Emergency Power Bank Portable Charger with Torch

With personal safety in mind, Insight Security has launched the new "Emergency Power Bank" portable charger, which not only provides a backup charge for your Mobile Phone, Tablet or MP3 player, etc., but also incorporates a practical, high intensity, energy efficient COB LED torch.

Imagine that you're out for a drive in the country, it's dark and it's raining ...then to cap it all, your car dies on you! No power, no lights, you're stuck in the middle of nowhere, fed up and alone, but the good news is you know a man who can help.

Out comes your trusty mobile phone ...but oops the battery is dead! – must have been all those calls you made this morning – but not to worry, your Emergency Power Bank springs to the Rescue!

Of course this is only one scenario where you'll find the Emergency Power Bank worth it's weight in gold, whether it's that few day hiking trip through the wilds, or simply getting stuck at an airport waiting for delayed or cancelled flights, you'll know that you will always be able to top up your phone (or other device) battery wherever and whenever you want.

Why choose the "Stay-Safe Emergency Power Bank / Charger"?

• Measuring just 95 x 24mm and weighing just 74g, this compact unit is light enough to carry with you everywhere – so it'll always be on hand when you need it!
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• Quality manufacture and use of top grade components, such as the on board "A" grade Lithium Ion (Li-ion) rechargeable battery, coupled with sleek design make this a unit to love
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• It's a safe product to carry and use, and is compliant with all relevant test standards and certifications including; CE, RoHs, and UN38.3 -  (buying any Power Bank unit that is not certified to all of these standards could put your personal safety at risk)
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• The inclusion of the built in, high power COB LED torch, really does make this versatile little unit the ideal emergency support all-rounder (the image at the top of the page shows a flower vase on a wooden chest of drawers, illuminated at 6 metres from the torch face).
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• At 2,600mAh, the Power Bank stores enough power to recharge a dead mobile phone, IPOD, MP3 player, etc. (...and it's fast - on test, it took just 90 minutes to put a 90% top up charge into a Nokia Lumia 820 mobile phone).
  
  You can also use the Power Bank to partially recharge more power hungry devices such as your IPAD in an emergency. If you need a Power Bank primarily to keep your IPAD fully charged however, you'll need one with a minimum 15,000mAh rating, which will of course be a much bulkier, heavier unit and will cost a lot more.
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What you need to know about Power Banks before you buy:
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There are many devices currently flooding into the UK from the Far East, but beware, on-line reviews posted by disgruntled users, have described units that either did not work out of the box, failed after just a couple of uses, caught fire, or simply fell to bits.

The Insight Stay-Safe Emergency Power Bank portable charger, is designed and tested to meet or conform to all international quality and safety certifications and standards.

Worryingly, however there are units being sold on Ebay, etc, which are not even CE marked, let alone confirmed to be RoHs or UN38.3 compliant
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What to look for when choosing your Power Bank
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A portable power bank is basically a rechargeable battery within a protective external housing with an input connection point to allow the internal battery to be recharged and an output socket to allow the unit to be connected to and recharge the battery of an external device such as a mobile phone, MP3 player or other rechargeable battery operated device.

The rechargeable battery in most Power Banks is of the Lithium Ion type (Li-ion) which can store the level of power required to make the product viable, however as even respected mobile phone and computer manufacturers have discovered Li-ion batteries can become unstable (dentrites issues) and have even been known to self-ignite and burst into flame, which is why it is essential to only use units incorporating this type of battery that meet the very highest standards.

Most Li-ion batteries are manufactured in the Far East, however whilst some manufacturers produce top quality products ("A" grade) which meet the highest test standards, others manufacture their product to the lowest possible cost, resulting in an inferior and possibly even dangerous product
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Here are just a few of the problems you may encounter with units using a low grade rechargeable Li-ion battery;

• a short lifespan (failure within days or a few weeks is not uncommon)
• it takes longer to recharge the on-board battery than advertised
• it takes longer to recharge the external device than claimed
• it may fall short of the charging capacity advertised
• it may overheat and ignite or explode
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Here are the minimum certifications / approvals your unit should have;
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• CE mark – this is a legal requirement for any product sold into Europe including the UK
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• RoHs compliance - The RoHS compliance European Regulations, limit the amount of certain hazardous chemicals in the constituents of products, appliances and sub-components, the limits apply to the following:
  
   Lead (Pb)
   Mercury (Hg)
   Cadmium (Cd)
   Hexavalent Chromium (Cr 6+)
   Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)
   Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
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• UN 38.3 – this is a rigorous test standard designed to ensure the safety of Lithium batteries during shipping by air, sea or road.
  
  Lithium batteries are required to pass section 38.3 of the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (UN Transportation Testing) which includes specific tests to simulate all possible environments and risks that may be encountered during transportation;
  
  T1 – Altitude Simulation (Primary and Secondary Cells and Batteries)
  T2 – Thermal Test (Primary and Secondary Cells and Batteries)
  T3 – Vibration (Primary and Secondary Cells and Batteries)
  T4 – Shock (Primary and Secondary Cells and Batteries)
  T5 – External Short Circuit (Primary and Secondary Cells and Batteries)
  T6 – Impact (Primary and Secondary Cells)
  T7 – Overcharge (Secondary Batteries)
  T8 – Forced Discharge (Primary and Secondary Cells)