Gear Review: Dark Energy Poseidon Portable Charger

Keeping small electronics charged out in the field is always an issue for me. We all love to photograph and video our camping, hunting, fishing and family adventures for social media and digital albums. It seems that my phone never has enough battery life for my excursions. I have tried the solar panel chargers, but unless you are in the perfect sunlight they never seem to work that well, or take forever.

This year at the Fred Hall Fishing and Tackle show Long Beach, I met up with the Dark Energy guys at their booth on the first day of the show. We talked about the product and I moved on, I had a lot of show to see and needed to keep my 3 year old moving. All weekend I thought about the portable charger and finally purchased it Sunday the last day of the show. With the show special it was 25% off so I could not beat that. I picked the Realtree Poseidon portable charger instead of the blakc. The camo and blaze orange look great along with the orange and black para cord charging cable. It also comes with a strap and a  screw lock carabiner. To charge an I Phone you can either buy a lighting cable from Dark Energy or use your lighting cable that came your phone. You can also get the lighting adapter for the existing charging cable to cut down on extra weight.


I have been using the charger for more than a month now. So far I am very impressed with the charging capabilities of this portable charger. Here are some of the manufacture specs of the unit.

Product Features

• 10,000 mAh of portable power
• Waterproof rating of IP-68 (highest possible rating)
• Durability rating of MIL-STD-810G (highest possible rating)
• Dual-port charging capability (2.4 and 1.0 amps respectively)
• Included Micro-USB paracord charging cable, carabiner, and nylon strap
• Built-in LED light and lantern with SOS signaling capability

Product Specs

• Input: 5V, 0.5-2.4A, Micro-USB
• Output: 5V, 1A and 2.4A USB
• Dimensions: 6in x 3.25in x .63in
• Weight: 9.6oz

What Can It Charge

• Smartphone (3-6x)
• Two-way Radio (4-8x)
• GPS (3-5x)
• Tablet (1-3x)
• Bluetooth Speaker (4-7x)
• Trail Cam (4-5)
• Rangefinder (6-8x)

 I have tried this charger out on a few different devices and can say that it works really well. So far I have used it on a few I Phones, a I Pad Mini, my Jabra ear bud, and my digital camera. I charged my mini I Pad from 100% dead to 100% charged in 3 hours with one dot left on the charging unit. I re-charged the unit and charged 10 I Phones with varying battery life anywhere 31%-80% all charged to 100% (most phones started charging around 75%). Charge time is about a 1.5 hours from 50% charged. I also charged my Jabra ear bud on the same charge. I charged my camera on a separate charge and left the house for the day. So I am not sure on the charge time. 

Recharging the Poseidon can be done with using the micro-USB cord from the wall or using a solar charger such as the Goal Zero or other solar chargers.

The Dark Energy Poseidon Portable Charger is great for family trips to multiple night back packing trips. The unit retails for $99.99 which is a little expensive. The Poseidon does a great job keeping your gear charged while you are out on the go. I have already recommended the Poseidon to at lest 3 of my friends who camp and backpack. I know 2 of them are already looking to get one.