One of the most expensive items we carry around with us each day is our phones. They carry our lives on them from contacts, to photos, appointments, emails and not forgetting our social media. We have all experienced at some stage on a night out when our battery dies.
Or that when on our phones we suffer with eye strain, I am going to show you how we can keep our smart phones working 100% all of the time.
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Invisible Shield
We all use our phones more, which means our exposure to high-energy blue light increases. Did you know that high-energy blue light has been shown to contribute to digital eye strain which can cause
- Dry and irritated eyes
- Sleep disruption and sleep loss
- Blurred vision
- Premature eye ageing
The InvisibleShield new screen protector with Eye safe technology not only protects your phone from scratches and impacts. But it also filters harmful blue light from your device screen.
Power station Mini
The Powerstation Mini, enables you to charge your devices when needed anywhere, whether you are out and about, at a friends, at work. You know that your phone will always have power to be used. It has a convenient USB-C input/output port, which means that you can charge the power station and use that same port to charge your device.
- Versatile USB-C Port – to recharge the power station in record time or use the same port to charge a device
- Compact and convenient – the power station is lightweight and portable and will easily fit into your bag, so that you can always have a boost of power wherever you are.
- Reliable Battery – has a 5k portable battery that provides up to 36 hours of power for when you most need it
- Charge Multiple Devices – you can charge multiple devices at once by plugging one device into the USB-C port and another into the USB-A port
- Stylish Fabric Finish – has a premium fabric finish that adds style and prevents scuffs and scratches
- LED Power Indicator – has an integrated four light LED power indicator that displays charging status and the current battery life
My Opinion
One thing I have learnt over the years is to always have a screen protector on my phone, these can be replaced but a cracked screen will either mean a new phone, or being without while it is being prepared. Having the blue light filter is such a great idea and will save my eyes tiring.
The Power bank, will be so useful for when we are out and about, and is small enough to fit into my handbag and not take up too much room. I always worry when I am out about my battery getting too low, I like to feel comfortable knowing that I can use my phone in an emergency. Or I can be got hold of without my phone dying one me. I have had power banks in the past that either are not that powerful, or just let me down. I also love that you can charge more than one device from it.
The Giveaway
I have one Powerstation Mini to give away to one lucky reader. See below on how to enter and please make sure you read ALL the terms and conditions and complete ALL mandatory sections.
Good luck
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I had not heard of this type of shield screen before. I am going to see if they do one for my phone as I find I can not look at the screen for very long without them hurting
I hope they do one for your phone
Would really help with my fading battery
I have a 14 week old and a 5 year old. I can just about remember where I have left my phone let alone charge it!
My phone often dies when I’m commuting, especially when I forgot to charge overnight.
my old phone died all the time which was a nightmare when I was trying to organise a music festival! My new phone isn’t so bad but I’d like to be prepared!
It’s always happening to me when I go to Download festival for 4 nights camping. Great music but no phone!
Seriously all the time!
Mine often ‘dies’ on me as we do not have a signal at home apart from in the corner of the bathroom but so many things need the mobile rather than the landline. The worst occasion of it running out of charge was when I ran out of petrol and phoning my husband to come and rescue me, my phone died!!
I’m always out and about,coz I got special needs kids always need my phone fully charged this would be great for me no more worry about phone cooking out in me
Yes. It happens quite often as I keep forgetting to charge it…
yes – often on hospital trip days as that is a long journey to and fro and once when we broke down too!!
This would be fabulous for long days out and taking the grandkids camping
I am volunteer responder , and during this Pandemic I am often out all day , this would be amazing to keep my phone charged to pick up emergency calls , for picking up meds, shopping etc for people self isolating or shielding.
Great competition, good luck everyone.
Yeah quite often and it’s always at the most inconvenient time!
Yes when i was driving to my mums and using the maps and couldnt find my way. (she lives over 100 miles away)
After the last year we are hoping to have a lot of stay cations and explore our beautiful country Scotland so this would be amazing when we have no power around!
Constantly, but it’s not always a bad idea to have a bit of screen-free time
All the time, and it always seems to happen when you need it the most.
Yes – I’m always running out of power but I usually have a power bank close by.
There’s nothing worse than seeing your phone’s battery warning signal when you’re nowhere near a charger. I’ve had this a few times. Never quite ran out completely but extremely worrying all the same.
when i went camping it was a bit of a nightmare with it running out of battery!
