4,000 mAh rechargeable battery has enough power to provide up to 15 total hours of extra battery
12W fast-charging output to charge smartphones or tablets via USB-C
Built-in USB-C cable for ultimate grab & go convenience
Slim and compact, easy-to-carry design
Dimensions: 2.5 x 5.13 x 0.37in
Weight: 0.247 lb
Input: USB Type-C
Output: USB Type-C
Does not work with iPhone
Does not work with older Micro-USB devices
Only works with the latest electronics using USB-C (See shape)
What’s Included?
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1x 3-Pack: Mophie Powerstation Plus 12W 4,000mAh Charger with USB-C Cable
1x 3-Pack: Mophie Powerstation Plus 12W 4,000mAh Charger with USB-C Cable
Input: USB Type-C
Output: USB Type-C
I assume the charger and cable can charge the batteries one at a time into the INPUT USB-C jack, and the built-in attached USB-C cable giveth thyne juice to the USB-C phone, drone or automobile.
@G1@radi0j0hn
From the better details posted over at B&H Photo, YES, that’s activel;y supported.
Pass-Through & Priority+ Charging
Pass-through charging allows you to charge the powerstation plus mini and your mobile device simultaneously. Simply connect the powerstation plus mini to a wall adapter (available separately), and connect your device to the powerstation’s USB Type-C port.
Priority+ technology takes over and charges your smartphone or tablet. Once your device is fully charged, power is passed through and charges your powerstation plus mini’s internal lithium-ion polymer battery.
@radi0j0hn But with more than one of them, you could plug them into each other like an Ouroboros of power! There’s four of them included, so a mega-Ouroboros of power!
Some pedant replying to point out the flaws in my logic in 3…2…1…
@bxm83 no. But your iPhone could charge the battery that way. You’d need something with a USB-C female to lightning male port to use this to charge an iDevice.
@werehatrack what?! Are they all dead because you suck at recharging them or are you adhd like me? Unless they are in constant view you forget they exist… Out of site, out of mind sucks!!!
@Num1Zero
Out of sight, stashed in computer bags containing dedicated-purpose POS laptops for the most part. Redundant backups in case the main power battery starts to get low, necessitating a fallback to not keeping the cell and Square reader powered from the laptop’s USB ports.
At last, something that I would find useful - if I didn’t already have a collection of power banks that are almost never needed, and therefore are almost never close at hand when one of them would be handy…
I had to go find out that these have useful pass-through power capability, so that I can keep one on the charger and use it as a pass-through to my cell phone (or whatever) so that it becomes effectively a micro-UPS for a USB-powered device.
Now I will need to find some USB-C female-to-male extension cables. Just what I also didn’t need, a reason to go looking for yet another bit of gear to keep track of. Grr. Argh.
Bought the 6000 mAh version from meh in May. Useful when you don’t need a big boy battery, more for when you need one full phone charge (or a bit less w this lower-capacity version.) Good size to carry in a pocket or purse, not heavy.
No issues so far with battery swelling…though one of my older higher-capacity Mophies did just that while stored in a travel bag. I would pick these up if I needed additional ones.
@Superllama7
And in the name of waterproofing, they’ve made it far more difficult to nondestructively replace the damn battery yourself anyway. As if they could not have achieved the waterproofing and kept the battery accessible…
I bought these when on sale earlier in the year. They work great with my and my wife’s moto phones. Simple and best of all they work. I get about 1 1/2 phone charge from mine.
I’m late to the game with USB-C devices, so my brain still lives in the other USB land where your phone and laptop have totally different charging ports. But soon I need to replace both my phone and laptop. I’m looking at the new M1 MacBook Air. My question is would these power banks charge it? I’m guessing no, but I don’t know why.
@tallrob No, but even if they could, 4000mah is a drop in the bucket on a laptop battery. But other, better power banks absolutely would charge a MacBook.
@KENSAI@tallrob
And unless they get a sudden attack of sanity, they’ll keep the Lightning port on the next iPhone, with the result that one cable won’t do both devices without an adapter.
@mnm0411 iPhones are the only modern phone still using the old-ass Lighting port. Every other phone on the planet uses USB-C now, as do most of Apple’s iPads, all their laptops, etc. Apple continues to behave cowardly by not adopting USB-C. Maybe one day they find their “courage” again.
I think Apple is intentionally keeping the Lightning port on the iPhones just to spite the EU regulators who are poised to require that they support USB-C.
Ok so a typical car battery is 50AH. Can I get 15 of these (5 orders), open them wire them together and replace my car battery? Will this provide enough CCA to start my car if they’re all run in parallel?
