On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:06:33 -0400, rickman wrote:

> Martin Gregorie wrote on 10/15/2017 6:30 PM:
>> On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 16:23:40 -0400, rickman wrote:
>>
>>> Also my scroll wheel won't work on their page and I think the product
>>> is not all that great.  The battery is only 300 mAHr which would give
>>> less than an hour run time even for a pi zero.  They make it way too
>>> hard to find out just what the various versions do with vague
>>> descriptions, "includes useful and innovative additional functions".
>>>
>> While I agree with everything you say about their web pages, their
>> product looks good, if not cheap.
>>
>> If all you want is a UPS with clean shutdown if the power doesn't
>> return within 20-30 mins, 300mAh is fine. But they also offer the same
>> board with a 3000 mAh external battery for either extended UPS or for
>> portable use of the RPi, i.e around 5 hours plus or minus a few hours:
>> this looks reasonable to me.
>
> But you said it, the PRICE!  I don't expect to pay as much for the USP
> as I do for the pi or many times more if this is holding up the pi Zero!

Indeed. But I might expect to pay *as much* or even a bit more (plus
battery) if it does what this one does. Why? Because production volume
and its effect on price.


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