ya i have read alot of about the powerpads, the only downside to them is that you should take your battary pack out when using it as it will try and charge the battary and run your computer at the same time which will decrease battary power in the powerpad and you cant really tell how much is left in the powerpad yes there is a little strip of leds, but for that kinda money i would think putting a usb cable on it to report the remaining battery level would have been to hard
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