powerbank recommendations

Redredrobin

Going away soon and been advised to get a power bank but ive no idea what im looking for .


It will need to be able to charge two iphones and maybe an ipod .

alanwsg

'Anker' are a well respected make, buy them from Amazon.

Frozen_up_north

I use an Anker one from Amazon. It’s 21000 mAh and quite heavy. There is a 5V charger input socket and 2 x USB output sockets. I’ve used it a lot to power a Raspberry Pi as well as charging an iPhone.

If you intend to take one on an aircraft, be careful over the max size of lithium batteries allowed. I travel a lot, but have only taken this power bank on a coach and a ship.

Bradden

Anker-- only brand I will buy nowadays.

Redredrobin

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

I use an Anker one from Amazon. It’s 21000 mAh and quite heavy. There is a 5V charger input socket and 2 x USB output sockets. I’ve used it a lot to power a Raspberry Pi as well as charging an iPhone.

If you intend to take one on an aircraft, be careful over the max size of lithium batteries allowed. I travel a lot, but have only taken this power bank on a coach and a ship.

Its for a coach trip .

PRAISETHESUN

The main things you want to look at are the physical size/weight and battery capacity. More batteries = more weight, but also = more power. Last thing you want is to get one that can't even charge your phone all the way! Something around 10-20k mAh will likely be sufficient for multiple devices on the go over a day or 2.

I have an Aukey powerbank which I'd highly recommend. Otherwise Anker also has a good reputation for these sort of things.

McKneff

Often there are usb ports on coaches, you could ring and ask

Redredrobin

McKneff wrote: »

Often there are usb ports on coaches, you could ring and ask

Thanks - Having checked all seats on the coach have a usb charging port , now just got to remember to keep my cable in my bag .

unrecordings

After a bit of a tangle with the NHS, I'm in the market for one too It'd be for emergencies, so how long is a piece of sting question: how long do these things generally hold their charge ? Do you generally need to 'maintain' them or can you chuck them in a drawer for a year or so.

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unrecordings wrote: »

After a bit of a tangle with the NHS, I'm in the market for one too It'd be for emergencies, so how long is a piece of sting question: how long do these things generally hold their charge ? Do you generally need to 'maintain' them or can you chuck them in a drawer for a year or so.

Depends on what technology us used to make the battery.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6069997/please-help-will-this-battery-power-my-dash-cam

Personally, on my 4 day stay in hospital, I took a 6m 4 way adapter with me, laptop psu, even charged other peoples phones and had no issues.

unrecordings

thanks - didn't have that option to prepare, so looking for a small pocket sized option that works while I'm awaiting the cavalry