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Win a Jackery Giant backup battery, by just leaving a comment

Duncan Epping · Apr 16, 2014 ·

**** CLOSED, WINNER = David ****

I was one of the lucky guys who won a price during the Top Bloggers award “ceremony”. Veeam was so kind enough to provide two of the exact same items so that every blogger who won a price could also give away a price to their readers. I am not going to make it more difficult than it needs to be. Leave a comment before Friday the 18th of April, make sure use your real email address in the form, and I will let my daughter pick a random winner on Saturday morning. I will update this blog post and inform the winner.

What can you win? (Funny, I was at the point of buying one of these myself as I always run out of battery on my phone and iPad during all-day events!)

Jackery Giant

– Large power capacity with 2.1A output
– The world’s most powerful external rechargeable battery
– 2.1A fast charging
– Size, style and speed make this most powerful external rechargeable battery to-date

This large capacity portable external battery has dual output ports and 10,400mAh for lengthening mobile device battery life up to 500% for smart phones. Its compact size and stylish design has three LED charge status indicators with a two LED flashlight for up to 700 hours of illumination.

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  1. Michael Rudloff says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:28

    Great stuff πŸ™‚ … comment coming up … done πŸ™‚

  2. frankbrix says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:28

    My Android phone is draining faster than anything. Needs more juice πŸ™‚

  3. Ahmed says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:29

    Really like your blog… πŸ™‚
    please pick me πŸ™‚

  4. Lee Jones says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:31

    Great blog! Keep up the good work!

  5. Johan says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:32

    Awesome prize to the community. πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ Thanks Duncan

  6. Sunny Dua says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:33

    Can I participate πŸ˜‰

  7. Giuseppe Guglielmett (@gguglie) says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:39

    Oh well, I can’t resist a drawing… and my smartphone is always in need of more power!
    Thanks!

  8. Ben says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:42

    yay!

  9. Julien says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:42

    Great prize. Thanks Duncan

  10. Terkel says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:46

    Hi Duncan, so very nice of Veeam and you πŸ˜‰

  11. Morten Werner Forsbring says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:48

    Congratulations, well deserved and thanks again for all the great content!!

  12. Harold says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:50

    I am Dutch, and it’s free…. i can’t resist.

    • rnelson0 says

      16 April, 2014 at 14:15

      I’m American and it’s free, I can’t resist either πŸ™‚

  13. Maurizio says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:50

    Thanks Duncan, done πŸ˜‰

  14. Frederic MARTIN says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:54

    Here is my chance, thanks Duncan.

  15. Frank says

    16 April, 2014 at 09:59

    Here comes the random winner πŸ˜‰ Great stuff, Duncan

  16. Prateek Jain says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:07

    Your blog Rocks

  17. Martin says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:13

    I’ll give it a try. πŸ™‚ Wondering if this would work with a RPi… could be a nice setup. πŸ™‚

  18. smcgeown says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:18

    *throws hat in ring*

  19. Abdullah Abdullah says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:27

    Comment++ πŸ™‚ thank you in advance.

  20. andreacasini says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:29

    Thanks Duncan, this is so nice of you πŸ™‚

  21. wojcieh says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:31

    Must have for any smartphone!

  22. Chris Bell says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:35

    Excellent, power requirements seem to be increasing and batteries aren’t lasting that long… this could be a great help.

  23. yitz98 says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:36

    comment posted πŸ™‚

  24. Daniel says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:53

    Hej Duncan, congratulations for winning a price on the top bloggers award! Have a nice day and thanks for the articles on your blog. Daniel

  25. Dave Owen (@vmackem) says

    16 April, 2014 at 10:56

    free stuff? im in!! πŸ˜‰

  26. Mbriet says

    16 April, 2014 at 11:04

    I try to win this it’s a very good price
    Thanks Duncan

  27. frank says

    16 April, 2014 at 11:42

    Long time reader of your blog, would be more than happy to win. Keep up the good work!

  28. Krishna Boini says

    16 April, 2014 at 11:47

    Hi Duncan, Your blogs posts are awesome.

  29. Herceg Andras says

    16 April, 2014 at 11:57

    Great stuff, it would be awesome for my ipad:)

  30. Aravind Sivaraman says

    16 April, 2014 at 11:57

    Thanks for posting awesome articles!!

  31. Luke Brown says

    16 April, 2014 at 11:57

    Duncan been following your blog for yonks!

    Your daughter is so awesome πŸ™‚ How cool is the movie Frozen little miss Epping :O

    ok my attempt sucking up is complete now haha

  32. Joe McGlynn says

    16 April, 2014 at 11:58

    Appealing to the audience.
    Barbie, Disney, Moshi Monsters.

