Powerbank for E460 Laptop (I'm Flying SYD > LAX!)

danielkcheung on 20/09/2016 - 16:31

Thanks to OzB, I picked up a cheap E460 a few months ago and I am glad to repor that it has been running smoothly for my photography business (bar the crashes I get from PS/LR due to GPU driver boo!).

I'm flying to USA with the wife for our honeymoon in November and we have a bit of a long flight ahead of us. I have a wedding a few days before that I would like to finish editing whilst on the long flight (might as well right!!?!). We're flying coach, on Delta and I cannot be certain if there will be a powerpoint available in the cabin. A friend recently suggested a powerbank and I've looked into it and it appears powerbanks do exist for laptops! Sorry if this is old news to you :)

What would you recommend that I buy? I'll need one suitable for my Lenovo E460.

Thank in advance!

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • Martini on 20/09/2016 - 17:18

    FYI Delta economy has no power/usb ports.

  • Cleartripe on 20/09/2016 - 17:18
    +2

    How about an extra battery for the laptop? That would appear to be a cheaper and reliable (considering the no-name powerbanks) option

    • danielkcheung on 20/09/2016 - 19:35

      This totally skipped my mind! Thank you! I have been a Mac user for the past 5-years and I forgot that batteries exist for PC :P

      • mccarthyp64 on 20/09/2016 - 20:17
        +1

        Mac users…

        • MrMcHairyHead on 28/09/2016 - 11:32

          10 seconds of googling reveals the E460 battery can't be easily replaced either. There's no difference between a Mac and PC in this case.

          (profanity) elitist PC users.

        • mccarthyp64 on 29/09/2016 - 15:26
          -1

          @MrMcHairyHead: That's why I buy Dell laptops ;)

    • scotty on 20/09/2016 - 22:47

      ThinkPad E460 unfortunately does not have an easily removable battery.

      • danielkcheung on 20/09/2016 - 22:57

        Yep. Found out by flipping it over.

  • dcuksuop on 20/09/2016 - 18:52
    +1

    Rows 1-38 have power..
    Some are economy seats. See if you can get up there?

    http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/air…

    • danielkcheung on 20/09/2016 - 19:37

      I got us Row 48 ….

    • kiribatian on 20/09/2016 - 21:02

      Interesting- Delta Comfort Plus only goes up to Row 32 so they must leaving some leeway if they want to expand this class later.

  • RockyRaccoon on 20/09/2016 - 19:02

    How about cuddling up to the wife instead…..

    • danielkcheung on 20/09/2016 - 19:34
      +1

      I will! But she may protest after a few minutes lol.

  • tonyjzx on 20/09/2016 - 22:55

    I fly for work and the reality is that even with a 12" laptop its not practical given the severe lack of room in economy EXCEPT in special cases like emergency exit and front row seats (in domestics).

    Also a laptop with no internet is pretty much friggin' useless unless you watch movies or bash office.

    • danielkcheung on 20/09/2016 - 22:58

      I'll have over 1,000 images to edit. I have over 11-hours of time to burn :P

  • donnot on 24/09/2016 - 16:09
    +1

    Something like this should keep you going for a few hours.

    • danielkcheung on 26/09/2016 - 08:17

      Cheers! Made an order.

      • tonyjzx on 26/09/2016 - 11:18

        Battery Capacity: 11400mAh/42Wh

        its about the same as your std. 6 cell lenovo battery?

        for $100?

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