Peakdo makes the Mini Ultra Ultra Ultra-Portable Starlink

The Starlink Satellite mini-plat is now even better thanks to the $ 119 Linkpower 1 food bank 1 from Peakdo. The battery locks securely at the back of the smallest SpaceX terminal and provides more than 4.5 hours of uninterrupted internet connectivity. Linkpower’s battery can also be loaded simultaneously on USB-C from your car, solar generator or solar panel for indefinite internet use. Then, the small well tidy package can be slipped into a backpack or a catch-all for your next adventure.

Starlink is an internet service that changes their life that connects people and villages that are too far away for the towers and cables to reach. My own mini-starlink was essential to help me continue life as a digital nomad of almost everywhere in Europe. And at the moment, Starlink is the only gaming in the city’s internet of relatively inexpensive and fast consumer which can be quickly deployed in dead data points.

My primordial thinking after using the Peakdo Linkpower in recent weeks is: why is SpaceX doing it?

Linkpower Bungs 99Wh’s power bank directly in the slit at the back of the Mini Starlink, just like one of the official SpaceX frames. It supplies the small dish via a short DC-DC barrel connector. It makes the Mini Starlink an autonomous unit which can be placed anywhere in the Wi-Fi range. This includes above your vehicle or your cabin, or in a distant clearing where it has a clear line of satellite costs-no long-required power cables.

The Peakdo unit has a USB-C Bidirectional PD port to load devices like your phone up to 65 W, or to share 100W in the entry to simultaneously supply the star link and load the LinkPower battery. An integrated screen allows you to monitor power on both ports.

The LinkPower’s unique button acts as an ON / OFF switch for the Mini Starlink. Press once when activating the integrated display or hold it down to light the CC output which feeds the Mini Starlink. The USB-C port is still on standby to provide energy, but I have not noticed any vampire drain accordingly. For example, I put him away with a load of 98%, and five days later, he always said 98%.

Remote monitoring and control is possible on Bluetooth with a web application. It works on Android, Mac (with chrome) and PC desktop computers, but iPhones require A special browser This supports web bluetooth APIs. It was a bit of Janky whatever the platform, but also useful when the dish was seated on the roof of my van, for example. This is the only way to access advanced features such as the creation of on / off schedules for the Mini Starlink.

I made an average of 4 hours and 35 minutes of battery life on repeated tests, with seven active devices on the Mini Starlink. When I examined the mini in OctoberI only got approximately 3 hours from my own 99Wh feed bank – a good indication that the continuous flow of updates to the firmware delivered to my mini Starlink terminal has improved electrical efficiency. This execution can be extended by connecting a USB-C cable between the linkpower and your car, your power plant, a portable solar panel or even a standard food bank that you could use for your phone.

Normally, the Mini Starlink requires an AC wall outlet or a battery with a USB-C PD port of 100W (20V / 5A) to operate, as well as specialized cables equipped with 5221 bad weather. But with the PEAKDO linkpower connected, you can easily keep it loaded with the same equipment that loads your laptops, your phones and other USB-C gadgets. Sprinter Van USB-C sockets only provide 19 W of power, but a USB-C adapter connected to its 12V socket produces more than 30 W from the available 120 W, easily covering the average power of 22W from the Mini Starlink. Do not have to worry about transporting special equipment – these spacex cables are long! – Just for the Mini Starlink was incredibly liberating.

It took 2 hours and 30 minutes to completely recharge the Peakdo Linkpower on USB-C of a 100W source, while simultaneously keeping the mini-link in progress. Linkpower’s display displayed 55W – 60W on USB -C to load the battery, and another 18W – 26 W on DC to power the Mini Starlink. I found the maximum USB-C load rate at around 60 W, whether the star link was fed or not. And drawing the USB-C charger never interfered with the operation of the Mini Starlink at the start or stopping the van.

A blow against the battery of Peakdo Linkpower is its resistance to dust and water. He has an IPX4 note, clearly worse than the IP67 note from the Starlink Mini. This means that Link’s power is not certified against dust – although Peakdo calls it “dust test” – and it is only tested to resist water. So it is probably not a good idea to put it on the roof when driving in the rain or on dusty roads. Be that as it may, the Mini Starlink works well from the inside of moving vehicles when it is mounted against a glass sunroof or seated on the dashboard of a van.

Peakdo claims a 60 degrees Celsius operating range (140 degrees fahrenheit) at -20 C (-4F). This means that the battery should be well above the additional roof of your vehicle during sunny summer days, but could fight in very cold winters. The mini mini operating temperature range is 50 ° C (122F) at -30C (-22F).

Using the linkpower means that you cannot use the Kickstand or any other SpaceX medium with the Mini Starlink. The food bank has three ¼ inch holes for a tripod or other spare frames if you are really determined to lock a perfect orientation towards the sky. I do not care about this: it has never made a lot of difference in my months of regular use.

I have no real reproaches with the feeding bank of the Peakdo tip. The battery adds 645 g (1.42 lb) additional to the mini starlink of 1.1 kg (2.43 lb), which makes it solid, not heavy. He was previously at risk of blowing in strong winds. At $ 119, it costs about twice as much as the other 99Wh electricity banks with 100W USB-C PD, but it is worth it.

By detecting the mini starlink, the Peakdo linkpower 1 Power Bank opens a world of new placement possibilities. Everything you need is in an autonomous kit that can be fired with the press from a button for more than four hours of operation – or more with a simple USB -C power source. I have already given the ultra-portable Starlink Mini at 9/10 When I saw her again last year. Make it ultra-practical with the help of Peakdo, the edges even closer to perfection for people who want to get up and leave.

Photograph by Thomas Ricker / The Verge