    Thanks fir the opportunity.

  33. Joseph griffiths says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:02

    Random power for my life please

  34. David says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:07

    Good to see the Epping’s paying it forward. Let it be contagious!

  35. Marcus Breiden says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:10

    Entering as at least # 20 something….

  36. Simon Pelham (@SimonPelham) says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:24

    Great blog Duncan, would be even better from a fully charged iPad πŸ™‚

  37. said ashur says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:26

    it would help to beat out electricity issues .

  38. Sean Donaghey says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:30

    My Sony needs for juice please, please, please.

  39. Markus says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:52

    Hi there! πŸ˜€

  40. Raffaello says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:53

    God bless your daughter’s hands πŸ™‚ Thanks Dunc!

  41. Greg says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:53

    Cheers for your daughter… πŸ™‚

  42. Hans Beerens says

    16 April, 2014 at 12:58

    Keep up the good work

  43. Raymond Slieff says

    16 April, 2014 at 13:13

    Comment provided. Enjoy!

  44. Brian Farrugia says

    16 April, 2014 at 13:16

    Thanks Duncan for this. Keep the posts coming.
    look at all the nice pictures Miss Epping

  45. Harshvardhan Gupta says

    16 April, 2014 at 13:20

    Awesome Giveaway on your blogs success in vSphere blog voting.
    Kudos to the great you’re putting in through yellow-bricks.com

  46. Jose Gerez says

    16 April, 2014 at 13:27

    OK. +1. More juice is always welcome

  47. Doug Crist says

    16 April, 2014 at 13:53

    I don’t travel much, but my kids could sure use one of these!

  48. E2P2 says

    16 April, 2014 at 13:57

    You write some great blogs. Keep it up!

  49. Michele Conti says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:08

    here I am πŸ˜€ yayyyyy!!!

  50. Hans De Leenheer says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:08

    always in need for mooooaaare juice!

  51. Mike Marx says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:18

    Pick Me! Pick Me!

  52. Daniel Rego says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:19

    Great blog!
    I’ve been subscribed to your blog since a long time ago.

  53. Samal Dimdung says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:22

    Very informative blogs, really helped me to understand new things by visiting your blog.

  54. marc crawford says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:35

    Love your blog and how you contribute to the community. Tell your daughter she is awesome! Please pick me!

  55. Michael Frank says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:37

    Love the blog! Keep up the great work

  56. Dmitry Ungin says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:47

    Thanks for sharing, Duncan!

  57. Shawn says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:54

    Mo Juice

  58. @fbonez says

    16 April, 2014 at 14:56

    Congratulation for another year as #1 virtualization blog and thanks for the raffle.

  59. Eric Beach says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:01

    Certainly worth a shot

  60. Mynd Krime says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:13

    more Juice required

  61. Marco Broeken says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:14

    Great device, Need that for VMworld!

  62. @dzonibre says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:14

    Is there such a thing as a free lunch πŸ™‚

  63. Matt says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:15

    Do you want to build a snowman? No! I want to build a Battery pack!

    *drops mic, runs away crying from embarrassment*

  64. Rasmus Haslund says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:15

    Very happy you got #1 spot again, you deserve it!
    Hoping for the best on the raffle πŸ™‚

  65. Francois Couture says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:15

    Congrats Duncan and keep up the good work!

  66. Craig Miller (@mrtomahawk) says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:16

    Pffft… Who needs a removable battery when you got a great external battery like this

  67. jorgedlcruz says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:17

    Duncan + Veeam = Great combo !

  68. manish says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:24

    Leaving the comment to be picked up as Lucky winner πŸ™‚

  69. Matt B says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:25

    Probably the one thing that will keep my iPhone 5 alive until the 6 comes out – nothing like watching your battery percentage from from 43% to 4% in the span of 5 minutes πŸ™‚

  70. Arun Kangokar says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:25

    Its great to read you always Duncan Cheers πŸ™‚

  71. Rick Boyett (@RickBoyett) says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:26

    I’m in.. and thanks for your help yesterday….

  72. Loren says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:42

    Always enjoy reading your blog Duncan. All you guys inspire me to go for a certification in VMware. Currently studying for VCP and will eventually try going for a VCDX!

  73. Roland Sjouw says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:43

    ready for my present πŸ™‚

  74. Chris Reiche says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:49

    this is me… commenting.

  75. Scott says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:53

    I already liked Veeam, now I like them more! Also, thank you for your awesome contributions to our community! Everyone likes free stuff!

