It just all depends on what your preferences are. A vibrating battery pack lets you check it in a crouded situation when its too loud to hear the tones or in a meeting where making noise is distracting for everyone in the meeting. Those are a couple of reasons a vibrating one might be a good thing. Teresa☺
On 3/23/18, Esther Levegnale <elevegn...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi, Michael, > > I too have one of those vibrating battery chargers and it gives me a great > deal of peace of mind as well. Previously, I too had one of those battery > packs with a flashlight on it, and even though I do have light perception, > it is harder to indicate whether or not the flashlight is on during > daylight. At least, this is the case for me. I agree, the charger from > Harbolt is a bit bulky and heavy, but it does the trick for me and I’m glad > I purchased it. I would highly recommend this charger. > > Esther Levegnale > > Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+! > >> On Mar 23, 2018, at 6:41 AM, Michael Feir <michael.f...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A perfectly fair question especially when there are much cheeper and >> lighter external batteries. Normally, there's no way to tell how much >> charge is in an ordinary battery pack if you're totally blind. Charge is >> usually indicated by small lights found on the surface of the battery >> pack. These lights can also indicate when the battery is being charged or >> when it's charging something successfully connected to it. >> >> The vibrating and beeping battery is certainly heavier and larger than >> others which may hold more power. However, 15000 MA is enough for multiple >> charges of an iPHONE and other accessories. More than enough power for >> most circumstances where you'd need it. Since the battery vibrates in >> short pulses to indicate the level of charge, you can know how full it is >> and adjust plans accordingly. If it vibrates four times in a row when the >> button on it is pressed, you have over seventy-five percent of total >> power. If it vibrates twice, you have fifty percent or less remaining. It >> also vibrates to indicate when you plug it in to charge. This way, you >> will know for certain that it's charging and not find out later that the >> power brick was loose or something had gone wrong with the USB cable. No >> more finding out when you most need it that your battery pack has no >> charge or far less than you had thought. >> >> The other circumstance this battery helps you to avoid is when you think >> you've plugged something in to charge from the battery but actually >> haven't done so correctly. Perhaps, you're in a rush and want to charge >> your iPHONE in your pocket while it's not needed. When you successfully >> connect it to the battery, you'll receive an audible or vibration >> indicator that the batttery is charging what you've plugged in. This can >> be very useful when you're charging accessories such as headsets or >> Bluetooth keyboards which don't indicate when they're charging in a >> detectable way for blind people. >> >> Another very nice thing about this battery is what it doesn't have in it. >> Namely, a damned useless flashlight. I've had situations with other >> battery packs where they've lost a lot of their charge due to my >> unknowingly having activated the flashlight in them. "Why is your bag >> glowing?" Is a question I've been asked more than once over the years. Not >> so with the battery from the Harbolt company. >> >> Those are the reasons I bought one and would buy another if they're still >> available when this one starts to ware out. Hope that helps other people >> decide if that peace of mind is worth the admittedly higher price. >> Provided you have good upkeep habits and keep a regular battery charged >> up, you can certainly get by with an ordinary pack. If that's your choice, >> get one with more power than you think you'll need so there's some >> available should you forget to charge it. Your iPHONE certainly will >> vibrate and beep to let you know that it's charging and this can at least >> tell you that the battery is capable of charging other accessories which >> aren't as forthcoming with their battery status. >> >>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 6:02 AM 'RobH.' via VIPhone >>> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> Ok, hate to ask - why do we need a vibrating battery pack? >>> >>> Ta, R. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Teresa Christian" <synergydra...@gmail.com> >>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 3:10 AM >>> Subject: Re: Vibrating battery pack >>> >>> >>> The Harbolt Company has the vibrating battery charger featured on the >>> home page. >>> harboltcompany.com >>> HTH >>> Teresa☺ >>> >>> >>> On 3/22/18, Mr. Ed <pink...@abe.midco.net> wrote: >>> > Hi All, >>> > >>> > Someone on this list was telling about a 15000 m a vibrating battery >>> > pack. >>> > I >>> > lost the email on it and cannot find or remember the name of the >>> > battery >>> > pack. 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