Product: 2-Pack: Einova 63W 20,000mAh Power Bank
Model: PB0801020-0C1
Condition: New
Travel confidently and fully charged with the Laptop Power Bank.
Our best-selling external battery, the Laptop Power Bank fast charges to your most important tech devices, no outlet required.
Recharge laptops and netbooks, as well as smartphones, tablets, headphones, cameras and more via the 45W USB-C Power Delivery port.
Two additional USB-A ports, including an 18W USB-A Quick Charge port, ensure backwards compatibility with USB-A devices; the 63W total output allows you to charge up to three devices simultaneously.
The soft, water-repellent canvas and soft touch frame resist scratches and stains, while the geometric LCD display shows remaining battery life from 0-100.
The 63w in the header is a little misleading and the specs don’t show any voltage output, but this seems like a pretty cheap and compact way to get my Steam Deck some extra juice.
Even if they last only a year, seems like a good deal.
What was that? Collectively it’s 63 watts? That’s not good enough. My high-powered devices need the 60 watt juice from a single port. I mean it doesn’t have bad wattage…
@2many2no@troy but “ older stock” or newer model? Older might be fine but might mean internal battery is closer to failure. Some of my old ones still work fine but others (bought from here??) sometimes seem “dead” months later.
I notice this says it has 1-year warranty instead of the usual 90 days.
In today’s world, where the most common camera is the cell phone in everyone’s pocket, I’d say these are definitely camera-shaped. Shame on you for trying to trick us all.
@warpedrotors yes, but there was one a few weeks ago that “looked like” an older compact camera. And it became a joke that it was not a camera. Hence the back-reference in this item description.
@warpedrotors Thank you for explaining the backstory on that! I was scratching my head, wondering why non-camera-shaped had become such an important criterion in external battery packs (and, since all of those I have are not camera-shaped, how maybe I was sitting on a gold mine of packs…)
@andymand@warpedrotors the use of back-references indicates a talent for marketing, or possibly comedy, or the onset of dementia. Some say those are all related.
Could someone explain the difference between USB-C and USB-A in terms of charging phones? That is, if I plug a phone into the USB-C connection, is that overkill or even useful if I could instead use USB-A (say, the 18W version)? We have 2 smaller iPhones, 1 older regular iPhone, and a Pixel 6. What about iPads? Do they need the USB-C connection?
@ctviggen No, they do not need the USB-C port. But you can use the adapter that comes with the cable if you want to. All of the ports can charge your devices at their max rates. The device signals to the charging port it’s maximum charge rate, and any port can charge your devices.
The USB-C port has signaling for PD (Power Delivery) up to 45W. The USB-A ports only have signaling to 12W on one and 18W on the other.
There is probably some marking to tell you which is which.
Note that the total output is 63W, so you can only draw the full 45W on the USB-C port and the 18W USB-A port at the same time. You can only charge (at full draw) 2 things from the 3 ports.
@Lister@mediocrebot@yakkoTDI so many politically-tinged comments I want to make of these images, but better not to. Pretty sure the guy in the bottom image middle was hit in the neck by an ICE Taser though.
I see write-up mentions long flights (ugh!)
Was there a limit on what was permissible to take on-board? By the way learned that nothing with internal battery (iPad, phone, laptop, Nintendo Switch) can be put in checked luggage if you are doing that.
My last flight on a “better” airline (still economy, ugh) had a USB-A port but it didn’t seem to work. Oddly it had a 120V outlet under the seat in front of me, which did work, and I had a compact USB-C charger with me (probably bought here) so that got me through pretty well.
My old Dell laptop was one of the first with USC-C charging instead of their old standard “barrel” connector. It will charge (slowly) from almost anything but will complain about it. I think it wants either a 45 or 65W. But you can’t always get what you want. But you just might find, you get what you need.
Maybe take this with a grain of salt, but I got these same portable chargers (they are here on my desk) last time they were here on Meh and maybe I got a couple of “lemons” but they are terrible! I can charge them up to 100% capacity and then connect to my phone and it will only increase my charge by about 20%. My kid’s phone will only go up by about 15%! Seems like they were defective considering the capacity they have, so just a heads up.
The carry on limit for batteries is 100wh or up to 160wh with carrier approval (usually approved only for medical devices). This one is 74wh so it’s within the guidelines. I had an Anker 100wh battery that kept my laptop at 100% for a 5 hour flight using wifi, streaming music and working in a database with VPN. It was pretty dead when we got there but my laptop was still good to go. I ended up losing it, sux because I paid a lot more than $15 for that one.
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: Einova 63W 20,000mAh Power Bank
Model: PB0801020-0C1
Condition: New
Laptop Power Bank:
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$80 (for 2) at BrandsMartUSA
$140 (for 2) at Einova
Warranty
1 Year Warranty
Estimated Delivery
Wednesday, Jun 25 - Friday, Jun 27
Ah yes, good ole Two for Wednesday!
@yakkoTDI you know what, im craving a taco right now
This thing could power the Apollo capsules and land on the moon but it’d empty out in a few nanoseconds used by “AI”
@DrunkCat ???
@DrunkCat Just filled with incorrect information. You have to do better if you ever hope to win them back.
@AaronLeeJohnson https://www.ciodive.com/news/generative-ai-llm-cloud-power-usage-data-center-building-boom/713772/
@yakkoTDI k
@yakkoTDI we should all chip in and buy @DrunkCat a vowel
@DrunkCat
/showme Admiral-Grace-Hopper’s-nanosecond
@DrunkCat @pmarin I would like to buy an O.
