another one done :-(
Despite all of this, we are moving forward steadily and we will keep you all posted regarding our progress.
Thanks for your patience.
Mike
Thanks for emailing us your questions. We are still working hard on this project.
USB-C is turning out to be harder than expected as getting it to work across all devices is not an easy task. One of the reasons why is because USB-C PD is a smart adapter which means there is communication between the charger and the device to adjust the voltage accordingly. Most of today's devices typically have one adapter to one device.
Basically 1 to 1. USB-C is 1 to many.
The other delay has been our Courier unfortunately crushing our prototype during delivery which created a long wait whilst getting another one done :-(
Despite all of this, we are moving forward steadily and we will keep you all posted regarding our progress.
Thanks for your patience.
Stay powered up!
Mike
MCT-corp.com
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