Thankfully no my phone has never died on me and finger crossed it doesn’t happen when I need it most.
I am always forgetting to charge my phone so this would come in really handy.
My phone has often does this so a power pack like this one would be great.
When my car broke down and all my insurance and rac details were on my app and I had 2% on my phone and no charger! It’s not a mistake I made again. Paper copies in the car now!!
Yes – and it always seemed to happen just when I needed my phone the most!
Yes it happens always at the worst times!!
So many times I could have done with a powerbank.Great when away camping – great in an emergency.
On my commute from work
Yes, I work in rural Suffolk in a 12th century castle – power sockets are a rare thing! This would be perfect to ensure i have charge when I need it most!
no im always on charge 🙂
Yes! Trying to phone for a taxi home from the train station while travelling with two cats.
few times my phone died then I bought a power bank.
My phone once died on me on a train and I had to ask a woman if I could borrow her phone to call my dad!
All the time! I’m so useless and my battery life is rubbish!
Amount of times my phone has died while out and about and no way to charge it up. This would be a life saver
I know the situation all too well with a phone dying and having to lug around an extra power bank to keep the phone usable.
All the time!!!!
Yes. I was shopping at my local supermarket and hadn’t planned to buy so much. I had planned to walk back home with a wee carrier bag of shopping. But I soon filled my trolley and thought I could just phone my husband to pick me up. Shopping paid for I headed out to phone home for a lift. No power. I couldn’t get a lift from anyone because of the pandemic. So I had to wait till my husband noticed I wasn’t home.
Great product
More times than I care to remember. I no longer go anywhere without a power bank. Now I just have to remember to charge my power banks
I once didn’t have the plug turned on at the socket, I really needed my phone to be charged to use as a sat nav.
Yes, it always seems to die just when you need it
No – it hasn’t happened to me yet but nearly!
Lots of times. It always seems to die when you need it most!
So many times – remember once the house alarm going off, but couldn’t get at the code because it was stored on my phone.
Yes stuck in New York JFK airport with no plug sockets.
My phone always seems to run out of power when I’m at work
yes all the time lol
Only once but luckily I was with my sister because it made me feel lost having no phone.
My phone dies all the time. Battery doesn’t hold.
Loads of times it is the absolute worst
Yes many times!
yes and it can be so frustrating as it is always when you need it the most!
Not in the last year. But yes my phone has died on me before or I’ve gotten down to like 2%
Yes, one occasion in particular we were lost and no phone means no map
Yes and it always happens in an emergency like when someone has to be rushed into hospital.
Fortunately not yet!!
Yes on a few occasion. Once when I was trying order a taxi to get home after a night out.
Always have to be careful that I don’t use it too much or take too many pictures or it dies
All the time! Once when I split up from hubby on a shopping trip and then found I had no way of ringing him to meet back up! We were both walking round forever trying to find each other.
Luckily no, as I do not use it very often.
only loss of signal
The worst time it happened I had got off the wrong train stop in London, all of the details of the hotel I was staying in were on my phone. I didn’t even know the name of it. I couldn’t use maps obviously. It was just AWFUL!
im forever letting my phone die.this would be great for me
My phone is forever dying on me, im always thinking ‘wow what a quiet day, no calls or anything’ – nope, just my phones died!
Yes on a few occasions, I feel lost without my phone
I’ve had instances of phones that repeatedly run out of charge as the phones near the end of their life and have used portable batteries to recharge many times.
No, it’s been very close though usually when I most need it
It has gone very low when been out for the day
Had many times when my phone has run out of battery, that’s for sure. Most annoying one was when I had to spend the night in A&E (having been discharged at 11pm with a broken arm!) with a dead phone. It was heavy snow and there were no buses, cabs, trains – nothing. Had to wait until 7am the next morning before I could get a taxi. Could have really used a phone charger at that point!
Yes My car broke down and I had to walk miles to get help
I went out in london and met friends in london one night and my phone battery died half way through the night, it was so annoying trying to get home the next day on the tubes!!
Nope, I always carry an Anker charger with me and I have a solar powered charger
Thankfully no, but I have seen quite a few refused entry on transport as they had e tickets and a dead phone.
Do many times and usually when I’m camping or helping out the parents on the farm!
