INTRODUCTION

   Long distance running is something I’ve just recently gotten into since in the past i never thought that it was really important so walking for a couple of kilometers per couple of days seemed to be sufficient (trust me it's not). Anyways a couple of weeks ago i was away with a friend trying to put my latest Mizuno shoes to the test when suddenly after almost 30 minutes of running my smartphone indicated that it was almost out of battery. Luckily I’m always prepared for that so while in one armband i have my smartphone in the other i have a small credit-card power bank (sometimes i carry a larger one) which can give my smartphone roughly 3 extra hours of life which although not really much especially if you use your smartphone a lot but for me and for that specific day it proved sufficient. Today however we're going to be taking a closer look at a much higher capacity power bank solution, the PB Runner 10400mAh model by FSP.

   FSP Group is the 5th largest power supply vendor in the world. Since the company was established in 1993, our outstanding management team has drawn together our R&D expertise, our sizeable production capacity, outstanding product quality to consistently excel in this competitive marketplace. FSP group is a publicly traded company listed in the Taiwan stock exchange, symbol: 30.15.TW, with revenues exceeding over 600 million USD. FSP group provides OEM/ODM power conversion products and services to the majority of well-established manufacturers and is the leading volume supplier of desktop PC ATX power supplies. In recent years, FSP group has expanded its R&D and manufacturing capabilities to become one of the major power conversion supplier of power adapters, industrial PCs, servers, LCD/LED monitors, LCD/LED TVs, heavy duty industrial products (UPS), portable battery chargers, Uninterrupted Power Supply as well as providing off-the-shelf consumer products, partnering with many strategic manufacturers.

   The very first thing people see when they purchase something is its looks ad to be honest with all of you the PB Runner 10400mAh is nothing special in that area since FSP followed a very simple design. Now the good news is that when it comes to portable battery packs looks aren't really important so all of us here care very little about that. In the end it's the interior that matters most and by using A-grade Samsung cells FSP can guarantee the highest possible battery capacity, shortest recharge times and endurance through time. However the battery type used is only part of what makes the PB Runner 10400mAh so FSP has paired that with over current, over discharge, over charge and short circuit protections, two 5V USB charging ports (1.5A/2.4A) and a 5 million USD product insurance (just in case something gets broken because of the power bank). So the time has come for us to see if the first step in this segment of the market by a giant like FSP has succeeded or not.