A closer look at the llano TurboCell 2-in-1 Battery Charger
Aug 24, 2024
Cemal Ekin
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe
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I reviewed an interesting combination of a camera battery charger and an external power bank a while ago. That combination from llano gave the photographers access to charging batteries and other devices. I also mentioned in that review that a charger with an internal power bank was on the way. Well, it is here!
Disclosure: Although llano provided the review sample, the post contains no affiliate links, and I do not get any commission from sales.
llano Turbocell charger
The new charger is available at their Amazon store. It performs the same functions with slightly different specs. The biggest advantage of the new charger over the original is its built-in power pack. Because of that, the TurboCell is a little larger and heavier than the original llano charger.
The power bank in the TurboCell is not as powerful as the separate unit I reviewed before. It tops at 12400mAh, 3.6V, 44.64Wh. The power bank I reviewed was rated at 20000 mAh. However, the all-in-one packaging makes the new unit more convenient to use.
The battery chambers are accessed by a latched cover instead of a magnetic one, and the batteries are kept in place by closing the lid and pushing them into the charger. The display shows the capacity of the power bank in numbers and the battery charge levels on either side of it in bars. Each bar on the scale is approximately 25%. When the charger is plugged in while charging, a fast charge icon may display if the power source is suitable for that.
In addition to charging the inserted camera batteries, the TurboCell can also be connected to other devices as a power source. There are two USB-C connectors on one side and each can be used for input or output. The back side of the box has specs and basic information about the charger as you can see on the right.
The manual is the usual too-tiny-to-read booklet. I scanned the English pages and created a PDF version that I can read.
Price and availability
The TurboCell does not include any batteries. It can be ordered from their Amazon store. They currently have Canon and Sony battery chargers and Nikon and Fuji versions are on the way in the next few months. There is a sale going on with additional discounts.
List price: 99.99 USD
Sale price: 75.99 USD
Promo code: 10% OFF (llano0420)
Final price before tax: 68.39 USA
If you like to carry your charger and have access to power to charge your batteries, the TurboCell may be worth a look.
About Cemal Ekin
Cemal Ekin is a photographer and a professor emeritus of marketing at Providence College. Other than doing photography and writing about it, he also gives lessons and organizes workshops. You can learn more about Cemal and find more of his work on his website Kept Light. This article was also published here and shared with permission.
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