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| EEVblog #751 - How To Debunk A Product (The Batteriser) |
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| PeterL:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 06, 2015, 09:05:26 am ---The thing I don't get is why he even had to do that? --- End quote --- I would say only for marketing. All that the crowd reads here is: "This device is confirmed by an independent authority". --- Quote from: EEVblog on June 06, 2015, 09:05:26 am ---... Look at his LinkedIn profile: --- Quote ---..Dr. Roohparvar is also a professor at California State University, ... --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Wow, I just wonder why they didn't put that in the PCWorld article. I'm starting to get a bad vibe about universities in California now... |
| PeterL:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 06, 2015, 09:05:26 am ---...At the price it would have still sold like hot cakes if they simply said 50% extra life or whatever on average. --- End quote --- Yes, and if that was how they had put it, I would probably actually be positive about myself.. (though cautious to recommend it to others, since you do need to understand when and how to use it). About the price: What kind of production numbers do you think they're targeting at? It must be huge I would say, and they already mentioned the price, so they really need a big start on their IGG campaign don't they? |
| Grapsus:
Those kinds of marketing stunts really make me loose faith in humanity. The technical guy who designed the converter knows that their claims are bullshit, the marketing guys are even worse because they invented the bullshit. Then you have all those shitty tech magazines who probably have doubts but do nothing to verify what they publish, because if they did they would be unable to come with this giant headline and lose potential audience. I doubt releasing the product is in their interests, the real goal is to build a lot of hype around their startup so that a lot of venture capitalists fight in order to "fund" them. And their product is just perfect for duping any kind of investor: "look this battery is dead and when we plug our thingie on it, it comes alive again by tapping into all this wasted energy". So what's the future for the Batteriser ? If they succeed in their little scam, they'll be able to get more than a million dollars. Then they'll rent offices in Sunnyvale, hire their friends. Maybe finally release something. And since real people won't use it, they'll be screwed. |
| Wytnucls:
Why do you think this is a scam? The voltage boost technology has been around for a while. The battery manufacturers are well aware of the wasted energy in their product and how to recover some of it. The miniaturization of the circuit in this gizmo is the clincher. The 800% battery life increase may even be true in some extreme case. We know marketing will naturally concentrate on those figures to grab the headlines. With most devices cutting out below 1V, the normal battery life extension is more likely to be around 20%, according to the Duracell constant power discharge curve. This is an electronic blog. Someone here should have the equipment and the skills to disprove the claims with some hard testing of batteries, instead of everybody dismissing it all, out of hand. |
| 0xdeadbeef:
--- Quote from: Wytnucls on June 06, 2015, 10:19:40 am ---The 800% battery life increase may even be true in some extreme case. --- End quote --- As mentioned before, an increase by 800% would mean that only about 11% of the capacity would be used under normal conditions. Not taking into account efficiency etc. I guess it will be extremely difficult to find one case where this is the case. |
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