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> Or you can just purchase an Ampy Move (www.getampy), an external battery pack powered by kinetic motion. That gadget is way expensive for what it does (aroun

by bubuga 10y ago

> Or you can just purchase an Ampy Move (www.getampy), an external battery pack powered by kinetic motion. That gadget is way expensive for what it does (around $90) and the reviews are less than stellar. Furthermore, some reviews state that it takes around 60 hours of running to get the ampy move to store a measly 1800mAh. For $1 you can purchase cell phone chargers that take standard AA batteries. For a bit more, but still a fraction of the cost of a Ampy move, you can purchase a rechargable cell phone charger. I don't see a single category or use case that the ampy move works better than the alternatives, which cost a small fraction of its cost.

anon327 10y ago
I think the reviews don't paint the full picture. According to the Ampy team less than 2% of customers have any complaints. [1] so you're probaly only reading the super disgruntled. It's likely they just got defective devices. I'm sure these sourcing kinks will be smoothed over for version two of the Ampy Move charger. They were just featured in the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/technology/personaltech/fitness-trackers-move-to-earphones-socks-and-basketballs.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/technology/personaltech/fi... [1] http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/02/18/campus/northwestern-student-startup-ampy-responds-to-criticism-of-its-charging-device-product/ http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/02/18/campus/northwestern-...
- NickNameNick 10y ago
  You'll find remarkably few complaints from people who purchase homeopathic remedies. Doesn't mean that homeopathy works.
  - anon327 10y ago
    This is completely off-topic to whether or not Ampy Move works. FYI these guys won the 2014 Clean Energy Challenge award [1]. This required a review from an entire panel of senior scientists and engineers... For example this guy, Ben Gaddy, their Director of Technology Development, is a PHD engineer and former US Patent Office reviewer: http://cleanenergytrust.org/staff-board/ben-gaddy/ http://cleanenergytrust.org/staff-board/ben-gaddy/ Who are you again? [1] http://cleanenergytrust.org/5-ways-clean-tech-is-changing-how-you-use-your-iphone/ http://cleanenergytrust.org/5-ways-clean-tech-is-changing-ho...
- bubuga 10y ago
  > I think the reviews don't paint the full picture. According to the Ampy team less than 2% of customers have any complaints. [1] You've brushed over the fact that the article mentions deceitful marketing practices that involves product descriptions specifically crafter to paint a fictitious idea of what the product's true capabilities are while being intentionally vague "so that nothing that they’ve said is strictly lying per se". Furthermore, in spite of all the marketing effort, the company only managed to move 6k units worldwide. This is a clear telltale sign that the product clearly doesn't serve its purposes, and its sales are attained mostly due to goodwill from people who fall into the green energy scam.

by bubuga 10y ago

anon327 10y ago

I think the reviews don't paint the full picture. According to the Ampy team less than 2% of customers have any complaints. [1] so you're probaly only reading the super disgruntled. It's likely they just got defective devices. I'm sure these sourcing kinks will be smoothed over for version two of the Ampy Move charger. They were just featured in the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/technology/personaltech/fitness-trackers-move-to-earphones-socks-and-basketballs.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/technology/personaltech/fi... [1] http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/02/18/campus/northwestern-student-startup-ampy-responds-to-criticism-of-its-charging-device-product/ http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/02/18/campus/northwestern-...

NickNameNick 10y ago
You'll find remarkably few complaints from people who purchase homeopathic remedies. Doesn't mean that homeopathy works.
- anon327 10y ago
  This is completely off-topic to whether or not Ampy Move works. FYI these guys won the 2014 Clean Energy Challenge award [1]. This required a review from an entire panel of senior scientists and engineers... For example this guy, Ben Gaddy, their Director of Technology Development, is a PHD engineer and former US Patent Office reviewer: http://cleanenergytrust.org/staff-board/ben-gaddy/ http://cleanenergytrust.org/staff-board/ben-gaddy/ Who are you again? [1] http://cleanenergytrust.org/5-ways-clean-tech-is-changing-how-you-use-your-iphone/ http://cleanenergytrust.org/5-ways-clean-tech-is-changing-ho...
bubuga 10y ago
> I think the reviews don't paint the full picture. According to the Ampy team less than 2% of customers have any complaints. [1] You've brushed over the fact that the article mentions deceitful marketing practices that involves product descriptions specifically crafter to paint a fictitious idea of what the product's true capabilities are while being intentionally vague "so that nothing that they’ve said is strictly lying per se". Furthermore, in spite of all the marketing effort, the company only managed to move 6k units worldwide. This is a clear telltale sign that the product clearly doesn't serve its purposes, and its sales are attained mostly due to goodwill from people who fall into the green energy scam.