A belt with a battery in it sounded like a good idea to someone

[Dietrichw]

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The people who launched the MiniDrive are combining a belt with a battery because having some lithium strapped around your waist is the new fad. The Xoo belt has a 1,300 mAh lithium ceramic polymer flexible battery in between the leather of the belt and the buckle which as a 800mAh battery in it. There is a flat micro USB cable and battery level indicator lights. The Xoo belt will cost $155.

 

 

 

[Pugs501]

I've seen everything now...

[Bensemus]

I feel like a battery case is better. I have one for my phone and it cost less that a hundred and can fully charge it with some power left over.

[Jobbe03]

inb4 infertility

[terrytek]

This is actually cool. Genuinely cool.

[Aniallation]

I swear people need to start coming up with so many of these external batteries, they are not an excuse to make the battery life in phones better.

[DigitalHermit]

and then someone gets their d*ck blown off because of a defective/damaged battery...

[bcredeur97]

#1. its overpriced

 

#2. a flexible thin battery that went around the entire belt would of been a better implementation

 

#3. 800 mAh HA. this wont even charge my phone once... and I have an iPhone 5 which is well known for its small battery

 

#4. I dont want a cable hanging down from my belt buckle... why cant the cable come out the side and go into my pocket...

 

#5. This is way too geeky... its a neat idea but it just needs to be more seamless. and be better planned out.

[Arty]

I would use it....

[SirSquid]

As an ingress player this might be a cool last resort power bank.

[dizmo]

This is so stupid. That connector can't be comfortable pressed against your side, not to mention what happens when you want to use it? Fold it over?

I'm sure that'll last a real long time.

And that price! Are you kidding me? I'll take a $20 portable battery that will have 50% more juice in it, thanks.

2100mah doesn't power many devices these days. Not sure what that guys been smoking.

[mopman94]

You're perfectly happy with having a lithium battery in your pocket all day, you should probably think it through before slating new products for the sake of it.

[patrickjp93]

#1. its overpriced

#2. a flexible thin battery that went around the entire belt would of been a better implementation

#1 true

#2... Oh hell no! What happens when you get older and put on weight around the middle? As you strain to get it closed I can onlyimagine sheering the battery casing and spilling acid all over yourself for some nasty chemical burns.

[bob345]

great idea, but i dont think it will be sucsessful as you can get much larger batteries for much cheaper. Maybe when the tchnology is better it may be a viable option.

[Octagoncow]

The idea seems... Alright; but that capacity is way too low to accomplish anything. Accounting the charging efficiency, that would almost charge my phone half way.

[Deli]

We need bra and underpants with rechargeable function instead. 

[AlexGoesHigh]

bitch i have a better idea, slap a QI pad in your pocket and put the battery below the pocket close to the knees, if you have an iphone then buy a case that allows wireless charging on it, sell it for 50$ with a 4000-5000 mha battery + the cost of the pant themselves or 60$ with a kit to put it on your own pants, that's a better idea

[13CA350]

This shouldn't have to be a thing

But

I'd buy it

[totjup5]

What happens when the battery blows up a couple inches above your junk? lol

[Syntaxvgm]

so...
if someone beats their kid with this belt...
will they get charged with battery?

I'll leave now

[Xorbot]

inb4 infertility

 

The best time to be "in" if you want any hope at having children.

[Kamil]

All these people talking about the dangers of having a battery so close to your crotch... I wonder how many of them keep their phone in their front pocket.

Anyways, I don't really feel like I need a battery bank, and if I did there are plenty of options that can fit in a pocket with many times the capacity at a fraction of the price. I wouldn't necessarily call this overpriced since there's probably some fairly significant engineering challenges to overcome and not all that much space to fit the battery anyway, but it basically ended up not being a useful battery bank compared to a lot of better options.

[patrickjp93]

All these people talking about the dangers of having a battery so close to your crotch... I wonder how many of them keep their phone in their front pocket.

Anyways, I don't really feel like I need a battery bank, and if I did there are plenty of options that can fit in a pocket with many times the capacity at a fraction of the price. I wouldn't necessarily call this overpriced since there's probably some fairly significant engineering challenges to overcome and not all that much space to fit the battery anyway, but it basically ended up not being a useful battery bank compared to a lot of better options.

Phones operate in non-ionizing frequencies. The idea that they can cause cancer has absolutely no substantial proof. 

[Kamil]

Phones operate in non-ionizing frequencies. The idea that they can cause cancer has absolutely no substantial proof.

I'm fairly certain people were talking about how Lithium Ion batteries have a tendency to explode on occasion, and either way I specifically used the term "Battery" and never the term "cancer".

However, now that I look back at the thread I notice that only two people were specifically talking about it exploding and we had already gotten a sarcastic response to them which I had missed, so I suppose my post was at best unnecessary.

[Toxiguana]

This actually seems like a reasonable idea to me.  It would certainly make it easier to carry around a battery bank and have it accessible everywhere.