Product: 2-Pack: Letscom 30,000mAh Mobile Power Banks w/ 4 Built-in Cables & Solar Panel
Model: SPB-MDY-635DX BLACK, SPD-MDY-635DX RED, SPD-MDY-635DX TEAL, SPD-MDY-635DX WHITE
Condition: New
Stay powered on the go with the Letscom 30mAh Solar Power Bank.
This compact, slim, and lightweight power bank is perfect for travel or emergencies, featuring a robust 30,000mAh Li-Polymer battery for multiple recharges.
Designed for convenience, it includes four USB ports, one Type-C port, one lightning port and one Micro USB port, and integrated charging cables (USB-A, MicroUSB, USB-C, and Lightning Port), allowing simultaneous charging of various devices.
LED Light on the back glows Red, White or Blue and LCD panel on the front displays battery life remainingThe smooth ABS and plastic casing fits comfortably in your hand, while safety features protect against over-charging, over-discharging, and short circuits.
With a built in carry handle and solar charging capability, it’s ready for any adventure.
Colors
White, Red, Teal, and Black
Battery Capacity
30,000mAh Li-Polymer
USB Ports
Four USB ports, 1 USB-C port, 1 Lightning port, 1 Micro USB port
@yakkoTDI I picked up a couple of these already and after doing since research it appears that it would take 196 hours of sunlight to charge one completely. I left the two I got outside at 75% for two days of decent sun and it didn’t top off.
@actionPacked From 75%, 8 days is about right. Under ideal conditions, there’s typically less than 10 hours of “full” sun in a given 24 hour day, so it would be more like three weeks to get a full charge from 10%, and more if some days are cloudy.
Yeah, the “solar charging” is obviously just something that a marketing “expert” demanded, not anything an actual engineer would have suggested.
@terryfulwider@yakkoTDI These little tiny panels are nearly useless, but adding them is cheap and sold as a “feature” so they keep doing it. Peace of mind if you’re one of the like >0.1% of people who may go out backpacking in the wilderness and have an emergency somewhere where you need to make a phone call and there’s cell service but your phone and battery packs are dead but you left this charger in the sun for 4 hours so you could get 2% charge on your phone to make a quick call and gps check…
@phendrick More salmon-ish. But probably not sammonish enough to make a good sammidge. Might have utility in powering a sammoning grid? [oblique Charlie Stross reference]
@AaronLeeJohnson If you want to charge this power bank using the solar cell, you need the patience of a battalion of kindergarten teachers, and geologic time scales. Figure on 2.%-4% per day on a windowsill that faces the sun continuously; on your dashboard, it will overheat and shut down in warm weather. If there are lots of clouds, expect no charging.
If you check his bio, acting was something he just sort of fell into. His original gig (for about 20 years) was rodeo rider and clown. Basically, directors hired him to be Slim Pickens for them. He was pretty good at it.
Well the movie reference should’ve been - TARS (the robot) from Interstellar! Man, really missed out on that one. But meh, I guess they want the power bank to be compared to a fwiggin bomb
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: Letscom 30,000mAh Mobile Power Banks w/ 4 Built-in Cables & Solar Panel
Model: SPB-MDY-635DX BLACK, SPD-MDY-635DX RED, SPD-MDY-635DX TEAL, SPD-MDY-635DX WHITE
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$139.99 at HSN
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Mar 2 - Tuesday, Mar 3
I am curious how long it will take to charge off of the solar panel.
@yakkoTDI I picked up a couple of these already and after doing since research it appears that it would take 196 hours of sunlight to charge one completely. I left the two I got outside at 75% for two days of decent sun and it didn’t top off.
@terryfulwider @yakkoTDI
That’s a little over 8 days or so to fully charge, i’d miss too many meh’s
@actionPacked From 75%, 8 days is about right. Under ideal conditions, there’s typically less than 10 hours of “full” sun in a given 24 hour day, so it would be more like three weeks to get a full charge from 10%, and more if some days are cloudy.
Yeah, the “solar charging” is obviously just something that a marketing “expert” demanded, not anything an actual engineer would have suggested.
@terryfulwider @yakkoTDI These little tiny panels are nearly useless, but adding them is cheap and sold as a “feature” so they keep doing it. Peace of mind if you’re one of the like >0.1% of people who may go out backpacking in the wilderness and have an emergency somewhere where you need to make a phone call and there’s cell service but your phone and battery packs are dead but you left this charger in the sun for 4 hours so you could get 2% charge on your phone to make a quick call and gps check…
Banana for scale?
/8ball Do I need more power banks, even though today’s offering has solar panels and there is no purple color option?
It is decidedly so
@heartny So I guess you’re surviving the storm!
@Kyeh For the moment, but it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to get my car out until April, which will be a problem.
@heartny
Is it on the street?
@heartny Eep.
As I see it, yes
/8ball Should I wear only purple in winter?
@Kyeh I live in a co-op apartment building so it’s in a parking lot. A very snow filled parking lot
Power banks in red without being on fire!
@phendrick Red-ish.
@werehatrack Maybe radish?
@phendrick More salmon-ish. But probably not sammonish enough to make a good sammidge. Might have utility in powering a sammoning grid? [oblique Charlie Stross reference]
Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than 5-10 phones charged, tops. Uh, depending on the banks.
A power Jack of all trades. But alas, a master of none.
So if you want to really charge this device with the solar panels, you need to have it sit on your dashboard or put it on a windowsill?
@AaronLeeJohnson If you want to charge this power bank using the solar cell, you need the patience of a battalion of kindergarten teachers, and geologic time scales. Figure on 2.%-4% per day on a windowsill that faces the sun continuously; on your dashboard, it will overheat and shut down in warm weather. If there are lots of clouds, expect no charging.
The movie reference is Dr Strangelove, with Slim Pickens as Maj. ‘King’ Kong, riding the bomb down.
@yeppers Huh. I coulda sworn it was Alladin’s flying power bank. Go figure.
@yeppers He looks awfully sedate there.
@yeppers He was notable here, but my personal favorite of his appearances was in Blazing Saddles.
He never seemed to be acting.
@phendrick
If you check his bio, acting was something he just sort of fell into. His original gig (for about 20 years) was rodeo rider and clown. Basically, directors hired him to be Slim Pickens for them. He was pretty good at it.
/showme Darth Vader saying “You don’t know the power of the Letscom 30,000mAh Power Bank with 4 Built-in Cables & Solar Panel”
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@mediocrebot I guess something went boom inside the showme AI.
The photos don’t show three “Type-C”ports; they show one USB-C, one micro-USB, and one Lightning port along with four USB-A ports.
@troy He’s right, that’s what is shown.
More charges… weird. Bleh…
@admiralpoopants
/showme the jail goat saying more charges, meh weird
@therealjrn Here’s the image you requested for “the jail goat saying more charges, meh weird”
Well the movie reference should’ve been - TARS (the robot) from Interstellar! Man, really missed out on that one. But meh, I guess they want the power bank to be compared to a fwiggin bomb
Video at HSN gives an idea of the size of these. HSN page says 195 solar hours to full charge = 24+ days at 8 hours sun per day.
HSN Video on YT