Stuff Geeks Want

Every true geek needs a way to power his or her gadgets in their car, but why buy something that is just a power inverter, when that geek could own a power inverter with three AC outlets, a DC outlet, radio, a light, an emergency power source that can also be used to jump start your car?

The Duracell DPP-600HD is totally the thing you need in your trunk, or, if you’re like me, you need it plugged into your cigarette lighter to power your laptop and portable DVD players for the kids when you’re on a long road trip.

It will also come in very handy if you make a quick trip up into the mountains, get lost, and get buried by an avalanche, and need a power supply for a few days while they send the rescue helicopters out to look for you. Remember, the bottom of a MacBook Pro can get pretty hot if you use it a lot. With this baby all you need is your MacBook and a copy of Photoshop and some wicked PS Actions to heat you up when you get cold… and the radio will keep your mind off the ice forming on the insides of the windows, I’m sure.

Price: $99.99 from Amazon.com

If you have ever found yourself with a dead car battery, you know what a chore getting a jump start can be at times.

But if you had Duracell’s DPP-600HD Powerpack 600 in your trunk, you wouldn’t have to worry.

This mega-battery-to-go packs 28 amp-hours, enough juice to jump your car or provide up to 600 watts of power to electronics. What can you do with 600 watts?

• charge your cell phone for up to 35 hours
• power a laptop for up to 7 hours
• drive a 13-inch color TV for 5.5 hours
• even juice a small jigsaw for about 20 minutes

This amount of power makes the Powerpack 600 not just handy for your car, but also your campsite or area of your home or garden where a power receptacle isn’t handy.

Did we mention it also has an AM/FM clock radio and emergency light? It’s also surprisingly small: just 16.5″x11″ around its base.

Pick one up from Amazon for $109.99 and take advantage of the free shipping, important since this beast weighs about 25 pounds.

If you don’t need all that juice, you can spring for the more affordable Duracell DPP-300EP Powerpack 300 ($74.99), which delivers half the power in a smaller package. It also trades the jumper cables for an air compressor, a feature we wish they could have put in the Powerpack 600, as well.