  76. Dennis Kruyt says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:54

    Oh, your daughter is choosing, well in that case here is a nice picture of a cute kitten, all little girls like cute kittens not?

    http://www.hdwallpapers.in/walls/cute_kitten-wide.jpg

  77. David says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:54

    Thanks for providing the wealth of knowledge!

  78. Arnaud says

    16 April, 2014 at 15:55

    I already love Veeam, so let’s try this.
    Regards from France πŸ™‚

  79. Reese says

    16 April, 2014 at 16:03

    Bonus battery power FTW!

  80. scott gottesman says

    16 April, 2014 at 16:06

    Most toys say battery NOT included. This one is the battery!

  81. Richard says

    16 April, 2014 at 16:20

    Great blog by the way !!

  82. Eddie says

    16 April, 2014 at 16:22

    I need more power!

  83. Ray abueg says

    16 April, 2014 at 16:24

    My first comment!

  84. percy says

    16 April, 2014 at 16:45

    This is one of my favoritest site

  85. Rotem Agmon says

    16 April, 2014 at 16:57

    What a surprise!

  86. Josh says

    16 April, 2014 at 16:57

    Comments, all the comments!

  87. Brad Gunderson says

    16 April, 2014 at 17:15

    I’ve followed your blog for quite some time now and it’s a great resource. Keep up the good work Duncan!

  88. Daniel Johns says

    16 April, 2014 at 17:34

    Awesome, would help for those long walks in the Lake District!

  89. Mario says

    16 April, 2014 at 17:51

    Well deserved 1st place!

  90. Jake Soliz says

    16 April, 2014 at 18:15

    Awesome work! Keep it up!

  91. fuzzygerdes says

    16 April, 2014 at 18:17

    Coolio!

  92. Mark McCully says

    16 April, 2014 at 18:21

    Love you, love your show

  93. Doug Houts says

    16 April, 2014 at 18:48

    Thank you.

  94. Omprakash says

    16 April, 2014 at 18:54

    ah…charger good as android device runs out of juice quite often
    love your articles and keep up the good work.

  95. Smart E says

    16 April, 2014 at 19:15

    Recently discovered your blog. Great content. Keep it up.

  96. Josh Crow says

    16 April, 2014 at 19:25

    Really like you blog!

  97. Peter van den Bosch says

    16 April, 2014 at 19:35

    No vExpert in 2014 this would be a nice consolation price

  98. Alexandru Covaliov says

    16 April, 2014 at 19:38

    I would like to have one for my long trip with kids. It will keep their iPad up and running for long time =)

  99. Adam Savage says

    16 April, 2014 at 19:47

    That is awesome! πŸ™‚

  100. Randy Carson says

    16 April, 2014 at 20:39

    Hey Duncan, great work you are doing. In training class and the instructor has mentioned your work and website about 50 times throughout the training. Class is vSphere 5.x Design workshop.

  101. Jeremy Shoup says

    16 April, 2014 at 20:46

    Great blog πŸ™‚

  102. James Hess says

    16 April, 2014 at 20:49

    That’s cool. Now they just need to make a wireless version of the battery πŸ™‚

  103. Brian Henry says

    16 April, 2014 at 20:50

    Good deal! Thanks for everything here man

  104. Ponzo Alessandro says

    16 April, 2014 at 21:13

    Cool Stuff! Charge and GO!!!!!

  105. Jay Rogers says

    16 April, 2014 at 21:45

    Pick ME, Pick ME, Pick ME! Seriously though, thanks for your awesome blog and information helping all us VMware admins and architects!

  106. Dave Silvestri says

    16 April, 2014 at 22:09

    I’d love you to pick me. Discovered your blog about 18 months ago, and it’s still regualr reading for me even though I’ve moved into more of a management role than a technical one.

    As for why you should pick me, I have an autistic son who’s only real release is his iPad. external batteries are essential when we go camping as we need something to recharge the tablet while he sleeps.

    Good on you to be giving this swag away… and for making it so easy that anyone can enter.

  107. daunce says

    16 April, 2014 at 22:57

    My phone would last longer if there wasn’t so much community content on the net.

    Congrats on being number 1 again. See you at VMworld.

  108. Walt says

    16 April, 2014 at 23:31

    Unicorns and flowers!

  109. Flavio Talevi says

    16 April, 2014 at 23:44

    Nice. Brazil is comming

  110. David says

    16 April, 2014 at 23:49

    Hopefully being on the other side of the world doesn’t preclude me πŸ™‚

    • Duncan Epping says

      19 April, 2014 at 20:42

      You won! Was a difficult process for my daughter but she randomly picked you πŸ™‚

      • James Hess says

        19 April, 2014 at 21:18

        Congrats, David.

