Over the last few weeks I have reviewed a few cases from Brando Workshop and so far they all have been perfect on my BlackBerry Z10. So now that my device is protected from anything that I might do to it from being careless I decided to check into a way to extend the battery life throughout the day. To find what I needed I again went to Brando Workshop and I found a couple external battery chargers that I want to tell you about.
The one I will tell you about today is the Power Jacket for the BlackBerry Z10 (I will tell you about the second charger in a few days after I try it out and see what it’s all about). The first thing I noticed about the Power Jacket is that it comes in a plastic case that protects the charger from anything during shipping. There is nothing worse than getting your BlackBerry accessories and finding something broke in shipping, with this plastic case there are no worries.
Now once I open the packaging and removed the charger I saw that it was basically a very solid case that has the ability to charge my BlackBerry at any time, and any place that my device may be running low on juice. To charge the phone, all I had to do was slide it in the portable battery and use the ON-OFF switch on the back.
Once you have the Z10 in place you will notice that the protective cover will protect your BlackBerry Z10 from drops and provides excellent protection from scratches as well. You will also see that all the media keys, the top lock/unlock button, and the HDMI port are still accessible. There is even a cutout on the back for the camera.
To charge the Power Jacket itself all you need is the normal charger that you use on your Z10. Just plug the charger into the charging port on the bottom and you will see four blue lights on the back showing you that the unit is charging. Each of those lights indicate different capacity levels of the charge cycle which are very easy to understand. On the back near the indicator lights is where the on/off button is which makes it simple to recharge my Z10 when needed.

Check out the features of the Power Jacket below.
- Recharge BlackBerry Z10 On the Go
- 2200mAh High Power Capacity
- Lightweight and Protective
- With Battery Power Indigency Power Pack
- Capacity: 2200mAh
- Input Voltage: 5V
- Input Current: 700mAh
- Output: 5V
- Output Current: 1000mAh
- Charging Time: 5 hours
- Weight: 81.5g
- Size: 142mm(L) x 74mm(W)x 20mm(T)
They also have two colors available (white and black) and it only costs $35, which makes it well worth the price. So if you need something to help you extend your battery life then I highly recommend the Power Jacket from Brando Workshop. In fact if you go to the Brando Workshop website you will see they have all kinds of BlackBerry accessories for both the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10. They even have accessories for all the legacy BlackBerry devices as well as other platforms, so make sure to check them out.