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can a USB wall charger actually be cool
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can Dave Taylor here and I want to talk
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about power charging I want to talk
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about your devices and how you actually
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give them power because it turns out
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that this is probably the most boring
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Topic in the whole world I mean
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seriously power chargers super big
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yawner except when you see one that's
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designed well and this is the I clever
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boost Cube and this is a really
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well-designed little travel dual USB
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charger so right off the bat you notice
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the power prongs fold in so that's nice
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for your luggage the whole thing is a
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really nice feel to it I clever has
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really nice manufacturing and the device
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feels super tough it's not going to be
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broken because it was hit by something
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in your luggage and it's just really
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nice it's a very strong solid feeling
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unit it has the dual USB both of which
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actually have a very subtle illumination
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when the device is plugged in in case
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you need to plug in your charger while
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you're actually in the middle of a pitch
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dark room why this would happen I don't
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know I haven't had that experience but
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it can do it so that's great much more
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importantly is it has the I clever smart
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ID system and what that does is each of
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the USB plugs actually can figure out
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the maximum charging amperage that it
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can feed your device so you can get 2.4
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amp which on an iPhone or an iPad for
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example will give you the fastest
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possible charge it also has built-in
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circuitry and smarts so it will manage
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to make sure you never have overcharging
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or overheating or any overcurrent issues
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so it's actually has safety mechanisms
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built into it too super nice super
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helpful and here's the great thing if
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you've been to the Apple Store and
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picked up one of their extra wall
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Chargers and you're like these are
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really expensive what's the deal here
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you will love the fact that this lists
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for $1 199.99 but right now on
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amazon.com it's $8.99 so this is such a
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no-brainer I'm just going to say go and
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get one and throw it in your suitcase
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and then you'll never worry about oh no
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I forgot my charger and you got a second
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charger so you can charge two devices
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simultaneously how awesome is that I
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clever boost Cube Speaking of awesome
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awesome great now the other thing I
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clever sent me is the other brand new
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device this is the Boost strip and this
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is an interesting little device because
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this is really perfect for a hotel room
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but it also could work really well on
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your desk at work has a 5ft power cord
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yes it's a three Pronger because it
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gives you two three-prong plugs so it's
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like a little tiny extension cord with a
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power button so you can turn it on or
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off but where this gets really cool is
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when I show you the side what do you see
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there four count them Vanna tell them
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what they've won oh no that's wrong
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sorry four USB plugs and you can plug in
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four devices simultaneously and they'll
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all charge and they all have that same
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IE clever smart ID technology but what's
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really nice is that it's all just so
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welld designed and it's so easy to work
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with you can easily imagine that you're
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in a hotel and you have no power outlets
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and so you have to pull the side table
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out and in the back there's one for the
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light one for the alarm and none for you
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it's like well that's not really work so
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what I usually do is I'll unplug the
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alarm clock cuz I got my own phone
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anyway I don't need that and then if I
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plug this in now I've got two Chargers
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and all the USB so this is really great
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if you're not staying at the Ritz
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Carlton or Waldorf aoria so super nice
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and it works anywhere from 100 to 240
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volts so as long as you can get the plug
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to f in the wall you're going to have a
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lot of options here in terms of when
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you're traveling and it has surge
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protection so it will also protect your
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devices that you plug into this rather
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than plug directly into the wall this
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can be particularly important if you
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travel to countries where they have
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rougher less managed power and you get
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surges or outages or whatever this thing
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will help your devices survive that
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experience so I really like both of
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these devices I really like IE clever
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they just are making really good quality
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products so this is the I clever boost
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strip and it runs $32.99 no that's its
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original price it actually is on Amazon
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$20.99 so if you want to find this this
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is the I clever boost strip IC
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bs01 I really like it and I extra super
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really like the Boost Cube this is
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something that I am going to be putting
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in my suitcase as soon as I'm done
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recording this video so this is Dave
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Taylor I'm out of here and I'll catch