      • David says

        20 April, 2014 at 01:37

        What a pleasant surprise. Thanks very much Duncan, Duncan’s daughter and of course Veeam.

  111. Donpedrosky says

    17 April, 2014 at 00:08

    Worth a try, hey kiddo o/

  112. Dave says

    17 April, 2014 at 00:12

    I like my chances here…

  113. Kellie Rose Wilson says

    17 April, 2014 at 00:59

    Thanks for the chance! I’ve heard great things about the Jackery!

  114. EasyMac308 says

    17 April, 2014 at 01:38

    I’d love to try it.

  115. Sean Elfstrom says

    17 April, 2014 at 01:56

    I’m just getting started in the world of VDI. Are there any good forums? I haven’t found much by googling. (We’re running VMware Horizon View with HP t510 ThinPro clients)

  116. Jeffrey Johnson says

    17 April, 2014 at 02:00

    This is a comment.

  117. Darren DeHaven says

    17 April, 2014 at 02:29

    Congrats on the award! Your daughter has an awesome dad!

  118. Saravanan Athiyappan says

    17 April, 2014 at 03:59

    The blog is so good. I would like to get it…

  119. Sean Donaldson says

    17 April, 2014 at 04:12

    I want one πŸ™‚

  120. Raj says

    17 April, 2014 at 06:16

    Your blog is awesome, but recently it is only about vsan.

  121. Chris says

    17 April, 2014 at 06:44

    Congratulations!

  122. James Tiffany says

    17 April, 2014 at 08:26

    Thanks Duncan this blog is great

  123. Mirč says

    17 April, 2014 at 09:49

    thanx for sharing πŸ™‚

  124. Zoli says

    17 April, 2014 at 11:38

    Thanks for the opportunity!! πŸ™‚

  125. Gabriel says

    17 April, 2014 at 12:34

    Go Me! Thanks for sharing

  126. Robert says

    17 April, 2014 at 12:55

    Hi Duncan, I’m just leaving a comment.

  127. Marco Escobar says

    17 April, 2014 at 13:42

    I need battery for mi virtual life!!

  128. danevald (@danevald) says

    17 April, 2014 at 13:45

    leaving a comment πŸ™‚

  129. Jens Andersson says

    17 April, 2014 at 14:09

    A portable charger is something I’ve been looking for a few months now. I will be attending a festival (Tomorrowland) this summer and it feels like a portable charger is a “must have”. If I’m not winning I might buy myself a Jackery Giant :-). Thx for a great blog!

  130. Pete says

    17 April, 2014 at 14:58

    Sure are a lot of comments here- I’ll throw my hat in the ring!

    Thanks for a fantastic place for us to congregate!

  131. Dmitry Glebov says

    17 April, 2014 at 15:25

    Ok! I’m in, where I should sign?

  132. Joel Berman (@j0el) says

    17 April, 2014 at 16:06

    Me Me Me

  133. Mike D. says

    17 April, 2014 at 16:23

    My daughter would love this!!!

  134. Kapil Salve says

    17 April, 2014 at 16:59

    Great Stuff πŸ™‚ My Android phone desperately need this.

  135. Thomas True says

    17 April, 2014 at 17:26

    Late gratulations to your reward. Greetings to your daughter.

  136. Dustin Lenz says

    17 April, 2014 at 19:30

    Pick Me!!

  137. Matt Drake says

    17 April, 2014 at 21:47

    A frequent visitor your site. Couldn’t hurt to comment for a prize.

  138. Nikos Chrissostomidis says

    17 April, 2014 at 22:03

    Congrats!

  139. Dee Abson (@deeabson) says

    18 April, 2014 at 01:10

    Thanks Duncan! Is this post heading for a Yellow-Bricks comment record?

  140. Matt says

    18 April, 2014 at 06:57

    I’d love one of those….

  141. Tom says

    18 April, 2014 at 07:38

    Yet another comment on great blog.

  142. Doug Thibodeaux says

    18 April, 2014 at 16:24

    Put my name in the hat, always great reading the blogs written.

  143. James says

    18 April, 2014 at 20:17

    Why not.

  144. Scott. says

    18 April, 2014 at 20:31

    Am I too late?

  145. Brian Plume says

    18 April, 2014 at 22:32

    Thanks for always posting great information on your blog.

  146. James says

    19 April, 2014 at 21:15

    Thanks. But I’m too late : (

  147. Margaret Radford says

    2 March, 2015 at 17:50

    my Jackery charger works great.

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