{"id":25710,"date":"2016-02-02T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=25710"},"modified":"2016-01-20T18:46:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T01:46:47","slug":"tripmate-wireless-routers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/tripmate-wireless-routers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tripmate Wireless Routers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been using these for about 18 months now. I got the original Tripmate Router to solve two problems:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Work around hotels only giving me free WiFi to one device and charging for the rest &#8211; this allows me to connect the Hootoo in travel-router mode and connect all my other devices to IT. I get Internet for all my devices and hotel only sees one device connecting.<\/li>\n<li>The HooToo also allows me to use files from USB flash drive I plug into the HooToo. In effect, I get external storage expansion for my Phones and tablets, enough to store as much music and movies as I want, and<br \/>\nstill only pay for 16GB phones. The cost of the Hootoo plus a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0063GKG6I\/cooltools-20\">64GB USB flash drive<\/a> is still cheaper than buying a larger capacity units (in my case, iPhone, iPad, Nexus 5, and Nexus 7 &#8211; all bought at minimum storage level). The company provides free apps for both iOS and Android to access the files on the flash drive. As a side-effect\/bonus, you can easily share files between units, and it&#8217;s possible to have two tablets accessing different files on the HooToo at the same time (e.g., Two kids each seeing a different movie on a car trip from a single Disk-on-key plugged into one of these &#8211; no Internet connectivity necessary)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All\u00a03 models have the same travel-router and external storage functionality, and share the same software and manual (The manual is surprisingly well-written in English, not Google-translated from Chinese). The differences are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00HZWOQZ6\/cooltools-20\">Nano<\/a> model ($17) is VERY small and light, but needs a USB connection (from a computer or a phone-charger) to give it power<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00RVIGY1I\/cooltools-20\">Wireless Travel Router<\/a> model ($40) has a built-in 10400mAh battery. You can use it without being connected to any power source (e.g. on a plane, in a car). It can also be used to charge a phone using a USB cable.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B012ZNMUL6\/cooltools-20\">Elite version<\/a> ($40) can be plugged directly into a 110V power socket, and can itself serve as charger for your Phone\/Tablet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So choose the one you want based on whether you need the self-contained battery\/backup battery or use-as-a-charger functionality.<\/p>\n<p>As a final note &#8211; The company&#8217;s customer-service seems exceptional. They contacted me after each purchase to see if I was happy with the unit, and responded to my comments and suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: I bought the Tripmate on amazon, and after giving it a good review the company gave me the &#8220;nano&#8221; version for free to evaluate (a $25 value). I have subsequently bought two of the &#8220;elite&#8221; version to give as gifts. I have no connections to the company otherwise &#8211; just use and like the items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Streams videos, photos, and music to connected TVs, media players, and smartphones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25714,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25710\/revisions\/25714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}