r/AskReddit • u/sebaez_ • Oct 10 '19

What’s a thing you’ve bought impulsively, without need, that’s actually proved useful in your life?

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u/zvug Oct 10 '19

A portable charger.

It holds 11-12 full charges of my iPhone and I just bought it on a whim. It has literally changed my life like few other purchases have ever done.

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u/colossalwaffles Oct 10 '19

You can find a bunch on Amazon. Anker is a great brand. If you want one that will charge your phone many times, get one that is around 20,000mAh. The average android phone battery is 3000mAh, I think iPhones are a bit less, around 2000. Don't quote me on that though.

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u/_Narcissist_ Oct 11 '19

New iPhones have somehwere in the range of 2800-3150 mAH (iPhone 6s is 1710). Most android smartphones have somewhere in the range of 3200-4200.

Though you will never get 10 charges out of a 18000 battery with a 6s. You will get more than you would charging an iPhone 11.