Have you ever wanted to recharge your laptop or phone while you sit on the beach – or at the coffee shop, when all the power outlets are being used by people who have been nursing the same cup of coffee for two hours? Have you ever wanted to curl your hair or charge your smartphone while sitting on a bench in the park,  or while camping in the wilderness? Well, now you can with ChargeAll — the first portable battery pack that has both a USB charging socket and a 120-volt wall plug outlet. Yes, you can just plug just about any 120V device into the ChargeAll — and in many cases, thanks to the inclusion of a huge lithium-ion battery, power that device for hours.ChargeAll, despite how revolutionary it sounds, is a very simple device. It’s basically a big white brick with a meaty four-cell 12,000 mAh lithium-ion battery, a DC-to-AC inverter, and a 5-volt USB socket and standard 120-volt US wall plug on the front. There doesn’t seem to be any magical, industry-redefining magic at play here: It’s just a battery-powered wall outlet.

(The only limit, incidentally, is that devices can’t use more than 85 watts. You can’t use ChargeAll to power a microwave — but it might just power your desktop PC, if you’re lucky.) We spoke to ChargeAll’s founder, Jeffrey Maganis, and he said most of the engineering work for ChargeAll has revolved around squeezing the circuitry and outlet into a small, portable chassis — but they haven’t discovered anything new from what I can tell. Maganis and co just seem to be the first to execute this obvious-in-hindsight idea. Maganis also tells us that the circuitry inside ChargeAll will prevent short-circuiting (particularly dangerous for a device that you’ll have in your pocket or bag) and automatically cut the power if more than 85 watts is used.And now the big caveat: ChargeAll is currently an Indiegogo project — but it has a very low target of $30,000, and an (perhaps a slightly optimistic) estimated delivery date of September. There are two models: ChargeAll Portable (12,000 mAh, ~$120), and the ChargeAll Powerful (18,000 mAh, ~$150).

Weight might also be an issue: The Portable model weighs in at 15 ounces (425 grams); the Powerful is 22 ounces (623 grams – about the weight of an iPad). You might just be able to put a ChargeAll in your pants pocket if you had an industrial, tightly cinched belt — but more realistically it’s a purse or laptop bag type thing.In terms of what you can do with the ChargeAll, here’s a taste: 12,000 mAh, after conversion losses and such, will get you around seven iPhone 5S charges, or four Galaxy S5 charges, or two laptop charges. Alternatively, you could power a small TV for a few hours, or a desktop fan for most of the day. You could even power a curling iron for an hour or two. For the Powerful 18,000 mAh model, add 50% to those figures. With a max wattage of 85W, you probably won’t be running your gaming PC (~300W) or a big plasma TV (200+ watts). You could run a small home theater PC or LCD monitor/TV for a few hours, though. [Read: How USB charging works, or how to avoid blowing up your smartphone.]

Ultimately, if ChargeAll can deliver on its promise of a single portable power pack that can keep all of your mobile devices charged — potentially for days on end — it’s a pretty darn sweet proposition. The only issue I can really see is that ChargeAll is pretty heavy; compact wall mounted air conditioning unitsif you already have a heavy shoulder bag, you probably won’t cherish the thought of adding another pound.how long does an ac unit last in texasWhile I don’t really think that people are going to start curling their hair at the cafe, I can foresee a lot of useful scenarios if you keep a ChargeAll in your laptop bag or backpack. how much is a 3 1 2 ton ac unitForget to plug your phone in last night?

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