The Photographer's Wife Parenting, Disney, Travel, Reviews & Other Randomness
With blogs to update, social media to check and photos to take, it’s no wonder our batteries in our mobile devices reach zero before the day is over. This has happened to us plenty of times, especially me…Mrs. Always-Forgets-to-Charge-her-Phone. I pretty much have to keep my phone plugged into my computer all day at work to prevent the battery from draining by 5pm.
But where this really becomes a hassle is when we’re traveling. When we’re at Walt Disney World, we often find ourselves with zero battery by mid-afternoon. Then we’re stuck not being able to share anything the rest of the day, check the time (who owns watches any more?), distract Trent with games or videos during meals or line-waiting, or use their app to check wait times and update any reservations. Sure, WDW added some plugs and USB charging stations at the parks, but I don’t want to be tied down to one spot while my phone charges for an hour.
The solution? An External Battery!
We’ve been using the HUE Plus from Juno Power.
Juno Power is the battery division of Juno Labs, a US based design firm, we design, develop, manufacture and market portable mobile devices and accessories for both Apple and Android devices alike. Our goal is to create the best possible products in both quality and design. With Headquarters in Burlingame, CA, we create innovative designs with competitive pricing. In doing what we have been doing best for over a decade, we strive to create the most user friendly, reliable solutions for everyday power problems.
They currently offer two version of external batteries:
**The HUE Kard is a 4,000mAh battery. It is 7.5mm thick and about the size of an iPhone 5, so it’s very easy to carry around on a daily basis. It comes in red, black and white.
**The HUE Plus is our 9,900 mAh battery. This one packs a lot more power! It is a little thicker, but is still pretty compact. This one comes is 5 colors – lime green, blue, pink, silver and gold.
The HUE Plus is a bit larger than the Kard, but still conveniently fits in purses, diaper bags, pockets, stroller pouches, etc.
What we like best about the HUE Plus is how we can charge TWO devices at the same time. No more fighting over who gets to charge their battery first. 
Both HUE options can charge both Apple and Android Devices, including phones and tablets. I’ve mentioned plenty of times here before that Trent is an iPad expert, and we often use it to entertain him during meals at restaurants or while taking trips in the car. With the HUE, we never have to worry about the iPad running out of power. Below is a chart showing the approximate # of hours of charge each device can get from a fully-charged HUE Plus.
The HUE Plus has a LCD screen that shows you the % of charge remaining, so you know when to charge it.
Even just this past weekend we were out to lunch with family, and while Trent was watching a movie on the iPad, our niece went to use her phone because she was bored while waiting for our meal to arrive. She pulled out her phone and the battery was dead. That wouldn’t have been a problem with the HUE around!
(on a side note, I’m not advocating the excessive use of technology at meals or all times of the day, but if you haven’t tried to get a toddler to sit through a meal at a restaurant without much to do, then you have no idea what a lifesaver technology can be!)
The HUE is absolutely perfect for anyone that travels a lot, uses their phones or tablets extensively, or has kids that likes to use their phones or tablets for entertainment. I can think of so many places and scenarios the HUE would be handy. It took about an hour to charge Brett’s Samsung phone from being completely dead, which means it’s fast and you can keep going without missing a beat!
Want one for yourself? You can find them at JunoPower.com and Amazon! You can also enter to win one below!
**Giveaway**
WIN: One lucky reader will win their choice of either the HUE Kard or the HUE Plus in your choice of color.
Eligibility: US Only
Ends: April 17, 2026 at 11:59pm EST
How to enter: Use the Rafflecopter form below.
I will contact the winner by email the day after the giveaway ends. The winner will have 48 hours to respond with their information.
Good luck!
I received this item in exchange for a review and giveaway. All thoughts are my own and honest. Thanks for reading!
We got an external battery at a conference I went to last month. Nothing this fancy…but I love it! How did we function before them?
This would come in SO handy for our trips to WDW!!
One of us is always fighting over the charger when we are out so this would be really helpful. Thank you for sharing this as I will need to share this with others.
Thank you!
The would be great on vacation and road trips this summer! Thank you for the review and giveaway!
This would be such a great gift for my mom who never has her phone charged!!!
I would absolutely love this! Thanks for the chance!
These are so cool! I was just talking about how I wanted a portable charger today!
This would be so awesome to have around the house!
New follower! Very cool site!
i would love to win one of these because my phone dies on me all the time.
This looks like an awesome battery pack Thanks for the chance to win. Good luck everyone!
This is awesome, I need this!
I love all of your social media outlets, but this blog is my favorite!! Thank you for the wonderful blog content and giveaways
What a cool product, I love it!
Thank you so much! Very excited to have won!
it seems good. i really want one. but i’v got a Kinkoo 10500mah portable charger, which can also charge two devices simultaneously. it works just fine with both high charging speed and fashionable design. i also love it.