Tech Friday: Testing Magfast Extreme charging an Apple iPad
Posted By RichC on May 26, 2023
This test is more for my own curiosity than any kind of controlled tech test, but since I’m often away from convenient 110VAC charging plugs, I would like to be able to recharge iPads and iPhones on the go. 
A few years back, I preordered a package of products from a startup company called Magfast as an early backer, mostly because I was impressed with the “marketeer” and founder’s previous product (the business side of his previous company failed). This new product line has been very slow to come to market and has soured me on Kickstarter-like backing, but it is now shipping, albeit slowly. I received a couple of their battery products call Magfast Life and Magfast Extreme and was recently notified that Magfast Air would soon be shipped. I previously posted that there was a problem charging low-draw devices like my Aftershotz Aeroplex headset, but all in all it does “eventually” charge an iPhone.
Conclusion: 10% to 45% = 2 hrs | 45% – 65% = 3 hrs | 65% to 90% = 5 hrs
So this test is to see just how long a basic iPad takes to recharge from 10% back to about 90% utilizing a fully charged Magfast Extreme. Interestingly I’ll be interested to know just how many LEDs showing power left in the Extreme will still be available for other devices if there was a need (ie. power outage).
Power drain on the Magfast Extreme battery pack: 10 LEDs to 5 LEDs in 5 hrs.
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