@yakkoTDI k
@mediocrebot Oh, I’m saving that one.
The 63w in the header is a little misleading and the specs don’t show any voltage output, but this seems like a pretty cheap and compact way to get my Steam Deck some extra juice.
Even if they last only a year, seems like a good deal.
@j4yx0r Probably great for that purpose.
What was that? Collectively it’s 63 watts? That’s not good enough. My high-powered devices need the 60 watt juice from a single port. I mean it doesn’t have bad wattage…
@AaronLeeJohnson
Yeah, I don’t like the headline. 45 is good for the Steam Deck and phones, but advertising this as 63w is misleading.
Is this an older model?
Photo does not match the Einova website, the ports are different.
Einova:
Meh:
@2many2no Good catch! Yes, our model should have the USB-C port on the side instead of the middle. That’s the only difference I notice
@2many2no @troy but “ older stock” or newer model? Older might be fine but might mean internal battery is closer to failure. Some of my old ones still work fine but others (bought from here??) sometimes seem “dead” months later.
I notice this says it has 1-year warranty instead of the usual 90 days.
In today’s world, where the most common camera is the cell phone in everyone’s pocket, I’d say these are definitely camera-shaped. Shame on you for trying to trick us all.
@warpedrotors yes, but there was one a few weeks ago that “looked like” an older compact camera. And it became a joke that it was not a camera. Hence the back-reference in this item description.
@warpedrotors Thank you for explaining the backstory on that! I was scratching my head, wondering why non-camera-shaped had become such an important criterion in external battery packs (and, since all of those I have are not camera-shaped, how maybe I was sitting on a gold mine of packs…)
@andymand @warpedrotors the use of back-references indicates a talent for marketing, or possibly comedy, or the onset of dementia. Some say those are all related.
@pmarin
Oh hey look it’s another portable charger. It’s been at least… a day since the last one?
/buy
@relm256 It worked! Your order number is: ragged-cogent-argon
/showme ragged cogent argon
@mediocrebot Now I’ve got “and argonkryptonneonradonxenonzinc and rhodium and chlroinecarboncobaltcoppertungstin tin and sodium” stuck in my head!
@wickhameh Hopefully it’s only the song stuck in your head, not all those literal elements…
@mediocrebot @wickhameh
That’s much better than
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!”
@xobzoo Only in trace amounts, I would imagine…then again, it might be the xenon talking.
Could someone explain the difference between USB-C and USB-A in terms of charging phones? That is, if I plug a phone into the USB-C connection, is that overkill or even useful if I could instead use USB-A (say, the 18W version)? We have 2 smaller iPhones, 1 older regular iPhone, and a Pixel 6. What about iPads? Do they need the USB-C connection?
@ctviggen No, they do not need the USB-C port. But you can use the adapter that comes with the cable if you want to. All of the ports can charge your devices at their max rates. The device signals to the charging port it’s maximum charge rate, and any port can charge your devices.
The USB-C port has signaling for PD (Power Delivery) up to 45W. The USB-A ports only have signaling to 12W on one and 18W on the other.
There is probably some marking to tell you which is which.
Note that the total output is 63W, so you can only draw the full 45W on the USB-C port and the 18W USB-A port at the same time. You can only charge (at full draw) 2 things from the 3 ports.
Specs say it’s available in pink but no picture. Is it available in pink?
@mike808 now that I can’t get them in pink, that’s what I want.
/showme respectful-fertile-pain
@Lister Why did this not work?
@Lister The bot is drunk again?
Testing…
/showme respectful-fertile-pain
@Lister Yep, @mediocrebot is drunk again. Must have been getting a refill on his margarita.
@Lister @mediocrebot @yakkoTDI so many politically-tinged comments I want to make of these images, but better not to. Pretty sure the guy in the bottom image middle was hit in the neck by an ICE Taser though.
I see write-up mentions long flights (ugh!)
Was there a limit on what was permissible to take on-board? By the way learned that nothing with internal battery (iPad, phone, laptop, Nintendo Switch) can be put in checked luggage if you are doing that.
My last flight on a “better” airline (still economy, ugh) had a USB-A port but it didn’t seem to work. Oddly it had a 120V outlet under the seat in front of me, which did work, and I had a compact USB-C charger with me (probably bought here) so that got me through pretty well.
My old Dell laptop was one of the first with USC-C charging instead of their old standard “barrel” connector. It will charge (slowly) from almost anything but will complain about it. I think it wants either a 45 or 65W. But you can’t always get what you want. But you just might find, you get what you need.
@pmarin You are limited to 100Wh batteries when going on flights.
Converting from 3.7V to mAh, this is about 27000~ mAh. So you can bring this one on a plane, no problem. (don’t come for me if you get in trouble)
Maybe take this with a grain of salt, but I got these same portable chargers (they are here on my desk) last time they were here on Meh and maybe I got a couple of “lemons” but they are terrible! I can charge them up to 100% capacity and then connect to my phone and it will only increase my charge by about 20%. My kid’s phone will only go up by about 15%! Seems like they were defective considering the capacity they have, so just a heads up.
The carry on limit for batteries is 100wh or up to 160wh with carrier approval (usually approved only for medical devices). This one is 74wh so it’s within the guidelines. I had an Anker 100wh battery that kept my laptop at 100% for a 5 hour flight using wifi, streaming music and working in a database with VPN. It was pretty dead when we got there but my laptop was still good to go. I ended up losing it, sux because I paid a lot more than $15 for that one.
Can the USB-C port do 20 volts? Because I need 20 volt charging for my laptop (45 W is fine…)