Laptop Power Packs

Afternoon followers, I thought we should update you on the latest antics that we have been up to in the past week!

I am sure many of you are excited about the new season of Forumla 1 that has started, well done Jenson Button and well done to Lewis Hamilton for coming 3rd (Jano Trulli has been knocked down a place since the race finished), we look forward to an exciting season and who knows we may well see our gorgeous Jenson Button lift the trophy this year, how exiciting!

The Monkeys were flying all over the place last week, we have had many orders through Spain and a few items went across the pond to the USA; we really are becoming International!

We also started a Limited company so Mobi Power Packs is now an LTD, wooo hooo, we will go VAT registered shortly also and then it really starts to get scary!

We hired space last week at a Danish event to show case all the products, the event was centered around wine tasting and I even bought some myself ;)

We had a lot of interest from walkers, there is a group of people who will be walking the north of Spain next month, the walk is 800KM and they plan to walk 34KMs per day, this is where the PowerMonkey eXplorer will come into it's own, these walkers will be camping and covering 35KMs per day up a mountain, not much chance of finding somewhere to charge for a few days at a time, plus the Spanish weather will be packing out a few UV rays next month so the SolarMonkey will really perform, it will allow these walkers contact with the outside world while on their adventure.

The PowerMonkey will charge a mobile for 96 hours on standby, along with MP3 players, Blackberry, PDA, Nintendo and PSP, including digital cameras.

The SolarMonkey will charge your mobile via the UV power of the sun, the SolarMonkey will also charge PDA, Blackberry, PSP, Nintendo, Digital Cameras including powering portable speakers while charging the rechargeable batteries that are in the speakers, meaning you never need to be without charge while hiking, walking or camping!

How does a Solar Monkey work?

Yesterday we decided to get a little bit more techno and do our first informative video which demonstrates the Solar Monkey, Power Monkey and Sound Traveller speakers all working together using the power of the sun!

We have to say, however, that we are not the greatest when it comes to acting in front of the camera so we decided to stay out of the camera view and just do a voice over, we think it turned out well so we decided to show you, our readers and ask what you think of our first attempt at Monkey-ing around on video?



What is Solar Power?
OK, techy's let's talk about Solar Power and why we need it, as we know electricity is free electrons flowing along a cable and the sun does this by bombarding specific a thin layer of silicon with photons.

The bombardment releases electrons from the silicon sending it down the cable, giving you electricity, because so few electrons are released this way, currently we need large Solar Panels to give us a useful amount of electricity.

Today, however, with the advancement in silicon and chemicals such as nano phosphates we are getting better and better at releasing more electrons, gaining more power for the size of the panel, who knows? One day we may be powering our entire houses with a small solar panel on the roof.

Enough Solar Energy falls on the surface of the earth every forty minutes to meet the entire world's energy needs for the year.

The sun's power is produced by nuclear fusion which converts about 700 million tons of hydrogen to about 695 million tonnes of helium, the remaining 5 million tons is converted to energy during the reaction in the form of gamma rays and produces about 386 billion, billion mega watts!!!


This LASCO C2 image, taken 8 January 2002 by the Soho Space Observatory, shows a widely spreading coronal mass ejection as it blasts more than a billion tons of matter out into space at millions kilometres per hour. If you could remember this day, you would probably remember that your TV went a little funny!

Motormonkey from Scorpion

Your car journeys will never be the same again! The monkey business at Powertraveller is now filling the zoo with all types including the Powermonkey, the Powerchimp, the Powergorilla and now are you ready for it....

Motormonkey - The smallest, lightest in-car charger in the world can charge most popular mobile phones, iPods, PSPs and BlackBerry's whilst you're on the move!



Its Slimline design means that Motoromonkey is unobtrusive in your car and you can leave it plugged into your cigarette lighter when you're not using it, without worrying about draining your car's battery!

