Boost Your Airtag’s Battery Life To 5 Years With This Waterproof Case.

Elevation Lab has announced a smaller version of its TimeCapsule battery-boosting case for nan Apple AirTag. It’s astir half nan size of nan original and uses a brace of smaller AAA batteries alternatively of AAs truthful nan AirTag’s artillery life is extended to 5 years alternatively of 10. It’s disposable now done nan company’s website for $19.99, but discounted by half if you bargain a four-pack for $39.99.

As pinch nan original, nan caller Time Capsule replaces nan AirTag’s CR2032 coin compartment artillery pinch an electrical interaction that delivers powerfulness from nan AAA batteries. The institution specifically recommends utilizing Energizer Ultimate Lithium AAAs to maximize artillery life and to debar corrosive leaks fixed nan instrumentality perchance won’t beryllium touched for up to 5 years.

The smaller type of nan Time Capsule besides carries guardant nan original’s robust IP69 standing protecting it against h2o and ungraded ingress, and it’s made from nan aforesaid fibre reinforced polycarbonate worldly that won’t trim nan scope of Bluetooth aliases UWB signals. It does make nan AirTag a small heavier — 1.9 ounces pinch batteries installed compared to .39 ounces for nan AirTag unsocial —and it could beryllium a small harder to find nan locator by receptor arsenic its audible chirps will beryllium muffled by astir a third.