{"id":152437,"date":"2010-01-08T01:25:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T06:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/08\/yogens-ripcord-powered-portable-charger-hands-on\/"},"modified":"2010-01-08T01:25:36","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T06:25:36","slug":"yogen%e2%80%99s-ripcord-powered-portable-charger-hands-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/152437","title":{"rendered":"Yogen\u2019s ripcord-powered portable charger hands-on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/2010-01-07-yogen-top.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>What do you get when you cross an Energizer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tag\/energitogo\">EnergiToGo<\/a> portable charger with a hand crank? If you answered the Yogen Charger for Life, you&#8217;d be correct. Easy Energy is demoing the battery-less battery charger, and sadly for us, it didn&#8217;t work exactly as advertised. While the other demo models seemed to be working without a hitch, when we started pulling the rip cord, instead of getting a lightning bolt indicating that our BlackBerry Tour was charging, we got a reboot. It&#8217;s probably an isolated incident, as every other device we tried worked, but we&#8217;d be doing you, our trusted reader, a disservice if we didn&#8217;t let you know.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/yogen-charger-for-life-hands-on\/\">Yogen Charger for Life hands-on<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/yogen-charger-for-life-hands-on\/2596609\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/2010-01-07-yogen-1_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/yogen-charger-for-life-hands-on\/2596610\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/2010-01-07-yogen-2_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/yogen-charger-for-life-hands-on\/2596611\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/2010-01-07-yogen-3_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/yogen-charger-for-life-hands-on\/2596612\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/2010-01-07-yogen-4_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/yogen-charger-for-life-hands-on\/2596613\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/2010-01-07-yogen-5_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/08\/yogens-ripcord-powered-portable-charger-hands-on\/\">Yogen&#8217;s ripcord-powered portable charger hands-on<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\">Engadget<\/a> on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:19:00 EST.  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