Legion Portable Battery Comes With Embedded Microprocessor

Portable Battery Comes With LED Screen To Show The Status.

Limited battery life is just how it is and we have to figure out how to make sure to have enough power to make it throughout the day. We can do that by carrying charging cables and plugging our smartphone in whenever possible to keep the charge up. Or, as is the growing trend, carry a portable battery charger so that you can charge up your phone no matter where you are. That is the life that we live until a majority of smartphones have at least 2 days of charge under what I would consider normal usage. Until then, we look at how to keep our smartphones working. A new portable battery charger is coming in January which looks to alter what portable battery chargers look like. It is called Legion and is billed as The Battery Reinvented.

This week's KickStarter project is Legion - The Battery Reinvented. The fund raising campaign closed on August 29th with them raising 466% of the goal and you still can order one for delivery in January. For those that participated in the fund raising, they will be getting theirs in December. So, what makes this one so unique from all the other ones on the market?

The really big difference is that they are including a small microprocessor in the Legion case and an LED display which allows them to display far more than the idiot lights of the past. With that, they can display a lot more information for you. This is accomplished by pressing the power button to switch the display to another featured item. You will get a read out of Time To Discharge, percentage charge of portable battery and battery voltage to name a few of the 8 LED screens that you can see. This will give you what you need to know about the status of the battery instead of the green lights that we are used to seeing.

We all know that not all USB connections are the same with some putting out more watts than others. And with the LED display on the Legion, you are going to be able to determine the USB port that is going to charge up your Legion the fastest. We talked about the different USB ports wattage be in July for another KickStarter project.

There are 2 different models being offered by PLX Devices, so you get to make a choice. The Legion 5500 mAH for $79.99 and the Legion 11000 mAH for $99.99 with colors of Black and White. Coming in at 2.45 by 4.32 by 0.45 inches (5500) and 3.5 by 5.25 by 0.45 (11000), the size makes it portable. The weight for these is 4.4 ounces and 9.0 ounces.

Given the need to have an alternative source for charging up your smartphone because of limited battery life, these 2 new batteries with an LED display may give you far more confidence in charging up you device.