I am trying to find a device to recharge my MacBook Pro when I do not have the 3-prong outlets; electricity is out at home sometimes due to storms; dry camping uses only DC devices. Help would be appreciated. I bought a small backup battery that said it recharges AC, but found out it is not powerful enough and it dies after 3 minutes.
The bottom line is that you need an inverter and battery, both of which have sufficient capacity, which means they're going to be heavy. There are many options though. Hiking / biking will be a challenge; if you have a car it's not a big deal since they all have batteries already. The small battery you used must not have had much capacity.
Have you checked out car adapters for computer/phone charging?
The only way a MacBook Pro can be recharged is with AC power; the 3-prong outlets and it needs to be strong enough to restore its battery. There must be campers out there that need their macbook pros and there must be a way that campers recharge their computers; that’s what I’m trying to find out. thanks, though.
I will continue to read suggestions; it is very appreciated. Some advice goes over my head. Some advice, I research.
X-DRAGON 140W Foldable Solar Panel Portable Solar Charge appears affordable at $190. I need to research it more cause I don’t understand it.
Generac 8025 GB1000 Compact Portable Power Station is $900, but looks like it could work, but very expensive.
Car converters is out of the question.
someone mentioned "There are several batteries that can be charged at home” can you be more specific about what kind of batteries you are talking about?
thanks for whatever help you think you can give me. I thought it would be an easy answer, but maybe not;
I’m not giving up. There must be an affordable way.
hikenbike393 wrote:
thank you, but can you be more specific about what kind of batteries you are talking about?
Using the car is not an acceptable way. sorry.
That Generac 8025 GB1000 that you mentioned is one example, but there are many other similar products, with varying power and price. You can charge one such device at home and use it for portable power when camping.
I’m reading up on the X-Dragon 140W foldable Solar Panel. If I’m understanding this correctly, the solar panels are used to recharge a portable solar power station to keep the power station charged? It doesn’t look like the X-Dragon can be used solely by itself so that I could plug the MacBook Pro A/C cord into it for the Dragon to charge my laptop? That means I would still have to pay for a charger first before this X-Dragon can be useful. Do you know if I'm understanding this correctly? thanks. The Generac 8025 charger is $900.
thank you, but can you be more specific about what kind of batteries you are talking about?
Using the car is not an acceptable way. sorry.
Thank you; I am hoping to find something less expensive, but your information helps for my research.
I finally looked at your 2 links; they are great if I didn’t have a MacBook Pro, which can only be recharged using an A/C plug; the 3-prong outlet is needed. any other ideas?
Ah, sorry to hear. :(
There are several batteries that can be charged at home, for example, and taken with you, not just for powering your mac, but other electric devices.
Alternatively, you could get an inverter and plug that to a DV 12V plug in a car.
Beware that if it is gas powered car you would need to keep it running or you'd flatten the car battery pretty quickly.
What about a Solar Panel which do appear on some on-line retailers
X-DRAGON 140W Foldable Solar Panel Portable Solar Charger with Parallel Port, with MC-4 for Compatible with most Portable Power Station, Laptop, Cellphone and Tablet
No full for generator or car if using it to change the computer
Very Eco Friendly too
Just hope to sunny weather
Purchase a Fossil Fuel Generator that can generate enough electrical current to recharge the computer
How to recharge my macbook pro when I am camping without an AC connector?
