Whenever I get the chance to test a product's cut out voltage I do now, and I have only found one which a small chance that a Batteriser could improve the usability. But that's clearly due to a bad design decision.
I think I have one, a Logitech "Anywhere Mouse MX".
Seeing all these crap products makes me mad, but mostly sad... Sad that for every Batteriser that you expose for bring a scam, you have 10x more types of garbage products out there that continue. It is an impossible task to challenge them all, and even if you did, people would still buy them and swindlers will continue to make a living.
Remote for LG TV (2AA): This remote is badly designed IMO, the capacitor inside is too small and it takes high current spikes.
The µCurrent revealed it Voltage under load (a spike) 1.6-1.7V while the batteries had 2.33V when idle.
Frankie Roohparvar's initial brainstorm:
Do all EE Engineers draw ellipses like an 8-year old would?
Is this what 'Big Battery and the break-in' was about?
Voltage regultor block VR1?
WTF???!!!!!
I wonder if a simple clip-on capacitor might actually be more useful than a batteriser? It would smooth out all those current spikes and keep the internal chemistry more stable.
Voltage regultor block VR1?
WTF???!!!!!Yep. Batteriser voltage output is regulated (to 1.5V).
Remote for LG TV (2AA): This remote is badly designed IMO, the capacitor inside is too small and it takes high current spikes.
The µCurrent revealed it Voltage under load (a spike) 1.6-1.7V while the batteries had 2.33V when idle.
I wonder if a simple clip-on capacitor might actually be more useful than a batteriser? It would smooth out all those current spikes and keep the internal chemistry more stable.
The battery life extension from capacitors is very real in coin cells: http://www.ti.com/lit/wp/swra349/swra349.pdf
Voltage regultor block VR1?
WTF???!!!!!
I think this what really caught the Batteriser Brothers by surprise - that anybody would actually question what they were doing.
I mean: They actually did some engineering compared to those other guys (sure, the math doesn't work but Batteriser is actually pretty good from a design/engineering viewpoint).
Just look at the amount of things that they have gotten wrong and have had to backtrack on. It's a long list of embarrassing oversights from their patent onwards that would have been fleshed out at the first prototype stage should they have done the required testing.
It seems fairly clear they only cared about the (otherwise excellent) packaging part.
It seems fairly clear they only cared about the (otherwise excellent) packaging part.
I think this what really caught the Batteriser Brothers by surprise - that anybody would actually question what they were doing.
I mean: They actually did some engineering compared to those other guys (sure, the math doesn't work but Batteriser is actually pretty good from a design/engineering viewpoint).
My guess is it actually started out as a good idea, and then they simply got too invested in the idea, and more importantly, the idea of turning it into a patent/startup business, solving the packaging problem etc, than bothering (or simply not knowing how to?) to do the basic engineering and look to see if the basic premise was viable.
Just look at the amount of things that they have gotten wrong and have had to backtrack on. It's a long list of embarrassing oversights from their patent onwards that would have been fleshed out at the first prototype stage should they have done the required testing.
Voltage regultor block VR1?
WTF???!!!!!You know that dyslexia is a pretty common thing? It doesn't say anything about how smart you are. Some of the great minds were dyslectic. So can we please stop throwing mud at simple spelling mistakes?
It seems fairly clear they only cared about the (otherwise excellent) packaging part.
Have I missed where it states the maximum current which the Batteriser can supply?
Ridiculous claims about capacity aside, I'll be genuinely impressed if they can actually squeeze a working dc-dc converter into approximately zero thickness.
At the end of the day, Caveat Emptor is an individual's own responsibility.
But it's great that people like Dave try to give fair warning...
If such a 'successful' team, one of them holding 500 patents, needs a $30,000 kick starter founding for a product worth $2,50 in retail, you know exactly what’s going on.
Have I missed where it states the maximum current which the Batteriser can supply?
Have I missed where it states the maximum current which the Batteriser can supply?
No, the Batteriser sleeve is designed to deliver as much current as a battery is able to supply to the device.
If such a 'successful' team, one of them holding 500 patents, needs a $30,000 kick starter founding for a product worth $2,50 in retail, you know exactly what’s going on.
FTFY.