Last week, I went to a ceramic painting studio for a friend's birthday. There, they have a selection of blank ceramic items, and a whole load of paint colors to choose from. After choosing your item and paints, you can sit down and start working. One thing the staff told us specifically was to make sure we painted several coats on the ceramic pieces, as this would result in the best looking finish. Afterwards, we would leave our items with them, where they would apply a glaze, and put it through a kiln. So when I got there, I started with picking an item. I could have chosen something practical like a plate or a mug, but I decided to pick a small penguin figure. When choosing my colors, I always saw penguins having a darker colored body, so I chose a deep navy blue just to be a little bit different from black. I started painting the coats when I realized the colors I was painting on was quite a bit lighter than what I expected. However, the firing process is what increases the contrast and richness of the paint. Halfway through the painting process, I forgot the color I was painting as actually going to be darker, and I grew more akin to the pastel blue I was using. It was not until I finished when I remembered my original choice of a navy blue. I was a bit disheartened when I realized this, but it brought up an important concept. While many products we review come in with a great looking design or superior specifications, the only way we can judge an item objectively is to see how well it can handle our proverbial flames, or our testing methods. Only then are the true colors are revealed. Today, we have a combination of a media sharing hub and a power bank in the EMTEC Power Connect. It may seem like an interesting fusion, but does the Power Connect work well? What happens when we run it through the fires of our charging tests? Hopefully this review will answer all these questions.