@djklup@pmarin
Lithium-based replacements for car batteries exist now, but they’re revoltingly expensive. OTOH, lithium-based jumper packs that will crank a V8 with ease can be had for under a hundred.
@djklup
OTGH, in theory, you could cannibalize 45 of these, wire sets of four of the internal cells in series and stack the fours in parallel, and get enough voltage and amps to do the job. Good luck getting them to last, and good luck coming up with a charger for that mess.
@djklup@werehatrack For vehicle starting, when you get a “jumper pack” that will run glow plugs for 30 seconds at -4F, and then crank a Cummins Diesel, let me know.
Go to Morningsave’s $ 10 deals-2 of these for $10 less either VMP 10% or coupon you may have gotten with a MS order for 15% off (exp 10/31)-so net cost for either is less than meh is selling them for today and you don’t need to buy 3. You really only need 2-one to use and one to charge.
Good point. They have a bunch of Mophies over there. I have to say all the Mophies I bought from here (or there) have been good – no dead or flaky ones. It’s only because I bought so many that I’ll resist this deal for now. And definitely still waiting for a larger one that will handle a USB-C tablet or even a laptop.
So I went over to Morningsave and instead bought 4 pair of Cat-theme socks. Thanks!
@pmarin
I hope the cat-themed socks are wearable for you; they wouldn’t fit for me, though the packaging claimed that they should. (Too small to get them on.)
@werehatrack They came in big and small size. I got 3 big and one small for someone smaller. If they all end up too small I guess they will all be gifts for someone smaller.
Specs
What’s Included?
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1x 3-Pack: Mophie Powerstation Plus 12W 4,000mAh Charger with USB-C Cable
Price Comparison
$59.97 - $87 at Amazon
$59.57 for 3 Black Powerstations
$68.98 for 2 Black & 1 Copper Powerstation
$87 for 3 Copper Powerstations
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Nov 1 - Thursday, Nov 4
Shockingly good deal!
@yakkoTDI But very bad reviews.
Again I continue my campaign to get Meh to sell a single 20,000+ mAh battery instead of many lesser batteries that add up to 20,000+!
@Dynamik This. Also stop getting Mophie stuff. It’s larger, heavier, and less convenient than most.
@Dynamik @jgoldshlag I think you just found the reasons it is sold at Meh
Note: the cable is built-in. It is not one used to charge the things. You have to supply your own cable to charge them.
@radi0j0hn
I assume the charger and cable can charge the batteries one at a time into the INPUT USB-C jack, and the built-in attached USB-C cable giveth thyne juice to the USB-C phone, drone or automobile.
@G1 @radi0j0hn
From the better details posted over at B&H Photo, YES, that’s activel;y supported.
This alone might be enough to get me to buy them.
@radi0j0hn But with more than one of them, you could plug them into each other like an Ouroboros of power! There’s four of them included, so a mega-Ouroboros of power!
Some pedant replying to point out the flaws in my logic in 3…2…1…
@ciabelle @radi0j0hn
Ahem. You would need 10e6 to have a MegaOuroboros. </pedant>
@ciabelle @radi0j0hn Or 2e20 for a binary MegaOuroboros.
@ciabelle @radi0j0hn
If I had a usb-c to light in cable would it charge an iPhone?
@bxm83 yes
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@bxm83 no. But your iPhone could charge the battery that way. You’d need something with a USB-C female to lightning male port to use this to charge an iDevice.
@bxm83 source: my partner accidentally used her Samsung phone to charge the battery because she didn’t see the built in cable.
Winter is coming to Texas. Do you have enough power banks to get through? I bought enough from Meh, now I just have find where my wife “stored” them.
@hchavers there’s always Cancun
I am a powerbank hoarder! 1 in my pocket, 1 in the car, 1 charging in my room and 1 charging at work. I have several mophies and they don’t suck.
@Num1Zero I’ll see your four and raise you a dozen. And I still don’t have one handy on the very rare occasions when I need one.
@werehatrack what?! Are they all dead because you suck at recharging them or are you adhd like me? Unless they are in constant view you forget they exist… Out of site, out of mind sucks!!!
@Num1Zero
Out of sight, stashed in computer bags containing dedicated-purpose POS laptops for the most part. Redundant backups in case the main power battery starts to get low, necessitating a fallback to not keeping the cell and Square reader powered from the laptop’s USB ports.
@Num1Zero I mean… I like power. I have more…
but my wife.
@capnjb @Num1Zero Now I want to see this thermite kit ignited on top of that lithium stack. (with proper safety precautions in place of course!)
YouTube, can you help me!?
@capnjb does your wife know you are posting Tech/Hoarding thirst traps?!?