I am paranoid about making sure that my phone is charged but my husband is not so diligent. I was trying to reach him one day to give him some really important news and his phone had died. I had to wait almost 5 hours before he got home – by which time I was so frustrated. I’d make sure he always had this with him!
I went out in london and met friends in london one night and my phone battery died half way through the night, it was so annoying trying to get home the next day on the tubes! 🙈
Yes, at the hospital
Yes normally seconds after having being given my phone back from my son
my phones forever dying on me –id love to winthis
I went out in london and met friends in london one night and my phone battery died half way through the night, it was so annoying trying to get home the next day on the tubes!
Yes, at a festival, when you can’t find your friends!!!
There was one occasion when I phoned home to say I was going to be late and there was a sound like a plane passing overhead and the phone became really hot and died mid call despite having plenty of charge.
Not that I can recall as don’t really use it much so still holds charge and lasts days
I’ve had so many times my phone has died on me, it frustrates me so much!
yes – when i have been shopping
My phone died on me on a day I was doing a personal best long walk, so it didn’t record it!
It happens all the time now, the battery no longer holds its charge, need another one really
This keeps happening to me and it’s a real struggle!
My phone always is dying on me…Usually when I need it for googlemaps! XD
Not yet, but the battery life is getting shorter now as it’s getting old!
Great idea!
All of the time, this would be so useful
ALL THE TIME
I went out in london and met friends in london one night and my phone battery died half way through the night, it was so annoying trying to get home the next day on the tubes
the amount of times i run out of charge when out and about is beyond, this sounds like a lifesaver!
Yes quite often – it’s an old phone and has to be charged at least twice a day, so if I’m out all day it’s a bit of a problem!
my phone regularly dies on me but the worst was when i stupidly spent half a flight playing on my phone and then thought i had turned it off but hadnt so when i eventually arrived at my destination i had n power and had to pay a ridiculous fee in the airport to use those super fast chargers to get enough power to bring up my travel docs for hopa and my hotel
Yes sadly especially when I’m needing picked up
Only very occasionally, and always at a most inoppotune time.
Yep I’ve had multiple occasions where that happened. Love smartphones but I do miss the battery life of a reliable old Nokia 3210!
Several times I have been listening to music and my phone just died on me.
Normally when I’ve been on a Zoom call with my family for a few hours
oh yes, one landed me in deep water in the days of a nokia 3310 trying to find a hotel in Heathrow and me being at the wrong one, mid call confirming the corect hotel was 5 mins away my phone died and it still took me 90 mins to find creating a lot of stress for all
YEs a few times!
yes when my daughter was rushed into hospital.
yes plenty of times
A lot of the time, I forget to check how much is left on it.
Yes, lots of times.
No, but I have been close to it.
Yes when I was in hospital.
Plenty of times usually because I have forgotten to charge it.
had my phone die during an update- disaster – 12 hours later before back to normal
No never but my sons phone dies all the time
My phone often dies when I’m out !!!
Yes and always when i need to phone for a taxi
Yes! Lots of times, it can be very stressful and usually happens at the worst possible moment
Yes, last night on a work call!
My phone battery isn’t lasting as long as it used to
I went out in london and met friends in london one night and my phone battery died half way through the night, it was so annoying trying to get home the next day on the tubes 😂
My phone has died on my multiple times – generally when I’m out for a day with the kids!
All the time!!
what a great prize
Sometimes i forget to charge it, but it has never died on when making/taking a call
My phone is forever dying on me because I forget to charge it, and often don’t mind being uncontactable for a little while!
Yes when we are out for a long day this has happened to me and I felt quite lost without it!
Yes often it’s very annoying
Yes, when trying to get directions on the phone in the car. It was frustrating.
yes, when my first baby was born.
On occasion I’ve suffered that irksome thing where a seemingly ok charge drops to zero. Apple’s way of telling you to upgrade, I reckon.
, I try not to let my phone die but there’s always unpredicted situations when it does. A powebank would be awesome
my phone is pretty good unless I use it heavily. however always good to have a back up
It used to die on me a lot, but I’m a bit more savvy about what things use a lot of battery now.
Yes, all the time when I’m out for the day
Using your phone as a SatNav drains its power and most likely the situation when it has died on me. I would panic as I would be lost, especially if I don’t have a spare charger for it.
