What we love…
sleek, light, easy to use and now a fixture in my backpack for those dreaded low battery moments
What we’d love to see…
a wall charger included in the packaging as well as a pouch to hold the cords required for charging and use.
Summary
Awesome product at a good pricepoint! Easy to use, light to carry and now a permanent fixture in my backpack for my commute to work. I love knowing that I will never again have a dead smartphone or low battery moment (as long as I remember my charger)!
Our Rating
As a busy parent, I can’t tell you how many times I thought my iPhone or iPad was charged only to get in the car or pull it out to use it and find that the battery was showing the dreaded, 20% or even 10% low battery warning. eFreesia started in November 2012 and the source of the name came from the juxtaposition between beauty and meaning of the freesia flowers and the functionality of electronics. The bar is very simple, it is smaller in size than an iPhone and weighs in at only 4.3 oz and also functions as a flashlight in an emergency. The Bar (which was tested for the review) and the Mini are plug and play, all you need to do is charge it using the included USB cord either with a computer or provide your own wall plug for USB charging. The Mini holds up to 2200 mAh, which charges a standard smartphone one full charge. The Bar holds up to 4400 mAh, which can charge a standard smartphone one and a half full charges as well as trickle charging an iPad. It is compatible with devices that include the Apple 30 pin as well as the micro USB plug. It does require that you have the microUSB charger to charge it either via computer or wall charger which means if you forget the wrong cord, you will have to get the right one to charge it. There are blue battery light indicators which tell you how much power you have left.
The packaging for the product is very simple and clean – along with the instructions. When I opened it, it reminded me very much of opening up an Apple product as it was sleek and did not have excess. The charger is small – the bar fit in the palm of my hand and was easy to “plug and play” for usage. I have been using it for about a month now, and it is a permanent fixture in my commuting backpack for work for those dreaded low battery moments which always seem to happen when I really need my phone! I used it to charge my iPhone, my husband’s Samsung Galaxy SIII as well as our iPad.
I wish that the package had included a wall plug for the charger – I usually had to hunt to find a wall charger as my USB on my computer was not always readily available. In addition, a pouch of something to put it in along with the required micro-USB charger and USB cable for the iPhone. It currently does not charge lightening compatible devices, although I’m told that will be happening in the very near future. The charger also uses a different cord to charge itself via the microUSB rather than the Apple 30 pin charger which means if you forget it and The Bar is dead – you have to wait until you get the cord back. Having a pouch to pull all the cords in could help reduce the chance of forgetting a cord.
I have to say – this is a great product. There are very few products which I carry around in my backpack on a daily basis and I love knowing that if I get the dreaded “low battery” I can just pull out my bar and start charging it. The bar was very easy to use straight out of the box and I have been using it several times a week just to test the number of charges I could get. I love knowing that I will never again have a dead smartphone or low battery moment (as long as I remember my charger)!
Giveaway
If you would like to win an eFreesia bar, please enter via the widget below. Winners will be emailed and must contact The iMums within 48 hours to claim their prize. This giveaway is open to individuals with a valid United States Mailing address which is required to claim the prize. Please ensure you have read and understand our Terms & Conditions. Please also make sure your devices are compatible with the charger. Good luck!
Alison
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Having to go somewhere new and my phone (which is my GPS) runs out of battery and basically leaves me stranded!
deff need this would be so handy no more dead battery
Low battery when working with students in my speech therapy sessions can mean loss of data and sad faces!
I don’t have a story….would just love to own one for my iPad mini! :-)
I would like to win this for my wife. She is always out and about. Her phone can never stay charged.
Looks like a fantastic device to keep phone charged on the go.
I would like to win this product so that I’m not without a charged device in the event of an emergency. Thank you for this giveaway!
my girls always forget to plug in their ipads (which they use as AAC devices) overnight, so they are always low – or dead – in the mornings… it would be nice to have something they could carry with them tom charge!
We are always out and about and my daughter flattens my iphone by playing apps on it and when I need to use the phone I can’t :( This would be really handy
My nieces use my phone to play angry birds and drain my battery. Love them though!
i want to win because my phone has a battery life of 8 hours since it is pretty old and does not hold a charge that much anymore.
This would be wonderful since I’m on the go so much!
during doctor appointments my ipod dies all the time not good trying to bribe kids with a dead battery ipod lol
I’m a shocker for forgetting to charge my devices and I’m always getting caught out.
My cat is a cord chewer and he has chewed through 5 iPhone 5 cords in the last 2 months!!! Not good when I have 15% battery and I have to go and spend another $25!!
It always seems to take longer to run errands when the iPad isn’t fully charged. I would love this to avoid any possible public meltdowns!
Worst dead battery story was shortly after Nichole had surgery we had a blowout and were stranded on the roadside in rural Mississippi and 20 minutes before we were rescued it totally died in the pitch black. Not fun! This would be wonderful!
As it is 2 years since the Japanese Tsunami today, being in the middle of a natural disaster and out of battery is a real fear-this is a great product.
I haven’t had any terrible low battery experiences, but I’m always paranoid about needing my phone and it being dead. I think this product would be great to prevent that!
I have become so used to my phone, that when it is dead or dying and I can’t use it, it feels wrong…weird but this would fix it!
I’m constantly texting and on facebook on my phone so i really need this!
As an itinerant speech therapist, I need to keep my phone charged so I can be reached…and my current phone eats battery life!
As an itinerant teacher, I need this device. Staying on the go from school to school means I have to be mobile and connected at all times. A drained battery is a terrible thing for a mobile teacher!
Wow. What a great giveaway.
My iPhone is crazy! It seems to go through phases of quick battery drain and times that the battery seems to last forever! Every few months I have to go through and disable certain notifications and other tweaks because it’s dying too soon. It’s frustrating!
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Battery died when trying to call for a ride at the airport
It never fails that we forget to charge the ipad for my little people. We usually remember when they want to play it, then we realize it is down below 20% and we know what will happen …. meltdown.
I want to win this so that I’m never without a phone…low battery on my iPhone gives me anxiety!
I always find myself with a low battery and nowhere to charge!
I always find myself with a low battery and nowhere to charge it!
had the worst low/no battery disaster, on the way home from a road trip and the road was blocked from an accident and had to take a different route home and my battery died on iphone (which I was using as a sat nav) and it was dark and raining, not good :-(
My worst low battery experience was when I was geocaching in the woods with my dad. We got separated, and I lost the charge on my phone. I now have a dedicated GPS device for geocaching, but still carry my phone for safety reasons.