It's Summer and for many airsoft players, it means more weekends in the outdoors as they attend airsoft and milsim events far and wide. In a way, they get to go to places where amenities are sparse, just the bare minimum to setup camp and carry airsoft guns and tactical gear. These are also places that electricity won't be available too and thus, they have to make sure that most of the electronic gear batteries they bring are fully charged, including mobile phones.

Mobile phones are indispensable and we need to be always have their batteries carry their charge wherever, including airsoft events. We need to be in touch with families and friends while at the AO and having a mobile phone run out of juice is something that we do not welcome. Hence, we bring powerbanks with us nowadays, so we can charge our mobile devices and other electronic gadgets without looking for an electrical outlet.

The makers of Beacon Box, are determined to bring you a powerbank that does more than charging your devices. Realizing that the going to the outdoors is not just having a powerbank, they designed the Beacon Box to not just charge your devices, but also protect them while in the process of being charged. It is a waterproof and crushproof phone case too so you don't have to worry about your phone being at the mercy of the elements. It will float as well that when it falls off a creek, you can easily retrieve it.

Apart from those features, it is also solar-powered, keeping the batteries charged and to continuously charge devices while on the go.  It  also comes with high intensity white LED lights that you can use as an emergency beacon or to just light up your camp and low intensity yellow LED lights for you to see in the dark without ruining your night vision.

Here is the list of features of the Beacon Box:

• 6 3/4 inches long,4.5 inches wide, 2 inches thick
• 16 ounces weight
• Fully waterproof and floating—even with a device
• Top has 12 White High intensity LED lights. (TESTED visibility at ¾ mile in blinking mode)
• Top also has 8 yellow low intensity LED light  (To retain night vision)
• Polymer lithium Ion rechargeable battery fully-recharged in 36 hours via solar panel
• Three USB charging ports for phones and tablets. 2 ports 5v 1.0A and 1 port 5v 2.1A
• Battery power life indicator (25% 50% 75% 100%)
• The Beacon uses a Polymer Lithium Ion battery to operate the lights and to charge electronic devices and has a 15,000 mAh rating
• Updated QI charging in the lid
• Updated heavy duty latching system

But before you open up your wallets or head-up to Amazon, or any electronic device seller, thinking that you might be able to bring it to the next 48 hour milsim event, the Beacon Box is still a work in progress. Right now, it is on Indiegogo to raise funds in order to bring it to full production. It has a target of US$25,000 with 38% of it already achieved as of this writing, it still has over a month to go to reach its required funding goal.

If you help it achieve the funding goal by pledging at least US$82 to get one of the first Beacon Boxes, then you'll have something reliable to use for charging your devices when you plan for your next airsoft event, or traveling to the far places of the world.