Originally Posted by
SUX4U
Ohh man... it has to be charged to at least 50%, updated and kept safe? The humanity of it all! I will trade you my 3 jam packed jepp binders and my 2-3 revisions I get every week if you like?
Are you turning it on airplane mode? Are you leaving the screen on for the duration of he flight? Do you have 30 apps running in the background? Most people overlook that stuff, and it kills the battery; mostly leaving the screen on when you don't need it to be on.
I picked up one of these for $80 new on ebay:
myCharge - Hub 9000
This one has a USB and a lightning port so you can charge your ipad and phone at the same time. It's good for a full 0-100% ipad charge and probably 2 full cycles on an iPhone 5. As for updates, I couldn't imagine those would be a problem. They take about 2 minutes and only come out about once every ten days. Just check it when you get up in the morning, problem solved.