Bought a $20 emergency phone charger at a gas station after my car died in the rain

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3 Comments

Keep that charger in your glove box, not the center console. I learned the hard way after mine got fried from summer heat. The cheap ones don't have great temperature protection.

hill.christopher3mo ago

My glove box gets just as hot as the console, @rivera.christopher. I've had better luck just buying a decent charger that can handle the heat.

taylor_mitchell8028d ago

$20 for a gas station charger is basically playing Russian roulette with your phone's battery life. That thing probably has the heat tolerance of a snowflake in hell. I'm surprised it even worked long enough to get you out of that rain situation. Next time save yourself the trouble and just buy a pack of AA batteries and a paperclip to hotwire your car, probably more reliable than that overpriced plastic brick. At least you learned the lesson that gas station electronics are a SCAM designed for desperate people with dead cars and wet socks.