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Pure DC power and the New Year.

Hi Everyone, As we close out the year, I wanted to close out with a few thoughts… Ideas come and go only to be replaced with new, bigger, better tech, cheaper tech. Ideas get copied and ideas get replaced.  This ultimately means change. Change sometimes can be a struggle. It means coming up with new …

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Mikegyver Engineering Services

Hi, In our last blog, we mentioned that we are going to make a business move toward engineering services.  So what does this actually mean?  Mikegyver’s first product was actually modified Apple MacBook Car adapters.  Anyone who follows us knows that we simply bought Apple supplied Adapters, cut off the Magsafe cable and converted it to …

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Facts you didn’t know about power and power banks

Understanding Power Banks and  Power cables Is it possible for a small battery to outlast large batteries? Not all Power Banks (or External Batteries) are the same.  Power Bank capacity is usually measured in mAH or WH.  Most of the time you’ll see the capacity measured in mAH.  The higher capacity the longer it will …

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Hurricane, No Power, No Internet, Oh my!

Hi everyone. As you know Hurricane Irma visited us recently.  I wanted to thank everyone who emailed us their well wishes during her visit.  It was really nice just knowing you guys were out there! We were lucky enough not to have suffered major damage, but this was the first time in my life I …

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Final Update 5: USB-C charger adapter – NOW AVAILABLE!

Hi Everyone,We’re proud to announce that our USB-C Car and External battery adapter is NOW available!!Charge your Macbook Pro 15″ touchbar or any other larger device with our USB-C adapter.It can plug into any car cigarette plug and any external battery power bank that output’s 12-24vdc. Do you have a battery that has a special …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Battery Box conversion

Hi All, Recently a customer came to us about converting their Batterybox. He was concerned that we might not be able to convert the Batterybox due to the software used to control it since removing the center pin on Magsafe end. So this is what you read about Batterybox: BatteryBox powers your laptop rather than …

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Electricity is like water…

Hi! Did you know electricity is just like water?  Recently we had to troubleshoot a problem with an adapter that kept blinking on and off when connected to a Surface Pro 4. After extensive troubleshooting I realized that this might make for a great blog. So here we go… A customer approached us with what …

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