There’s a fair share of portable power banks out on the market these days. All of them promise you extra power for your devices so you can go longer without having to plug into the wall. The Solider, from Digital Treasures, is no different in that respect. With a 7800 mAh battery it’s well equipped to charge your cell phones a few times over.
Features
The Soldier’s 7800 mAh battery provides enough juice for a couple of recharges of your average smartphone (those with larger devices like the Note 3 may not get as much for obvious reasons). Here’s a quick spec sheet of the Solider.
- Battery Capacity – 7800 mAh
- Battery Type – Three Samsung Li-ion 18650 Cylindrical 3.7V 2600 mAh
- Input – DC 5V/1A
- Output – DC 5V/1.5A
- Charging time – 7-9 hours
- Dimensions – 4.53″ x 3.48″ x 1.14″
- microUSB to USB cable included
- One year limited warranty
- IP67 rated
As you can see by the output of the Soldier you’re likely not going to charge your tablets with this guy but you sure will get your smartphone a good boost. The reality is, this thing is a TANK. During my testing I have deliberately thrown The Soldier across the floor, dropped it on to the sidewalk, let it roll out of the car door down the driveway and even tossed it into a bucket of water. The soldier is still working and working well after all the abuse I dolled out. While it may not charge your tablets, I don’t think you’d be using your tablet where this was designed to go. It’s a rugged let’s get dirty and give me some abuse kind of device.
We tested all three claims The Soldier makes. We dropped it into a bucket of water to test it’s waterproof  claims, passed with flying colors. We threw it into a pile of dirt, passed, a little messy but passed. And we dropped it on the sidewalk and driveway, passed and passed. Even the built in LED flashlight survived the torment we subjected this thing to.
Conclusion
The Soldier is a no nonsense basic smartphone power bank that is ready to take a beating to keep your smartphone running. Take this thing anywhere and never worry about being out of power or damaging it. I’d say you might break it if you dropped it from a thousand foot cliff, but I don’t climb cliffs so I can’t test that out. I give The Soldier 4 out of 5 stars, the ability to charge tablets would have been nice, but that doesn’t make this a deal breaker at all in my book. Hit the link below to pick up your Soldier.
