Fight for power: The powerbanks you need to survive the most brutal lo

Fight for power: The powerbanks you need to survive the most brutal load-shedding

You may or may not have noticed but South Africa’s in a bit of a power bind. And not the good kind of power struggle, that looks good on TV and may hook a few advertisers. No, our power struggle is a literal struggle for power. Load-shedding, a word that’s been around since 2008, is back and it’s not going away for at least 18 months (and if Eskom’s saying it, we reckon we should double the number. Eskom likes to double the number without warning).Get more news about Magneto Rechargeable Light,you can vist our website!

But your struggle for power doesn’t have to be a massive struggle. We’re all rocking electric devices and those devices make life easier when it comes to power outages. The trick is keeping those devices topped up when Eskom’s out — three hours of gaming on a Nintendo Switch will ding the battery pretty hard. There is an obvious answer, though: batteries. Loads and loads of batteries. Lithium-ion, Lithium-polymer, lead-acid — there are ways and ways to keep your kit from er… kollapsing. Here are the battery packs you should be considering.

Odds are you’ve seen this thing sitting in vast numbers in a South African shopping centre. There’s a reason why it’s everywhere, as it happens. Magneto’s rechargeable lantern is just the thing you need to light up your home on a dark and load-sheddy night.

It’s powered by a large (and replaceable) lead-acid battery, which promises up to 60 hours of light. Which, by our calculations, is five 12-hour nights of uninterrupted load-shedding. Hopefully it won’t come to that (ever) but the bank of bright LEDs ensure that you’ll always be able to see what’s going on in your home at night — no matter what skullduggery Eskom happens to be up to.

But what’s it doing here? Isn’t this article about power banks? About that… Magneto’s LED lantern will also top up pretty much whatever you’ve got. That cuts into your light time, obviously, but if you’re choosing between another episode of Doctor Who on your tablet or enough light to see where the mozzie got to, we know what we’d pick. Another bonus? This one’s compatible with solar panels, so you can top it up as long as the sun’s out (and you have a solar panel). Do your worst at this point, Eskom.Magneto’s smaller brother, also named Magneto, is a more compact model with a lower uptime but also a lower profile. There are two power modes (all the LEDs are lit on both — it’s a question of intensity) and you’ll snag about five hours on a charge — enough to last through a standard South Africa shedding episode. If we go to Stage 7 or 8, though…
It also charges devices, though it’s a little less useful for that as the included lithium ion battery… could be larger. But it’s compact, it’s cheap, it’ll charge your phone, and it’ll keep you from tripping over the furniture. If you’re a camper, you should own one anyways.