Charge up to 9 devices at one with the POWERQUBE [REVIEW]

Get a bunch of people together these days and you can be assured they all want one thing—power. No, not the kind of power that makes people bow down to you. I’m talking about electrical power. You know, to charge their smartphones, tablets and laptops?

Don’t believe me? Just go to any conference anywhere and look at the room. There will be people lined up along the outside walls, hunched around a power outlet charging their devices. And when one of them unplugs, it’s a mad dash by several others to see who can get to the outlet first.

POWERQUBE: 9 devices at once

The POWERQUBE aims to eliminate (or at least reduce) this problem. At first glance, the POWERQUBE looks like a regular surge protector. It has six electrical outlets you can plug into. It also has a built-in circuit breaker in case things get a little overloaded.

But that’s where the similarities to a surge protector end. Besides the 6 power outlets, the POWERQUBE also has 3 USB ports allowing you to skip the power adapter you normally need when you charge your smartphone or tablet.

The POWERQUBE uses something they call SP Technology which enables each USB port to “independently negotiate with any smart device that plugs into it; allowing for independent charging specific to the device protocol as negotiated and determined by the POWERQUBE.” This is a fancy way of saying the POWERQUBE knows how much power your iPad (or any other tablet) needs and how much your smartphone needs. You don’t need to worry about it. Just plug your device in and start charging.

The POWERQUBE is currently priced at $69.99 and can be found on POWERQUBE’s Shop page.

POWERQUBE MINI: Smaller and 5 devices at once

If you’re not into carrying around a device as big as the POWERQUBE (5.5″ x 5.5″ x 2″ and not nearly as big as I thought it would be), the company is now producing a POWERQUBE MINI (4″ x 4″ x 1.8″). The POWERQUBE MINI can handle up to 5 devices (2 AC and 3 USB) and now includes a detachable power cord.

You can get your hands on an early run of the POWERQUBE MINI by visiting its Kickstarter campaign page and placing a pledge. Lucky for me, I’ll already be getting one and I’ll be sure to do a follow-up review to let you all know what I think of it.