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The july diaries | must haves for summer vacation
YES! I wonder if there is a lot of demand for something like this. @nigelhealy didn’t you mention wanting something like this once?
Me? I don’t think so. What I wanted is not really summer related which is a merger of the Powercore+ Mini with the form factor of the LC40 so I had a torch which would recharge my phone. A waterproof battery has the problem the seal must necessarily be opened to recharge/discharge so that seal will fail before the battery fails.
I keep my phone in a waterproof bag and access it via BT buds, smartwatch and the touchscreen. I have a bag and phone which can be put with the Powercore 5000 Slim to recharge whilst in wet situations, something better than a waterproof phone or battery.
The issue with waterproof device is it adds cost, weight, you are lugging that all the time, and the seals fail and so if you expect them to stay waterproof they will fail eventually. The seal on the charging port which you use every day. Vs a waterproof bag if it fails you get another, they are usually about $5 each, but if you only use it when water is a risk, the bag will outlive phones.
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Here in England it rains fairly often, say 1 in 3 days. In summer it is too hot to wear waterpoofs, so no pockets, and so it is usually just carrying an umbrella. You get stray rain if you are walking using your phone under the umbrella. If you did have a waterproof phone connected to a power bank then they being able to be out in the rain would be useful at times, more so in summer.
Does Anker want to make:
- a fan
- a solar fan?
- a home fan with a small battery and will keep operating when the power is out?
There is a chance Eufy makes a ceiling fan, but so far, no other fans have been deemed likely.
I miss the day in London, now I based in China, summer day is quite hot here haha 
A ceiling fan with a battery so it works when power outage, which is remote-controllable from phone, would be (pun) cool.
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