I purchased this to charge mainly my samsung galaxy 3 phone. As an object, it is well designed and interesting. the underside has 4 holes which will light up when you move it to tell you how much power it's got. But the problem with that is it lights up not only when it's shaken, but when you move it. so if it is bouncing around in your purse or you move it from one place to another it lights up, using some minimal amount of power from the unit. I've used it a couple of times to charge up my phone. The last time was this morning, when the phone power was in the red, and the backup only gave me a 60% charge on my samsung. I know it does say "(one full charge for most phones)" as part of the description of the battery. i'm intersted to test it on the iphone.Once I received it I thought it would be a great idea to have it around for my other portable devices like my ipod or ipad mini. But then realized that it wouldn't work on either unless i carried their respective cords around with me to connect. This backup comes with a usb to micro usb which works with most andriod phones but not apple products. so if you have an apple product you want to charge with this, then you have to keep in mind that you have to carry 2 cords around.
The cord that it comes with is shorter than what you normally get with a phone or other devices, but still 2' long. i think it could be much shorter and would be amazing if it was intergrated into the unit itself. i.e. the old le cie external hard drives.
i will be using this because i have it, but if i had the chance to return it, it probably would exchange it for something that would give me more than 60% on a charge.
It's also slow and definitely not worth the price.
Manufacturer said I must have gotten a lemon and was very nice about taking it back and authorizing a refund
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