At last, something that I would find useful - if I didn’t already have a collection of power banks that are almost never needed, and therefore are almost never close at hand when one of them would be handy…
Dammit.
I had to go find out that these have useful pass-through power capability, so that I can keep one on the charger and use it as a pass-through to my cell phone (or whatever) so that it becomes effectively a micro-UPS for a USB-powered device.
Now I will need to find some USB-C female-to-male extension cables. Just what I also didn’t need, a reason to go looking for yet another bit of gear to keep track of. Grr. Argh.
@werehatrack I wonder if the pass through power would let this be used as an UPS for the Raspberry Pi.
Bought the 6000 mAh version from meh in May. Useful when you don’t need a big boy battery, more for when you need one full phone charge (or a bit less w this lower-capacity version.) Good size to carry in a pocket or purse, not heavy.
No issues so far with battery swelling…though one of my older higher-capacity Mophies did just that while stored in a travel bag. I would pick these up if I needed additional ones.
It is literally insane that this self-contained lithium battery costs $5 but a replacement for your phone costs $50-$150
@Superllama7
And in the name of waterproofing, they’ve made it far more difficult to nondestructively replace the damn battery yourself anyway. As if they could not have achieved the waterproofing and kept the battery accessible…
I bought these when on sale earlier in the year. They work great with my and my wife’s moto phones. Simple and best of all they work. I get about 1 1/2 phone charge from mine.
I’m late to the game with USB-C devices, so my brain still lives in the other USB land where your phone and laptop have totally different charging ports. But soon I need to replace both my phone and laptop. I’m looking at the new M1 MacBook Air. My question is would these power banks charge it? I’m guessing no, but I don’t know why.
@tallrob USB-C PD is required for MacBooks
Because nothing is more Apple than unnecessarily diverging from your own “standard”.
@tallrob No, but even if they could, 4000mah is a drop in the bucket on a laptop battery. But other, better power banks absolutely would charge a MacBook.
@KENSAI @tallrob
And unless they get a sudden attack of sanity, they’ll keep the Lightning port on the next iPhone, with the result that one cable won’t do both devices without an adapter.
Not for iPhones.
@mnm0411 iPhones are the only modern phone still using the old-ass Lighting port. Every other phone on the planet uses USB-C now, as do most of Apple’s iPads, all their laptops, etc. Apple continues to behave cowardly by not adopting USB-C. Maybe one day they find their “courage” again.
I think Apple is intentionally keeping the Lightning port on the iPhones just to spite the EU regulators who are poised to require that they support USB-C.
Damn, doesn’t work with iPhones!
@straightravage
…Unless you have an adapter, which I do, so that the iPhone user in the household can use the random cables scattered around.
Ohhhh, if only it had Qi charging!
Ok so a typical car battery is 50AH. Can I get 15 of these (5 orders), open them wire them together and replace my car battery? Will this provide enough CCA to start my car if they’re all run in parallel?
@djklup If your car starts on 5V.
And you have some fire extinguishers handy.
@djklup @pmarin
Lithium-based replacements for car batteries exist now, but they’re revoltingly expensive. OTOH, lithium-based jumper packs that will crank a V8 with ease can be had for under a hundred.
@djklup
OTGH, in theory, you could cannibalize 45 of these, wire sets of four of the internal cells in series and stack the fours in parallel, and get enough voltage and amps to do the job. Good luck getting them to last, and good luck coming up with a charger for that mess.
@djklup @werehatrack For vehicle starting, when you get a “jumper pack” that will run glow plugs for 30 seconds at -4F, and then crank a Cummins Diesel, let me know.
Go to Morningsave’s $ 10 deals-2 of these for $10 less either VMP 10% or coupon you may have gotten with a MS order for 15% off (exp 10/31)-so net cost for either is less than meh is selling them for today and you don’t need to buy 3. You really only need 2-one to use and one to charge.
Good point. They have a bunch of Mophies over there. I have to say all the Mophies I bought from here (or there) have been good – no dead or flaky ones. It’s only because I bought so many that I’ll resist this deal for now. And definitely still waiting for a larger one that will handle a USB-C tablet or even a laptop.
So I went over to Morningsave and instead bought 4 pair of Cat-theme socks. Thanks!
@pmarin
I hope the cat-themed socks are wearable for you; they wouldn’t fit for me, though the packaging claimed that they should. (Too small to get them on.)
@werehatrack They came in big and small size. I got 3 big and one small for someone smaller. If they all end up too small I guess they will all be gifts for someone smaller.
But a couple of these I love them . The last two didn’t work at all that’s the only problem I have
Great gifts very happy with purches!