I hope you didn't buy Anker.

Thank god, I only use xiami.

>>105587542 (OP)
>power banks
Fast charging practically killed all use for these, unless you're travelling somewhere without outlets for extended periods of time there's no need

>>105587711
What the fuck does needing a power bank have to do with fast charging? Are you feeling well?

>>105587542 (OP)
xiaomi chads win again

>>105587735
Anon, you don't need power bank because you can charge your phone fast. Duh

>>105587760
If you're anywhere near an outlet, you don't need a power bank.
Were you born like this?

>>105587819
Power bank? Just charge phone fast.

>>105587711
Only use I see is in case of emergency/poweroutage. I'm looking into buying some sort of small jackery/bluetti/anker power station with/without solar opton for this

Anker? more like
ACKer

>>105587542 (OP)
I bought a Xiaomi powerbank over 10 years ago and it still works

>>105587542 (OP)
I bought one and Amazon told me to get rid of it...

Problem is I won't be able to go home until tomorrow... Pray for me.

It's just sitting there. Menacingly

>>105587542 (OP)
I never bought their battery banks. I had a shitty Soundcore Flare 2 that would turn off if you had the volume too loud, even on a full charge.

I had an Anker dock from work, the piece of shit would overheat and the monitors would start glitching out and lose signal. Eventually the dock just straight up died.

Anker makes shit products. They look good on paper, they might even work good for a short duration, but eventually they either die or malfunction.

>old powerbank is starting to swell
>throw it in the dumpster
>old batteries (laptop, 18650 etc)
>also goes straight into the dumpster


People really expect me to drive where the fuck ever to recycle some shit when there's a dumpster right there. fucking lmao.

>>105587965
I've thrown everything away they tell you not to throw away. Alkaline batteries, lithium batteries, CRT monitors and TVs, motor oil, those CFL light bulbs that contained lead, aerosol cans, old appliances, medications, and even a half full propane tank one time

>>105587984
I've thrown away entire PCs and laptops. I aint fuckin interacting with people or driving somewhere when I don't got to.

>>105587965
>>105587984
>>105588000
Before I moved out of my last apartment, I put an entire Brother color laser printer down the chute. I got it for free and used it for nearly 15 years. The paper tray was no longer functional, and manual feed would always introduce weird toner smears on the backs of paper.
The amount of time required to disassemble it down to the broken $30+ plastic gears simply wasn't worth it. I had to completely break off the front half of it to get it in there - I shed a tear for my old nigga Holhol, he was with me through high school, undergrad, my first job, and grad school.
The larger back half was so fucking heavy and hit the garbage below with such force that some of the pieces that broke off on impact bounced back up higher than the 4th floor chute opening they went in from. Thank fuck it didn't get stuck in there.

>>105587735
I just change the double As in my phone.

>>105587965
>the dumpster
>not the ocean or lake
Look at mr. fancy pants, highfalutin city slicker over here.

>>105588355
What's the brand, Fisher Price?

I had good experiences with Anker years ago like many others. Seems like they capitalized on their success and now their shit is overpriced and starting to slightly slip in quality.

>>105588534
It's chink slop. But remarketed for dumb amerigoyim

>>105588529
Nokia.

>>105587542 (OP)
I love my Xiaomi RBMK power bank.

>>105587984
you are white. I am saying this in a racist way. not in a good way. I hate you. you could have given me your trash.... anons in africa could have used your shit.

>>105587755
>>105587926
>>105588610
anker is chinese you know

> Anker is only recalling units sold in the US with qualifying serial numbers
Chinese customers fine
EU customers fine
US consumers sold fire hazards

>>105588788
to be honest, even Trump himself was given a fire hazard - a golden pager. I suspect people from all over the world, do not really like americans and may be are trying to give them """gifts""" such as exploding pagers, exploding batteries, exploding people, exploding planes and so on....

What's with the chinese seethe itt?

>>105587711
They're pretty useful for going on hiking trips.

>>105587711
When I was living in the woods for work my Anker 20000 was fantastic. Very comfy situation to have my phone at full battery while I watched movies in my hammock before bed.

cuktech, ugreen are way better than anker shit kekw

>>105587711
>fast charges phone
>battery drains again 3x as fast
Fast charging = fast draining. It's a scam.

>>105587542 (OP)
Power banks are incendiary devices no matter what brand.

>>105590052
Also dies 3x quicker and you can't replace it so time to buy a new one goy

>>105590080
I'm not poor so I can afford to buy a new phone every year or two.

