It’s common to think that the battery that comes with your laptop is the only source of power when not connected directly to a traditional wall jack. However, there are many other options for providing your laptop with external power or in extending the life of mobile laptop power. In regards to an external power supply for your laptop, on average, laptop battery life lasts around 90 minutes, which isn’t much time when trying to get some serious work done. So what options does one have for extending the life and time of the laptop when on the go?
One option is to use an external laptop battery as your laptop power supply. Since the connection and wattage is not contingent on the type of laptop for these external batteries, they work for any laptop. Meaning, they are universal and work for most major brands such as Dell, Lenovo, IBM, HP, Gateway, Acer, Sony, etc.
A good external laptop battery or laptop charger can extend the life of your laptop to as many as 10 hours in some cases (depending on the batter you chose and the amount of juice your particular laptop requires).
Another positive aspect of the external batteries to provide laptop power supply is they are comparatively lightweight. Usually weighing between 1.6 up to 3.3 pounds. Although light in weight, they can be fairly expensive ranging from $150 to $500. One thing to remember however, that is these external sources of laptop power can provide power to many different devices such as mp3 players, mobile phones, PDA, or many other hand-held devices. Therefore, even though the price may be high, you are really getting several external power sources for your money.
Being lightweight, these external batteries can be carried in you laptop or touchscreen tablet bag ready to provide extra power for those long business flights. There is nothing more frustrating then running out of power when you’re right in the middle of important work. External laptop batteries do not need drivers or software to be loaded on your laptop and can use your current laptops AC plug (using different tips usually provided with the battery).
Using external battery power as your laptop power supply can help you get the most use out of your laptop. After all, isn’t that why you purchased a laptop, to be mobile? To be able to use it anywhere? Don’t worry about running out of power in the middle of important work, get an extra backup with an external laptop power supply and battery to keep in your laptop bag. Whether you use your notebook exclusively on the go or you have it setup with a docking station or laptop computer stand, having an extra source of power such as an external batter keeps you covered in case of a power outage.
Obviously you do have to charge these batteries. Charging time is usually quicker than re-charging your laptops internal battery which is another nice feature.
