The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled about 51,000 reclining chair battery packs on September 24, 2026, after four reports of the packs overheating, smoking or igniting. The Blue Cactus ...

News about a software-capped Large+ battery pack option for the Gen 2 Rivian R1 vehicles has been floating around for some time. However, Rivian didn't bother to explain what this is and what its ...

Jack Johnson taught children (and many grown-ups) that three is a magic number with his songs. The singer was talking about the three Rs: "reuse, reduce, and recycle." Repairing reduces production ...

A new patent describes a system that could physically detach an overheating battery pack before thermal runaway turns into a much bigger problem.

Many readers will have at some time or another built their own lithium-ion battery packs, whether they are using tiny cells or the huge ones found in automotive packs. A popular choice it to salvage ...

Having a portable air compressor in your trunk saves you from hunting down gas station pumps or sweating over a manual bike pump. At under $90, this DeWalt inflator gives you reliable emergency power ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When it comes to batteries, most of us will have a handle on fundamentals like volts, amps, and watts. But what about the rest of the jargon?

There's almost nobody who is looking to spend more money on tools than they have to. You don't go into Home Depot or Lowe's ...

The common truth with phones is that as the design gets thinner, the battery life shrinks. The iPhone 12 family is no different — 12 Mini, 12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max included — and on intense days with ...

If you want a purpose-built battery that doesn't add much weight and brings a ton of function, we'd say the $99 MagSafe Battery Pack fits the bill. Who this is for: The MagSafe Battery Pack is a ...