I have almost all of my stuff on USB-C, and I’m looking to upgrade my “goes with me everywhere” battery pack. Basically this pack needs to be able to power my laptop, top off my phone if they die when I’m away from home for the day.
Requirements are:
10,000 mAh capacity at a minimum (more is better)
USB-C PD capable of powering my MBA (which, startlingly, only ships with a 30W charger!)
An additional USB-C port (charging speed doesn’t matter)
A third port, which can be USB-C or USB-A (charging speed doesn’t matter)
Under $100
I wouldn’t expect to find one with those requirements that also has a little watch charger spot, but that would be a neat bonus. And of course a fourth port (ideally 3 USB-C, 1 USB-A total) would be awesome as well. But it’s looking like that would put me well over $100, so I’m attempting to be realistic.
Do any of you have a battery pack that fits that description that you like?
It doesn’t need to be able to completely charge everything from “dead” to “full.” The ability to run the MBA off of it for an hour or so, plus prevent the iPhone from dying, would be more than sufficient. Especially true if it has a wall plug like that one.
At this point it’s more about trying to find something that has more USB-C than USB-A ports, since all of my stuff is C. Yes, I can carry adapters - but I’m getting to the point where my existing battery needs to be replaced anyway, so I think it makes sense to take a good look at port configurations in the process.
It’s expensive but it works flawlessly and I trust it to not spontaneously combust or fry my devices. One of the categories of things that I tend to not mind spending more for quality is small, power-dense battery packs that can go boom or make my devices go boom.
Holy moley, that thing looks awesome. Do you need to use the app thing to make it work properly? Or does it act like a regular “dumb” power bank if you don’t use the app?
Haha, I’m glad the Anker Prime got posted. I wanted to earlier because it’s the best answer, but it seemed too early in the thread to suggest 2.5xing the budget. Excellent hardware.
Dang! Sure looks awesome BUT I’d be afraid to have that in my house. It would have to stay outside next to the Tesla (which could also burst into flames…)
There’s absolutely no need to use the app. (I may have also gotten the optional magnetic charging base so that it’s always charged and ready, plus the base has a couple of USB-C power ports on it that I use at my desk to charge stuff like AirPods and other peripherals)
I have the Mophie XL (or an older version) and I like it very much as well. My only real complaint is that it’s difficult to tell how charged it is given that it has only 4 LEDs to indicate charge
