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Battery-packed PowerPole boosts GoPro recording time by five times

Battery-packed PowerPole boosts GoPro recording time by five times
The extendable PowerPole has a 5,400 mAh battery built in, allowing for up to eight hours of filming
The extendable PowerPole has a 5,400 mAh battery built in, allowing for up to eight hours of filming
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Constructed from aluminum-alloy and with a 17 to 30 inch (43.2 to 76.2 cm) extendable range, the PowerPole is a perfectly capable GoPro pole mount
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Constructed from aluminum-alloy and with a 17 to 30 inch (43.2 to 76.2 cm) extendable range, the PowerPole is a perfectly capable GoPro pole mount
PowerPole powers your mounted GoPro via one of the two standard USB port at the top, with a spare to charge other devices if you're multi-tasking
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PowerPole powers your mounted GoPro via one of the two standard USB port at the top, with a spare to charge other devices if you're multi-tasking
While not waterproof, the PowerPole does feature rubber splash guards to protect its ports from water damage and dirt
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While not waterproof, the PowerPole does feature rubber splash guards to protect its ports from water damage and dirt
Constructed from aluminum-alloy and with a 17 to 30 inch (43.2 to 76.2 cm) extendable range, the PowerPole is a perfectly capable GoPro pole mount
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Constructed from aluminum-alloy and with a 17 to 30 inch (43.2 to 76.2 cm) extendable range, the PowerPole is a perfectly capable GoPro pole mount
While not waterproof, the PowerPole does feature rubber splash guards to protect its ports from water damage and dirt
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While not waterproof, the PowerPole does feature rubber splash guards to protect its ports from water damage and dirt
Constructed from aluminum-alloy and with a 17 to 30 inch extendable range (43.2 to 76.2 cm), the PowerPole is a perfectly capable GoPro pole mount
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Constructed from aluminum-alloy and with a 17 to 30 inch extendable range (43.2 to 76.2 cm), the PowerPole is a perfectly capable GoPro pole mount
The extendable PowerPole has a 5,400 mAh battery built in, allowing for up to eight hours of filming
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The extendable PowerPole has a 5,400 mAh battery built in, allowing for up to eight hours of filming
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Even with the beefed up battery of GoPro's Hero3+, there's always the possibility of the camera cutting out right as the action heats up. Living out this scenario on the powder-coated ski hills of California led the team at Polar Pro to explore ways of not just extending battery life, but doing so without interruption. The result is the PowerPole, an extendable pole-mount with around five GoPro batteries worth of juice packed inside.

Constructed from aluminum-alloy with a 17 to 30 inch (43 to 76 cm) extendable range, the PowerPole is a perfectly capable GoPro pole mount, a handy tool for capturing all that snow-shredding, wave-crashing action with your awestruck mug in between. This experience could always be prolonged by throwing extra battery packs in your bag, but this of course means interrupting your filming to swap them in and out.

The PowerPole promises eight hours of continuous filming through its buit-in 5,400 mAh battery. For some context, the Hero3+ runs on a 1,180 mAh battery, while the older Hero 3 Black is powered by a 1,050 mAh battery. The PowerPole keeps your GoPro running via a cable plugged into one of the two standard USB ports at the top, with a spare to charge other devices if you're multi-tasking. While not waterproof, the PowerPole does feature rubber splash guards to provide some protection of its ports from water damage and dirt.

While not waterproof, the PowerPole does feature rubber splash guards to protect its ports from water damage and dirt
While not waterproof, the PowerPole does feature rubber splash guards to protect its ports from water damage and dirt

With the Kickstarter campaign for the PowerPole set to wrap up in the next 48 hours, Polar Pro has raised more than US$33,000, surpassing its initial goal of $25,000. Pledges of $119 are still available and will have a PowerPole sent your way in October assuming everything else goes to plan. If you like your backup batteries with a little more bling, then there's always the 24-carat gold version for a pledge of $4,999.

Source: Polar Pro

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