Want more battery power? Read this!

Alright, I'm not getting any money from this, I'm not advertising, I'm just writing this to help fellow-iPod users.
I always thought that 2 hours of video playback on my 30 gig 5G iPod was not enough for travelling and I wanted some more power for it. I began searching and found the BTI ii battery pack for iPod. At first I wasn't sure if I had to buy it or not, because it was compatible with iPod mini, photo en 3rd en 4th gen iPods. Of course the compatibilitylist only contained the iPods it had the perfect holders for, but that proved to be not really a problem later on. I took the risk of buying it for less than 50 dollars at radioshack and tried it out as soon as I got it. I got 16 hours and 37 minutes of additional video-playback on my 30 gig iPod. I was really amazed, this was wonderful.
I tried the holders that came with it, and one fitted rather good. There was still some place left, but my iPod never came loose.
I heard about BTI releasing a 5G holder in January, but I got mine in December, so I don't have that holder.
I hope this helps you guys when you look for more power to feed your iPod with, and let me know if you have any questions, or when you tried it yourself.

Oh, I also found anothe batery that you can plug in that will give you another 100 hours of play time.
Its here http://www.batterygeek.net/ipodbattery.htm
Dell Dimension 8100 and Powerbook G4 Windows ME 30 gig Ipod Video

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