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    • Overall Rating: 4
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 4
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    Worked well for some things

    posted by TrisMcKee on 03/04/2013 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    -Fairly solid build quality -Red LED confirms circuit is working -All solders look good to me -Works with many different batteries -Delivered a good 4.9-5v -Very small -Solid USB connector
    Cons:
    -Wasn't powerful enough to charge my ipod touch (4th gen) or Nexus 4, however was able to charge my iPod video (5th gen)
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Another good USB charger

    posted by relic38 on 12/04/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    - Small, easy to use - Stays cool enough to put in an enclosure without worrying about overheating
    Cons:
    - LED is on as long as power is applied; cannot be used to indicate charging is active. This may or may not be a bad thing. - ...
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Great DC-DC step up module

    posted by marcosh72 on 11/22/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    - Really works; - Fine regulated out, it's pretty accurate 5v; - You can recharge your phone or whatever from a single AA battery or any other supply, like a solar panel; - It's small; - Fits everywhere, seems great to embedded projects;
    Cons:
    - It's hard to attach it to a box or anything like this, because it doesn't have screw holes; - Bad finish, you can cut yourse...
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    • Overall Rating: 4
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 1
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    Cheap

    posted by metal03326 on 10/03/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    - It's cheap. - It has good build quality. - It's small.
    Cons:
    - Voltage drops when heavy load is applied. - The LED mounted on the board cannot be switched off to save precious milliamps w...
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 4
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    Good to power portable devices

    posted by samkosamko on 09/24/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 day to 1 week

    Pros:
    Very good dc-dc step-up converter. I use it for powering my smartphone when use hiking navigating software. I bought a 18650 battery holder case to power this module. It is possible to power module from any battery, but then input current will be higher. Us...
    Cons:
    To use it as a dedicated USB power source have to be "data pins" on USB connector short circuited (according to USB s...
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    • Overall Rating: 4
    • Price: 4
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 3
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    Ideal for solar cells!

    posted by Polonium on 09/13/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month

    Pros:
    Great gadget for a very reasonable price. I use this step-up booster to transform the voltage of 3 solar panels (about 1.5V) to 5V. The current however is insuficcient to charge my smartphone. Most other devices charged well. (I think maximum current at 1.5...
    Cons:
    Difficult to attach to something, since there are no holes in the PCB.. Red light is not very bright.
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