I’m one of those compulsive phone chargers who whips out a cable and tops up any time I see an unattended power outlet. So I don’t think I’ve ever had my phone die on me – I’d be utterly lost as it’s never out of my hand!
My daughter is ALWAYS banging on at me to get one of these! Either she can’t do without being able to contact me…. or she’s turning into my mother lol.
Yes lots of times and will always be when I need it !
Gosh, yes – almost too many to mention! And always my fault for forgetting to charge the phone properly. Very embarrassing and ditsy!
Yes! I was meeting a friend, she was running late but luckily I waited and she found me! Would have been handy to have a portable charger on me!
Yes I was at a concert and lost my brother, so when I decide to text/phone him, I realised my phone had died
Oh yes,while I was drivin and listening to audiobook. Sooooo frustrating.
On the bus – there was even power but I didn’t have the adapter to use it…so frustrating!
Yes, when I was travelling and taking lots of photos!
I had my phone die on me when waiting for the bus, I had my ticket via the app. I had to buy another ticket!
ive had plenty of times my phone has died while at hospital appointments mainly as im not near home and can be there for a long time!
Yes my phone died once when I landed back home in the UK at the airport at I couldn’t get hold of my dad to tell him when he could pick me up!
Yes trying to find way back to hotel in Tokyo
Yes often. Although this is down to my own forgetfulness.
Yes usually when go out and not expect to be out as later as we did
no narrowly missed
Quite often, especially if we stay out longer than we’d planned x
Frequently. Usually when I’ve been out all day.
Yes – my children will sometimes use my phone and not tell me they’ve run the battery down.
My phone always dies on me as I always forget to charge it .
Yes a few times!
In normal times I visit my favourite nature reserve in Wales about once a month, it’s 5-6 hours travelling there and back and as a passenger I’m on my phone the whole time. It never lasts all the way home so this would come in very handy!
Yes and I couldn’t find the road I had parked my car on. I wandered around for ages until I found somewhere to charge it.
My phone dies frequently when we go camping, it is hard to find somewhere to recharge it unless I do it while driving somewhere
All the time!! Awaiting my upgrade as they hit a certain life and its game over without a mobile charger!
Yes when I have gone fishing with the other half and both of our phones died.
very often – so much so i now carry a spare usb battery pack!
All the time, I’m always forgetting to charge my phone!
I try not to use it so I can do one charge a day but that doesn’t work.
When I was in hospital and I didn’t have my charger with me.
yes mines died a few times im forever forgetting to charge it
I am a heavy user, so i’ve ran off battery a few times
yes, last year when I was in need of some desperate help due to a family stituation and I couldn’t call anyone. It was bad.
Lots of times, but the worst ones were when I forgot to charge it overnight and have to go work without battery.
I’ve had my phone die on the train, a right pain.
No thankfully but I dread the power going and then I see the best photograh I could ever take and can’t do it
I’ve never actually had a phone die on me bur many times have waken in the morning to find that my phone hadn’t charged due to a problem with the wireless charger!
My phone once died on me and school could not contact me when my son was ill
Normally my phone dies everytime I am out with the family, as I love taking photos
Not too often but it would be fab to take it out for longer!
yes last week when it snowed I wanted to take a bunch of photos and my phone ran out… grrr!
yes, this does happen quite often,usually at a very awkward time!
yes when were out rambling following our trails app. had to guess the back back!!
My phone often dies when I’m out and i need to phone someone to check on something!
Fabulous prize, I would love to win
Yes all yhe time ! Miss so many important calls as i run out of juice
Usually towards the end of a day ou when I need to call for my lift home. Happened more than once!
yes lots of times batteries dont seem to last long
so convenient as its lightweight and small size – would be REALLY useful 🙂
no luckily, only loss of signal sometimes which is annoying and frustrating
Sooo many times because I’m constantly snapping pics and videos!!
Yes when i was rushed to hospital from work
My phone died when my car broke down which was not great
I had a powerbank like this when I had a flip phone – it was a life-saver more than once.
I’m hanging on to my phone as long as possible even though the battery will suddenly cut out at around 50%! I portable charger would be great!
My phone had died loads of times, the worst when my battery was on 1% the buzzer to my apartment wasnt working and forgot my keys at 2am. Lucky i managed to quickly text my flat mate to let me in before it died completely