Motormonkey will fully support Apple iPod nano, iPod Classic, iPhone, iPod Touch and other iPod series via motormonkey USB socket.

Each Kit Includes:
1 x motormonkey unit
1 x Samsung M300 / G600 adaptor
1 x Nokia & 1 x Mini Nokia adaptor
1 x USB retractable cable
1 x Mini USB adaptor for Motorola Razr, BlackBerry and other USB powered devices
1 x Sony-Ericsson K750i wide adaptor
1 x DC 4.0 adaptor for Sony PSP and some digital cameras
1 x LG Chocolate adaptor

If your product is not listed above don't panic as of course we have a solution for that and this you are going to love....

Monkeynuts - are a range of adaptors or tips which enable you to connect your Motormonkey to a wide range of phones, iPods, MP3's, headsets. The list below is comprehensive and is continually updated so if yours isn't listed then please email me or contact us on 0800 4488059 for assistance with your Motormonkey needs.

Monkeynuts Adaptors
Acer N35
Archos 4.0 (Kit)
Blackberry All Mini USB (Kit)
Creative Zen DC 4.0
DC 2.3
DC 2.5
DC 3.0 for Motorla W220
DC 3.5 x 1.3
DC 5.5
Dell Axim C55
Dell Axim DC 4.0 (Kit)
Dell Axim X30HP
iPaqiPod Direct Black
iPod Direct White
iPod USBLG 8080
LG Chocolate
Mini USB
Motorola V998
Motorola V66 ROKR, Motorola V3 RAZR (Kit)
Nintendo DSNintendo DS-Lite
Nokia Mini DC 2.0 (Kit)
Nokia Std (End of Powermonkey)
O2 XDA Mini USB (Kit)
Palm / Tungsten E2
Palm / Tungsten i705
Palm One / Tungsten E
Panasonic D92
Panasonic D95
Samsung A288 & D600
Samsung A990
E900 & X820 (Kit)
Z500
Siemens A31 (EL71 / S68
C25 & A65 (Kit)
C55
Sony Clie PEG Full Series
DV1 Cynershot
DV2
DV3
DV4
Sony K750i wide connector (Kit)
Sony PSP DC 4.0 (Kit)
Sony T28 USB Retractable Cable
Vodaphone / Sagen VS1

Movie Traveller from Scorpion

Being a Chauffeur I am always on the look out betterment for my cust0mers particularly when I have parents in the car with children. These days it is not uncommon to have DVD's in the back and Scorpion is no different.

Powertraveller Movietraveller



Powertraveller have once again come to the rescue with this fantastic portable DVD player.

The clear, sharp 7" widescreen TFT display allows for top-quality playback and will even work with CDs, Kodak picture CDs and MP3 CDs so your travels will never be boring.

Featuring integrated stereo speakers, this unit is made from rubberised materials for extra durability and is slot loading - meaning it measures just 2.6cm deep!




Movietraveller in the Scorpion Touareg

The pic on the left shows the Movietraveller in-situ in my Touareg. In the base of the Movietraveller is a centre fixing hole which is screwed to a bespoke Brodit centre armrest bracket which simply slips over the armrest with no drilling.

The Movietraveller can then be turned to suit the rear passenger occupants.

Using a headphone splitter I then have 2 sets of headphones for 2 rear seat passengers. This allows the other occupants in the car to travel without the sound from the DVD and keeps the kids quiet. I use a 12v cigarette lighter socket to power the unit and when not in use it slips neatly into the rear pocket on the drivers seat.

The Movietraveller can be powered via the included battery pack, from the mains or the cigarette lighter cable and because its so compact although there's no room for an internal battery, the ultra-thin lithium-ion travel battery will provide you with about 2.5 hours playback when you're away from a power source. Pack contains: SDV 37-S portable DVD player, earbud headphones, remote control, headrest mounting kit and carry case.

More details about the Movietraveller are available from our website or email us about the movietraveller, alternatively, call 0800 4488059.