Kits & Projects / MintyBoost

A small, simple, and very powerful USB charger for your MP3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge! Uses 2xAA batteries (disposable or rechargeable) and more than doubles your iPod battery life!
  • Altoids Gum sized tin.
    Small hinged mint tin case, closed.

    Altoids Gum sized tin

    Product ID: 16
    Ever since Altoids discontinued the Gum version, its been hard to get tins. So we went and got a whole mess of them custom made! These tins are exactly the same shape and size as the old Altoids gum tins but they are blank and we got the bottom flattened instead of rounded (so it fits things better) Outside dimensions are: 1.43" x 3.35" x 0.8" Inside dimensions are:...
    $2.00
    In stock
  • Altoids mints sized tin.
    Common-size hinged mint tin case, closed.

    Altoids mints sized tin

    Product ID: 97
    Useful for larger electronic projects, including the YBox2 kit
    $3.95
    In stock
  • MintyBoost Kit - v3.0.
    Assembled MintyBoost kit in mint tin with top open, charging an iPhone.

    MintyBoost Kit - v3.0

    Product ID: 14
    The world's first and only open-source hardware charger: The MintyBoost®! New version! Works with the new iPhone 4 & 5 and more! Please review the Minty Boost project page(s) before purchase and assembly!, some phones require different modifications to the kit to charge properly! Some phones such as the *iPhone 3gs are very sensitive to charging via USB and...
    No longer stocked
    More Info, MintyBoost Kit - v3.0