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Old 07-22-2018, 08:55 AM   #33
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Hi, all! Antigravity has the original XP-3 for $55 with $16 shipped. The only difference is one vs. two USB ports and wall/12v charging vs. USB charging. Capacity is the same. The "new" XP-3 can be had for $107 shipped. Is anyone interested in the original? If so, maybe a group buy can get shipping down to zero. Lemme know.
'Not sure if this is a good idea buying into "original" battery packs. I bought a "new" battery pack, but it turned out to be a dud. There are no "sell-by" dates on battery packs (that I know of, anyway).

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Not to mention it's practically impossible to predict a battery's end of life. In fact, last fall, when the temps changed quickly within a few days, my Escape battery--only four years old--crapped out without a warning. For $50-60, it's cheap insurance while also being able to charge phones, etc. in an outage, on bus trips, camping, etc.
There IS a battery in battery-packs, as I discovered when recycling a Hurricane Irma-wrecked battery pack:

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