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Keep your devices powered up on road trips, plane rides, and out in the wild with this tank of a powerbank. With a humongous 25,000 mAh battery (and a compact frame), this portable powerhouse can charge an iPhone 8 times over—and it’s got four different ports to charge four devices simultaneously Read More
I have Chargetech’s 27,000 mAh Portable Power Outlet. If you are frequently traveling without access to Mains power, these kind of devices can be handy. But bear in mind, the AC outlet will drain the battery very fast and will deplete your battery in no time. So reserve that feature for Last Resort / Emergency use. If you are in the middle of nowhere and want to blow dry your hair, that may be all the juice that’s available. You may not have much left for maintaining your USB devices after that.
As for charging a Type-C laptop like a MacBook. Using the AC port is fine, but won’t last as long as you might think, and is very inefficient with all of the heat lost through your power adapters brick. I was never able to get a full recharge of the laptop without depleting the bank and leaving nothing left for other devices.
In that event, better to get a powerbank with a Type-C connector and true “Power Delivery” functionality (which can be had for less from several manufacturers). In this case, the efficiency will likely allow a full recharge of your laptop AND have some left over for a phone or two.
The reason why this powerbank is so expensive for "just 25,000 mAh" is because of the AC outlet. You won't be able to use your $30 powerbank from Amazon to charge your laptop on the go. Those won't be able to provide enough power to your laptop (never mind the lack of a proper outlet to put in your charger in the first place). This can do that, as well as any other devices that use an AC outlet (laptops are the most likely thing you'll use it for).
Powerbanks that have an AC outlet start at around this price; this is actually a pretty good deal if you compare it to some other powerbanks with an AC charger (like the Omnicharge at $250). I'm not really sold on the solar panel bit, but the powerbank is solid.
You don’t need an AC plug if all you need a bank for is charging a laptop. If the bank has a Type-C port and Power Delivery, then recharging a laptop is much more efficient than with an AC outlight.
glennacExcept that people would buy this because of the AC option, not just because it's a large bank. Need a large USB bank, buy one, need AC get this.
Not sure which one you mean when you question its car starting abilities, but the Nature Power one could. True about the AC outlet, but very limited capabilities. Still would be useful for those in 120 volt areas.
wfdTamari mean i'm not sure if the one with the 120v AC plug would have the amperage necessary to jump start a car. the one with the jumper cables doesn't have as much capacity or the 120v plug (which is useful to me since i'm in canada
For those of you questioning the solar panel, from my understanding, the wattage is an hourly rating. What this means is that at peak charging this panel will generate ~18 watts per hour. Using the 5V USB port this battery would provide around 125 watt hours of power and would take around 7 hours to charge at peak. If you were hiking and using a tablet for maps and GPS, this would not be too bad.