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Relax and Help Beat the Heat with Cool Gadgets!

Based on the heat wave this these past few days, it is safe to say summer has officially started. Relax! Need some help on keeping cool? Battery Junction has the solutions to all of your problems!

Don’t let your drinks get cold!

Relax

If it’s 85 degrees and sunny, you definitely want to head to the beach to get your tan on. Though it can be nice to relax and lay out in the sun, it is also dehydrating, and you’re going to want to enjoy a nice bottle of cold water at some point. Beat the snack bar lines without ever leaving your chair with the the Wagan 7 liter personal cooler (and warmer)!  With the capacity to hold roughly 9 cans ( 7 liters) of space, this cooler will allow you and your friends will be able to enjoy cold beverages throughout the day. Need more space? Check out our vast selection of other coolers here.

Staying out of the sun?

Bottle Opener, Relax

If you’re one of those lucky souls who has a working air conditioner, it you can simply relax indoors with some friends and crack open a few cold ones. Don’t get caught without a bottle opener. Introducing the Mil Spec 25mm bottle opener from MikeMikeART. Using genuinely fired rounds from war machines, this bottle opener makes for a fantastic conversation piece, as well as a useful tool when you wish to enjoy a cool drink. Standing at an impressive 8″ tall, it can open bottles without difficulty.

Keep your devices going when you travel to cooler climates!

power bank

Traveling to beat the heat? Don’t let your phone battery die! Check out the Tenergy Dual Port USB Power Bank. Whether you are left without wifi, or spend hours taking photographs of your beautiful vacation, your device’s batteries are going to drain. Recharge with 8000mAh high capacity that lasts through over 500 cycles! In addition to this, the Tenergy Power Bank is portable and convenient. It gives you the peace of mind knowing you’ll never be without a source of power. Plus, the power bank offers dual USB ports so you and a friend can charge devices at the same time!

So, wherever you’re going, you can always count on Battery Junction to assist you in your endeavors to beat the heat.  

Let us know what you do to keep cool, comment below!

Surviving Post-Grad Life

Now that it’s almost June, many seniors have graduated from college and are heading out into the world on their own for the first time. While living on your own without mom or dad may seem a bit daunting, we here at Battery Junction can help you out!

Cooking

Possibly the biggest challenge you will face is having to cook on your own.  It’s Monday afternoon, you have run out of food in your apartment, and you realize that you need to take a trip to the store or risk starvation. After you’ve mentally psyched yourself up to go grocery shopping, you go to take your bike out when you realize just how dark it’s gotten. It’s not safe to ride your bike now, you don’t have reflective clothing! If only you could light up your bike so cars would see you. Good thing you have your SpokeLit LED attachable bike lights! Cars can now easily spot you down the road. You can now take that much needed trip to the store and successfully line your shelves with the proper amount of snacks, pasta, chicken, and TV dinners.

Going Out

It’s Friday night and you’re ready to explore your new city. After checking out the latest yelp reviews on a restaurant down the block that you’ve been eyeing, you decide to call a friend to grab a nice dinner. You deserve it from all of the cooking you did this week. Putting together your best outfit, you are about to walk out the door when you steal one last glance at yourself in the mirror. “I look fantastic,” you say, grinning, as you give yourself one last look over. Your eyes come to a rest on your ears. The smile slides off your face as you realize just how dull your jewelry looks in the light. You’re already running late so you quickly remove your earrings and head out, upset that your perfectly composed outfit didn’t work out. Don’t let your night get ruined again. Always look your best and get the GemOro Sparkle Spa Pro! With the cleanest and shiniest jewelry, you’ll be the talk of the city!

Staying In

One of life’s greatest tests is having to make the tough decision about whether or not to go out every night. On those evenings where you decide to stay in and save your money, your goal is to achieve maximum comfort. As you are lounging on the sofa, you try not to think about all of the meetings you have at work tomorrow. You put on a nice movie to distract yourself when all of a sudden the power goes out! Immediately you try to locate a light source. Phone light? Battery is dead.  (How could you let your phone die. Grab a charger.) Candles? Your apartment complex bans them. Flashlight? Perfect! I must have one of those! You fruitlessly hunt around your apartment only to have a dark thought crosses your mind: You don’t have a flashlight.  After sitting on the floor for several minutes reflecting on how you managed to survive this long on your own, the power miraculously returns. Immediately, you hop onto google to search our website for our vast selection of flashlights and settle on the Nitecore MH20 Rechargeable Flashlight. Lightweight and portable, you will never get caught in the dark again!

 

Black Cat Snarling

Make It Through the 13th: A Guide to Surviving This Frightening Friday

Broken Glass

It’s the end of the week, and while Fridays usually bring relief and joy, we find ourselves avoiding the cracks in the sidewalk and steering clear of dark colored felines. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen; we’ve Friday the 13th. While you haven’t necessarily succumbed to bad luck in previous years (knock on wood), it can’t hurt to plan around the possible jinxes that seem to be particularly present on this most unlucky of days, and Battery Junction is here to help you with your preparations.

Avoiding Black Cats:

black-catThese pesky hex machines are a prominent symbol for misfortune on any given day of the year, so encountering one on this particular date can only amplify the chances of receiving 13 years of bad luck. While you’re able to put your house on black cat lock-down, you won’t have the same environmental control once you step out into the outside world, so you’ll need something more mobile than walls to keep them from crossing your path. What better repellent is there to keep the cats at bay than their seemingly sworn enemy, man’s best friend. Keep a dog close to your side, which can be easily done with the help of a proper leash, and your path will stay clear of any unlucky felines.

 

Umbrellas Aren’t Worth The Risk:

Open-Umbrella-in-House-grey2001-300x233If it’s raining on your Friday the 13th, then you may already feel like bad luck has found you, but don’t let it trick you! All the rain is doing is prompting you to use one of most potentially unlucky objects out there; an umbrella. This seemingly innocent device may keep your head dry, but has the potential to cause a severe depletion in luck when opened inside and is just not worth the risk on this unluckiest of days. Sure, you may tell yourself that you’ll remember not to open it until you walk out the door, but all it takes is one distraction while you’re leaving and BOOM, you earn yourself an unhealthy dose of hexes. Keep yourself dry with a nice waterproof poncho, or better yet, just say inside; there could be black cats out there anyway.

Steer Clear of Hazardous Mirrors:

broken-mirrorSure, you’ve had that mirror in your bathroom since you’ve moved in and you’ve never come close to breaking it before. Well unfortunately, bad luck doesn’t check your track record of maintaining your reflective surfaces. It’s Friday the 13th, should checking to see if your hair looks good really your top priority? Be confident in your own appearance, or at least accept that approaching something so fragile on a day like today isn’t worth the potential 7 years of bad luck. If you truly find yourself in need of gazing upon your own beauty, at least use a nearly unbreakable mirror to lower your risk of jinxing yourself.

Be Ready For The Unexpected:

friday-the-13th-jason-voorheesFor 363 days of the year, we can all be fairly confident that a masked man wielding some form of bloody cutlery won’t be a major concern. However, from what horror cinema has taught us, today (along with Halloween) is the day where that sense of safety and doubt of the supernatural may cost us our lives. Don’t let your common sense lure you into a false sense of security; anybody wearing a hockey mask isn’t worth approaching. Just because you don’t live near Camp Crystal Lake doesn’t mean you’re safe (Jason somehow made into a spaceship, he can certainly make it to your front door). If you do unluckily stumble across a masked man wielding a long knife, make sure you’re evenly matched by carrying a machete of your own. With the proper equipment, you may just survive this Friday the 13th in one extremely paranoid piece.