As we've been talking about quite a bit on our podcast lately, the deals this holiday season seem a ... little on the lame side. Amazon has been running this daily deals thing leading up to Christmas, and today's slew of deals has the first set of things I've actually been linking to friends. Over the years I've turned into a massive Anker fanboy, and for good reason- It seems like everything they make (and I own a lot of their stuff) is surprisingly high quality for the price you're paying, particularly when you compare how much similar products from other companies run. (I say this as someone who once bought a $99 Mophie battery.) Anyway, today you can pick up my favorite external battery, my favorite USB charger, my favorite lightning cable, and... a battery case I don't have but assume it's pretty good too on the cheap.
First up is the Anker PowerCore 10,000 battery which is currently on sale for $17.99. This thing is great. It's small enough to easily fit in the front pocket of your jeans, and surprisingly light compared to other external battery packs I've owned. The other thing I like about it is the case is plastic instead of aluminum like a lot of other batteries Anker sells. This means (speaking from experience) when you drop it, it just bounces instead of getting scratched and dented. Also, 10,000 mAh is a lot of juice to be carrying around. It's enough to charge your totally dead iPhone to full four times, and still have some charge left over. It also comes wit...