>>105587711
>Fast charging practically killed all use for these unless you do this thing a lot of people do fairly often

>>105589701
>chinese brand that comes out of a factory is better than other chinese brand in the same factory with a different name on the label

>>105590159
>or two
lmao

>>105587711
Fast charging is also a good way to reduce the life-time of the cells inside your power bank. But who cares, we produce lots of junk to fill the land-fills so the next generation is even more fucked than they already are, right?

>>105588736
Thanks

>HE BOUGHTED ANKER

XDDDDDDD

>>105587542 (OP)

I do. Anker Zolo is based af. $12.96 for 10000mah and 30W charging. That’s good enough to work on an ultraportable laptop

>>105588788
There is no consumer rights in states.

>>105590740
>Fast charging is also a good way to reduce the life-time of the cells
you do have some source to back that up, right?

>>105587542 (OP)
I'm the odd one out. I manage a farm/ranch. Sometimes I'm out all day or night farming, working cattle, or whatever else I'm doing. if I'm stuck in a tractor baling hay, plowing, etc, all day or night I use a power bank because my tractors are older and only have cigarette outlets. Power banks are more convenient for me than other options.

>>105591142
Just get a cigarette outlet to USB? They're tiny and cheap, so you can just leave it in place.

>>105591093
Just look at any datasheet of lithium ion batteries.
I'm not your butler, google it yourself if you don't believe me.
Do you think Android would have different charging modes if fast charging didn't have any drawbacks? Charging generates heat and doing it rapidly makes things worse due to the higher charging current / voltage.
See AI slop that summarizes pretty much what I knew about this topic.

>>105587542 (OP)
put lithium batteries in metal containers or a fireproof bag.

Onn bros, we won

>>105588752
Boeing and Tesla are Amerimutt. You're point?

>>105590159
>thinks 2k every two years is a flex
Yeah you're not poor, you're ostensibly destitute.

>>105591156
Some "higher-end" phones will not charge if you are not using an official charger.
I am not making this shit up. They claim it's to protect the phone (and they are not that wrong; some stuff with built-in USBs is ridiculously bad, specially those USB charger built in walls)

>>105587542 (OP)
I just don't buy power banks. Anker products have always been good to me though

>>105593840
my iPhone charges with any charger, it only gets fussy if the cable isn’t MFi, but you can get cheap cables with that cert so its not an issue.

>>105593919
My friend owns a cellphone repair shop, and the first thing he asks to anyone coming there is, "did you replace the charger recently?"

>>105588752
Nigga, they all Chinese

>>105593840
Name one (1) phone that does this. You sound like the fucking person at the verizon store that told my parents they needed to buy a new charger for their new samsung phone. Well it turns out the phone charges literally just fine on a fucking 10 year old ghetto amp usb adapter. Slow charging is infinitely better for the device anyways, you only NEED fast charging when you NEED it.

>>105594219
Off the top of my head, I know that Pixel phones refuse to use fast charging from non-OEM chargers.
Don't ask me why. I don't know. I only buy XIaomi (they work with everything you plug into)...

>>105587542 (OP)
I only ever bought a single powerbank, an Anker I got way back in 2018 I think. Maybe earlier.
I'm still using it to this day and its great.

>>105594257
10W is plenty

>>105594257
My coworker charges his from his work computer, so most people are probably confusing it bitching and moaning vs. actually charging I would assume. The phone's arent negotiating a handshake to a damn wall plug, it's probably just noticing the current it is getting and realizing you aren't pumping 20 fucking amps of power into a small ass battery lol.

>>105594262
I have been converted to the church of fast charging.

Also, if you buy a phone and it doesn't come with a charger in the box, return it immediately.

>>105594283
>pumping 20 fucking amps
20A is the limit of the breakers I use for wall sockets, lol.

>>105594291
which one still comes with a charger?

>>105594313
My last Xiaomi came with a fast-charger and a protective case...
And boy, it was one of the cheapest mid-range phones released that semester...

>>105594257
>Off the top of my head, I know that Pixel phones refuse to use fast charging from non-OEM chargers
That's complete bullshit.

>>105594257
>I know that Pixel phones refuse to use fast charging from non-OEM chargers.
incorrect, they just conform to USBC-PD 3.1 standards which random chinkchargers or old chargers might not conform to

Maybe they should stop trying to push so much fucking capacity into these pieces of shit?
>>105587711
Yeah, fast charging made me realize it wasn't the battery life but how long it took to charge it that I hated.

Bought a 10k mAh PowerCore in 2019 and don't go anywhere without it. Model number A1235 thankfully. I hate being beholden to nearby outlets, especially when I'm out all day and into the evening. Once I get a car I could charge in there, but it'll still happen anytime I'm in a strange country.