Where I'm located, there is frequent power outages. The issue is im on the computer most of the day and when im doing a certain thing... it can be at least 8 hours or up to 10 hours or a bit longer. Thus imagine im doing something for money online so when i do this, i can't afford my electricity going out as it costs me money. If power goes out and it doesn't come back say within an hour or a bit more, then I'm screwed unless I go and find the nearest place with an electric outlet. I do have internet on my phone so i tether it so that isn't a big issue for internet. But power is a whole different story. Now before someone says find a different apartment or whatnot, in this city, when there is a power outage, it happens with many apartments. I mean certain areas might not have the power go out but when power goes out due to a storm which is usually almost always the case of when this happens, most ppl lose power. Sometimes it goes out for a few minutes... randomly... other times it could be an hour or even a few hours. There has been rare times when it was out overnight and once for close to 2 days.
So if im not doing anything at the moment or just web browsing online, no big deal. But when i play online poker... well i cant afford this to happen. I could go to a starbucks and walk there or take a cab but the issue is when there is a power outage, there is usually a huge storm and well its raining hard and going to be hard to catch a cab.
My laptop is a dell xps 15 9550 laptop. I get at max 1.5 hours on it on battery with the loest battery setting and 25% brightness. I always have it connected to the power outlet when using it as i use it similar to like a desktop computer. I connect 2 external monitors to it when im using it.
I recently bought a dell powerbank...
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/del...18000-mah-pw7015l/apd/451-bbkv/pc-accessories
I tried using it to practice how long it gets. What i do is say i use my laptop on battery when its 100% full. Let say i get 1.5 hours of battery on it before its 5% battery only. Now i connect my already charged power bank to my laptop and while i continue to use the laptop. It would charge about 1h 45m before the powerbank runs out. And when this happens, i get at max 80% battery on my laptop. So now with battery only.. i get about 1h 15m at the absolute max. So basically if i had to use my laptop on battery and powerbank... i get around 3h45m to 4h30m at the absolute max... before i no longer have any power left. That would not be enough for me since when im on the computer... i have to be on at least 8 hours at the minimum. But if it happens later during the day, well if im done in a few hours... well the powerbank would be good enough. But say it happens early in the day or a bit later on... that is not enough.
I know if i buy another same powerbank, i would get another 2h30m to 3h at the absolute max on it. So that would make it 6h45m to 7h30m with the 2 powerbanks. That is good and usually more than enough. My issue is i am not in the US now and cannot buy this powerbank again. I was in the US for a short time only before i left so i got it in the US.
So if im not doing anything at the moment or just web browsing online, no big deal. But when i play online poker... well i cant afford this to happen. I could go to a starbucks and walk there or take a cab but the issue is when there is a power outage, there is usually a huge storm and well its raining hard and going to be hard to catch a cab.
My laptop is a dell xps 15 9550 laptop. I get at max 1.5 hours on it on battery with the loest battery setting and 25% brightness. I always have it connected to the power outlet when using it as i use it similar to like a desktop computer. I connect 2 external monitors to it when im using it.
I recently bought a dell powerbank...
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/del...18000-mah-pw7015l/apd/451-bbkv/pc-accessories
I tried using it to practice how long it gets. What i do is say i use my laptop on battery when its 100% full. Let say i get 1.5 hours of battery on it before its 5% battery only. Now i connect my already charged power bank to my laptop and while i continue to use the laptop. It would charge about 1h 45m before the powerbank runs out. And when this happens, i get at max 80% battery on my laptop. So now with battery only.. i get about 1h 15m at the absolute max. So basically if i had to use my laptop on battery and powerbank... i get around 3h45m to 4h30m at the absolute max... before i no longer have any power left. That would not be enough for me since when im on the computer... i have to be on at least 8 hours at the minimum. But if it happens later during the day, well if im done in a few hours... well the powerbank would be good enough. But say it happens early in the day or a bit later on... that is not enough.
I know if i buy another same powerbank, i would get another 2h30m to 3h at the absolute max on it. So that would make it 6h45m to 7h30m with the 2 powerbanks. That is good and usually more than enough. My issue is i am not in the US now and cannot buy this powerbank again. I was in the US for a short time only before i left so i got it in the US.