there company is shifty, i have had a few people tell me there stuff sucks.
thank god for the 7 hour new notebooks
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Just got my HyperMac battery (with pics)
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there company is shifty, i have had a few people tell me there stuff sucks.
thank god for the 7 hour new notebooks
What time do you get with same settings and utilization from your internal battery only?
So far it's working out for me; the only issue is every time I go through airport security (namely on international and foreign [non-US] domestic flights, I get stopped for 10 minutes because they can't figure out what it is and they don't believe that it's a battery (it's got a USB port, 8 cells that looks like plastic explosives and a controller chip).
Since your internal battery is 60Wh, you shouldn't expect miracles with 100Wh external battery as well. 5.33h is theoretical maximum for both batteries.
If I look of what HyperDrive says, its 13h. For me, 5.33h is not equal to 13h. Maybe I missed something on my math courses at engineering school, I do not know 
Others are having a better battery life with the 100Wh. So having a total of 5hours, that's definitively not good, and I was doing only low tasks, without wifi on, only 1 excel file.
Others are having a better battery life with the 100Wh. So having a total of 5hours, that's definitively not good, and I was doing only low tasks, without wifi on, only 1 excel file.
Yes, you do miss something. Apple says 5h for built-in battery. That's why HyperMac says it's 13h. Your 2h are not equal to 5h either.If I look of what HyperDrive says, its 13h. For me, 5.33h is not equal to 13h. Maybe I missed something on my math courses at engineering school, I do not know
Others are having a better battery life with the 100Wh. So having a total of 5hours, that's definitively not good, and I was doing only low tasks, without wifi on, only 1 excel file.
It's highly unlikely for MBP 15" to consume 30W when doing excel or any other office stuff.
So check activity monitor and find out faulty background process.
If I refer to the HyperDrive site, battery has more life than my laptop (x 1.7 to exact). So, 13.3 (total hours in the best scenario) - 5(the laptop battery life in the best scenario) = 8.3 remaining (still in the best scenario...) for the HyperMac. Actually, I only got a maximum of 3 hours for the HyperMac battery (and I'm not using it as Apple does for its tests, as said previously). There are still 5.3 (= 8.3 - 3) hours running away. This is why that's definitively not correct.
If he runs his external battery dead in 2 hours, the hypermac is 1.7x larger, so it would give him approximately 3.4 hours. Since he's getting 3 hours from the hypermac, I would say its reasonably right except he's losing half an hour.
After repeated tests with my Macbook Air + 60watt I keep getting 3 hours max, that's the same amount with my internal battery. Now since my hypermac is 1.6x larger I should really be getting 4.8 hours, shrugs I lose 2 hours, go figure. I've yet to really see a review on blogs, just a lot of unboxing photos and videos. Maybe hypermac should allow users to review, comment and leave feedback on the website so people have a better idea of the battery life.
After repeated tests with my Macbook Air + 60watt I keep getting 3 hours max, that's the same amount with my internal battery. Now since my hypermac is 1.6x larger I should really be getting 4.8 hours, shrugs I lose 2 hours, go figure. I've yet to really see a review on blogs, just a lot of unboxing photos and videos. Maybe hypermac should allow users to review, comment and leave feedback on the website so people have a better idea of the battery life.
My battery got 2 hours because it's used. The hypermac gives 1.7 more time based on a new Apple battery, which is 5 * 1.7 = 8.3 hours. The HyperMac battery has then a capacity to charge one Apple battery and (approximately) half (Apple's battery duration 5 hours).
Now I got my battery: 2 hours. The HyperMac is supposed to been able to charge 1 and half battery of Apple that lasts 5hours. Mine last 2 hours, but the battery is not supposed to provided my an extra of only 3 hours. It's supposed to charge it (approximately) twice. The battery charge capacity does not reduce because you're battery last 3,2 or 1 hour. If he as a 100Wh capacity, it remains 100Wh capacity, doesn't matter if you battery lasts 2hours. And if your battery lasts 2 hours, then from the 8.3 hours supposed to be, you should be able to charge it a maximum of 4.5 times.
If I follow your logics, if my battery lasts 30 minutes, the HyperMac is supposed to provided how much? A 45 extra minutes? ...
@maratus: I'm using less ressources than tests of Apple.
What's your battery health? What's your CPU load? Do you have any background processes loading CPU?
You won't have 2 hour of battery life without any reason. It's either defective internal battery or high CPU load. If your internal battery is fine (close to 60Wh) then Hypermac is fine as well since it gives proper battery life ratio.
