OLALA Portable Battery Charger: Built-in lightning cable for your iPhone and iPad

These days, you have hundreds of portable battery chargers to choose from. You can buy a small one, a large one, one that charges one device at a time or one that charges two devices at a time.

Built-in lightning connector

So what makes the OLALA Portable Battery Charger (Power Bank) stand out from the others? It’s the built-in lightning connector which tucks neatly away when not in use. If you’re not familiar with the lightning connector, it’s what the newer iPhones and iPads use for charging. So if you own an iPhone or iPad with a lightning connector, the OLALA Power Bank would be a good fit to help you charge your device when you can’t find a nearby electrical outlet.

I mentioned earlier you can get both small and large portable battery chargers. The OLALA Power Battery Charger definitely qualifies as a large portable charger. That’s mainly because it packs 13000mAh of charging power which should provide up to about 7 hours of charging for your devices. This also means you should be able to fully charge devices like your iPhone more than once before needing to recharge the Power Bank itself.

What about non-Apple devices?

Just because the OLALA Portable Battery Charger has a built-in lightning cable doesn’t mean it can only charge Apple devices like your iPhone and iPad. You can also use the built-in standard USB port and included USB cable to charge any standard USB device (like your Android phone or tablet). If you have a USB device with the newer USB-C standard, you can still use the Power Bank but you’ll need to use the USB charging cable that came with your device.

Or if you want, you can charge two devices at once—one Apple device with the built-in lightning cable and one standard USB device with the built-in USB port.

Don’t forget to charge the charger

Eventually though, you will have to charge the OLALA Portable Battery Charger itself (which is another reason it includes a USB cable). I recommend charging it overnight as a battery this big takes several hours to full recharge.

Note: The OLALA Portable Battery Charger mentioned above was provided to me at no cost or a discounted cost in exchange for my unbiased review. Click here to purchase on Amazon.com.