When the recent student union elections were held at the University of Calgary, there was a candidate running for a vice president position with a quirky yet neat idea. This person had other platform points, but one of them was to bring, what he dubbed, "Power Towers" to the university. These are universal-charging stations (Presumably USB) with the ability to charge at a "faster rate", while increasing Wi-Fi bandwidth throughout the university. These towers would be placed around the university for all students to use and enjoy. I am not sure how feasible this idea is, but it was probably the primary reason as to why he ended up winning his position. While I could rant on how inconsistent the internet is at the university, the charging capabilities do bring up an interesting concern. Our portable devices, both smartphones and tablets, use quite a bit of power. No matter how big the internal battery is, the battery life of these devices always seem to end up closer to zero than full at the most inconvenient time possible. ADATA believes they have a solution to this problem, and their answer is the ADATA PV100 Power Bank. Of course, they are not the only ones with this solution, as there are quite a few from many well known companies. This specific portable charger is advertised at being able to charge smartphones up to two times on a single charge, with a 4200 mAh battery inside, while delivering up to 2.1A of current. The last portable charger we reviewed was over two years ago, and it was able to remove up to twenty minutes off of charging time. Can the ADATA PV100 Power Bank pull up these kinds of numbers? Read on to find out!