Portable battery packs

[manveruppd]

I'm planning to buy one of those, does anyone have a brand to recommend, or know of one I should avoid?

 

[kona786]

Anker is well respected. I have the 5200mAh one.

 

[Orcvader]

Anker is well respected. I have the 5200mAh one.

+1. Happily using the 9000mAh one and it's quite a compact size.

 

[AtreuS]

Anker is well respected. I have the 5200mAh one.

Im using a 13000mAh one and its fantastic. Takes overnight to fully charge it but i can fully recharge 2 phones and a couple of high end e-cigs before its down to 1 bar left.

It will output 2X 5v upto 3Amp at the same time, great for charging 2 phones at the same time!

 

[Sho]

Anker is well respected. I have the 5200mAh one.

Yup. Anker all the way.

i have the 16000mAh one. Brillaint

 

[Confused]

To echo above, Anker all the way.

Although, now I've got my Z3, I hardly need it, which is nice Better than carrying around my old S4 AND the battery pack!

 

[Scottland]

Depends on what size you want, but I'd recommend the EasyAcc iChoc as it has a built in cable for either Micro USB or Lightning, as well as a separate USB port so you can charge 2 things at once.

 

[squawkBOX]

Yup. Anker all the way.

i have the 16000mAh one. Brillaint

I have this one as well. It is too big to carry in my pocket, but I have it in my backpack at all times. It is a great portable battery and has been a good purchase, I would highly recommend it.

 

[Jongo]

I have an anker gen 2 13000mAH pack mainly keep it in the car for emergencies but its extremely useful!

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Im using a 13000mAh one and its fantastic. Takes overnight to fully charge it but i can fully recharge 2 phones and a couple of high end e-cigs before its down to 1 bar left.

It will output 2X 5v upto 3Amp at the same time, great for charging 2 phones at the same time!

This I've got the 13000mAh Anker too, and my Samsung S4 will get 4 charges off it. The device is a little bit bigger than a deck of playing cards. £30 off Amazon (2013 price when I bought it).

 

[Something Else]

Another vote for Anker.

I have the Astro E7 25600mah

Easily keep my devices charged for the week.

 

[RIZZEE]

I have an Anker, pretty solid. Though with mine the button is really easy to turn on in my bag so I end up using battery when I don't want to.

 

[Rroff]

Did anyone mention anker?

EDIT: That said I might advise avoiding their ~3000mah cylindrical shaped version (astro mini) - after fox's thread the other day I asked around and found a few people have issues charging their phones past 85% with it.




There are a few brands that do fairly decent battery packs but just be aware some of the cheaper "noname" ones use reclaimed unprotected cells from laptop batteries and often don't have 1/3rd their rated capacity/random cell lifespan left and in extreme cases can be a fire risk if they cheap out on the circuitry (you can buy a fully protected tp4056 based circuit for pence so there is no excuse).

 

[IC3]

Anker is well respected. I have the 5200mAh one.

I just bought this power bank, I ran out of battery today and had to navigate the old fashioned way by using road signs.

 

[topgun06]

Love my Anker. I'm on my 2nd after my sister stole me first one.

 

[kbc]

I use my Anker Astro Pro 20000mAh series. Massive thing but works very well.

 

[kona786]

 

[Orcvader]

http://i.imgur.com/0xKi4z3.jpg

Wait that's not what it's for- oh who am I kidding, I've been doing that with mine as well . The second USB port looked too empty...

 

[kona786]

Haha, portable power is very handy indeed.

 

[Something Else]

I do this with the battery pack sometimes if I need a lot of light.

The usb leds are on min brightness here