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in my opinion through the observation of those above disscusions, the most crucial part for the success of external battery power supply including hypermac battery for macbook or macbook pro should be the software which enables the mac os to recognize the external battery as battery rather than AC power source. external battery manufacturers like hyermac should really develop a software program under mac's os in this issue in order to maximize the life of external battery! btw, i think apple computer customers who enjoy to use external battery power supply should propose an action to Apple regarding the update of mac os with external power supply applications or the production of the apple's external battery with at least 7 hours directly!
in my opinion through the observation of those above disscusions, the most crucial part for the success of external battery power supply including hypermac battery for macbook or macbook pro should be the software which enables the mac os to recognize the external battery as battery rather than AC power source. external battery manufacturers like hyermac should really develop a software program under mac's os in this issue in order to maximize the life of external battery! btw, i think apple computer customers who enjoy to use external battery power supply should propose an action to Apple regarding the update of mac os with external power supply applications or the production of the apple's external battery with at least 7 hours directly!
Two questions:
1. What about using the USB out on the HyperMac to charge your laptop through the USB port? Will that work? And also will the laptop sense a battery backup that way as opposed to a power source?
2. Other than the QuickerTek and the HyperMac..... are they any other external battery sources for the MacbookAir?
1. What about using the USB out on the HyperMac to charge your laptop through the USB port? Will that work? And also will the laptop sense a battery backup that way as opposed to a power source?
2. Other than the QuickerTek and the HyperMac..... are they any other external battery sources for the MacbookAir?
discounts?
Anyone know of any discounts on these puppies? I see that one can get the car charge for free at this time, but they also have promo codes on their OES, which leads me to thing that in magazines, trade shows, vendors, there are coupon codes? A little spiff at the moment would probably give a nice pop to sales.
Anyone know of any discounts on these puppies? I see that one can get the car charge for free at this time, but they also have promo codes on their OES, which leads me to thing that in magazines, trade shows, vendors, there are coupon codes? A little spiff at the moment would probably give a nice pop to sales.
Dud hypermac MBP-060
I just got my 60 Wh unit.
Plugged it into the mains for a few hours and the charging LED on the mains adapter glowed red and then went green.
I checked the battery status and all LEDs glowed green.
I plugged it into my 13" Unibody Macbook and the ON LED glowed green briefly and then turned OFF. All LEDs stayed OFF even on pressing battery status button.
I disconnected it from the Macbook and reconnected the charging adapter. On pressing the battery status button all LEDs glow green again.
So it looks I got me a dud Hypermac. I have raised a trouble ticket and now wait for a response.
Anyone else experienced the same?
Hypermac - any help here? Am in India so shipping this around for replacement etc is a big bother.
Thanks in advance.
I just got my 60 Wh unit.
Plugged it into the mains for a few hours and the charging LED on the mains adapter glowed red and then went green.
I checked the battery status and all LEDs glowed green.
I plugged it into my 13" Unibody Macbook and the ON LED glowed green briefly and then turned OFF. All LEDs stayed OFF even on pressing battery status button.
I disconnected it from the Macbook and reconnected the charging adapter. On pressing the battery status button all LEDs glow green again.
So it looks I got me a dud Hypermac. I have raised a trouble ticket and now wait for a response.
Anyone else experienced the same?
Hypermac - any help here? Am in India so shipping this around for replacement etc is a big bother.
Thanks in advance.
Man I want one of these so bad but the reviews on here are just pushing me back.
$300 is pretty high for a MBP external battery if users are only getting 5 hours.......and since they don't recommend the 60watt for a MBP I might as well buy a 7 hour $350 netbook.......
I don't know.
$300 is pretty high for a MBP external battery if users are only getting 5 hours.......and since they don't recommend the 60watt for a MBP I might as well buy a 7 hour $350 netbook.......
I don't know.
I want to get the 222 W one for when my wife and I go on a trip. Most definitely, it would be nice to use my MacBook Pro for an entire trip plus have power left over to charge our iPhones.
I got a MacBook Air now, I ordered the adapter for my Air which cost $99 . I'll do some tests to see how it works out .
I went on a trip this summer with over of 10 hours of driving each day. The battery was a lifesaver since we didn't really have access to a power outlet everyday. I had MacBook Pro for this trip and I could charge a few phones, and use my computer for a hour or two every day without ever having to charge the battery. I didn't get to time the usage, but it was an excellent an reliable product.
The only issue I had was explaining to TSA and airport security that my battery was indeed a battery and not a bomb.
. I'll do some tests to see how it works out .I went on a trip this summer with over of 10 hours of driving each day. The battery was a lifesaver since we didn't really have access to a power outlet everyday. I had MacBook Pro for this trip and I could charge a few phones, and use my computer for a hour or two every day without ever having to charge the battery. I didn't get to time the usage, but it was an excellent an reliable product.
The only issue I had was explaining to TSA and airport security that my battery was indeed a battery and not a bomb.