What Battery Bank Should You Buy?

[@bluedeath996]

Buy 2 power banks and have them charge each other, that always turns out well.

[@amermostafa9471]

I bought anker power core lite 10000 6 month ago it works excellent

[@faisalahmad9599]

You forgot the 2nd law of thermodynamics, energy would be lost in the form of heat through current transfer across the devices

[@Derpsii]

@@faisalahmad9599 r/wooooooosh

[@pmAdministrator]

@@amermostafa9471 Thanks for the information.

[@wheelsonfire1982]

@2x2Master 77 Reddit subreddit

[@fray2748]

Everybody: iPhone 7, headphone jack, apple sucks, apple's great etc... Linus: BATTERY BANKS BITCHES

[@TexelGuy]

Well he did call out apple in a linustechtips video talking about lightning headphones... Soo

[@armadillito]

Well, the iPhone 7 will need it with that tiny battery.

[@ShiroKage009]

It's TechQuickie. It's not the place to discuss this ...

[@RodolfoPimentel007]

its ridiculous the size of an iPhone, my work give me an Xiaomi RedMi note 3 pro, and have a battery of 4000ma/h ir last forever and the iPhone was asking for help at 17:00 from 10:00

[@mattv4443]

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[@tennicktenstyl]

How to buy battery banks: Step 1. Buy the biggest Anker you can get done.

[@CaptainToastyZ]

Bartosz Olszewski Exuse Me USE ANKER INSTEAD!!!

[@sabingurung8150]

Bartosz Olszewski should i buy romoss 20000 ones

[@CrucisJon]

@@sabingurung8150 I bought a Romoss 30000mah Charged my Mate 20 Pro, (4200 mah) to full Plugged my Arctic Air and a small desk fan Went to sleep Woke up 7am in the morning with 2 more bars of battery life. Battery drained by 1pm in the afternoon 10/10 would buy again

[@thishdude]

true af

[@smokegamingchannel5370]

corporate slave lol its the same with other brand i have a china powerbank and it works well

[@heart0fthedrag0n]

I'm early, better make a joke... Iphone 7 is revolutionary

[@brandonhi3667]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@motoryzen]

Excellent joke !! :D

[@wrandom]

yes it is! 😂

[@worldfamousgi86]

You lied to me, I shouldn't have bought one on your advice...

[@addobandre99]

COURAGE

[@EumelaninKnight]

"You just uh..whip it out of your pocket and BAM!" And what? You get a painful reminder that you haven't exchanged your Note 7 yet? Hah! Buuurn.

[@lilguyfinish]

+potato yes, literally

[@risvangonzales]

you know what? That's a Note 7 pun that's actually good, compared to some of the lame ass ones people copy and paste in other comment sections. Have been a while since I haven't cringed over Note 7 jokes.

[@StrayGuitarist]

Yeah, a burn. Literally. You _will_ have third degree burns..

[@MohamedbinAhmed1423]

Eumelanin Knight i

[@od3stroyer771]

I actually don't get it.

[@AceOfROMs]

Did you just refer to yourself in third person?

[@sindweller]

He was reading a script. Maybe this video was originally intended to be hosted by another person.

[@JonatasAdoM]

It would be worse if he said Luke

[@hitenshah9]

Damn

[@Kakkarot211]

it is clear that linus was not meant to do this tech quickie originally lol

[@dukdo7790]

Linus published a video. That's me!

[@mikejohnstonbob935]

it's pretty clear linus is reading from a teleprompter/script that linus haven't proof-read yet and the script writer is playing a prank on linus.

[@factsverse9957]

+mike johnston Bob Lol. How do you know?

[@JonatasAdoM]

I'm glad he did it anyway thought

[@Liofa73]

Linus is a fucking idiot, he got lucky with his channel by relying on other people being dumb as a shit and thinking he knows what he's talking about. Also, the "experts" he has on his channel know more than he does, so it balances out.

[@Natewu188]

Linus: OVER 9,000!!!!!!!!! Battery: Explodes!

[@cupanodensetsu2420]

seems like someone has whached DBZ 😉

[@xboxking]

Note 7: am I a joke to you?

[@theintroarchive6856]

Seems like someone Note 7-ed me

[@tirthpatel8805]

the moment i heard it , i started searching for this comment

[@svelinjak]

I use Anker Usb type C 20100 mAh power bank for my Google Pixel XL and man... I love it. It's fast and reliable. Good work Anker.

[@shiburin3114]

I'm thinking about getting one for my pixel 2 lol

[@takeyourheart114]

How many charges does it give your phone before dying?

[@chizukichan]

I use an Anker Astro Pro 2 20,000mAh every day. I got it about 2 years ago and it still holds up to my demands. I have discharged it completely in less than a day, but I was charging a PSVita and a phone for a friend while playing Ingress for multiple hours (before it's significant battery optimizations; constant high drain application of the tech).

[@limjunekiat]

Dear Linus & Team, thank you for making these videos. They're concise, informative and perfect for us modern viewers! I love your work so much - keep up the good productions!

[@FrankieHiltz]

3:24 - Did you just make a date rape roofies joke? Geez you guys are dark today xD

[@TheYimyam]

I think that was supposed to be a viagra joke

[@n0n0999]

Could be breath mints.

[@AttunedFlux]

Western cultures rising resistance towards jokes such as these and the actions people have been known to take in response to the people making them means we need that kind of humor more than ever. Humor has an uncanny power to get peoples attention and possibly inform you about another way of thinking. Trying to ban things like rape jokes is not only a gravely unethical assault on liberty, its actually making the situation worse by silencing people who are trying to use a very real method of dealing with rape. On top of that, letting words of a stranger trigger you(not you) into screaming for the offender's silence is far beyond child-like and into the realm of psychopathy.

[@AttunedFlux]

All of our major problems have been brewing LONG before obama. I dont even like the guy, but i rarely ever refer to the president in arguments anymore. Each one is mostly the same other than a few social and economic differences. The system for electing them is both ancient and rigged.

[@jasonlisonbee]

I thought it was some kind of energy supplement.

[@lammatt]

mAh is not unit of energy it is a unit of charge 1A is 1C/s 1Ah is 3600 C mAh at a specific voltage is a unit of energy because P = IV and E=Pt

[@JoeARedHawk275]

Yah, joules=energy

[@TheLegoPerson]

It actually has a title on the screen at that time that says “Linus meant to say charge”. He knows what he’s doing (most of the time).

[@godders976]

although you are correct, mWh is a unit of energy and is converted into to joules by a simple multiplication. As we are dealing with a constant 5 V from USB charging, multiplying the mAh by 5 V will give you mWh. So in this case I think it's okay to call mAh a unit of energy as the only thing you need to change it to one are constant.

[@lammatt]

...

[@MrPorho]

Unfortunately manufacturers often refer to mAh of the battery, which has non-constant voltage.

[@caseythimm5522]

The sound at 0:15 sounds just like the hungry sound from Starbound.

[@Meanie010]

Romoss solo 5 is great, I've got a couple of them. No frills, no flashlight to accidentally turn on while in your bag, good shape, ideal outlet placement. They just work. I can comfortably keep my phone and the powerbank in one pocket while the phone charges too, which matters to me.

[@txgamer1347]

I have the 12,000mAh Cheero that Linus covered years ago. It will works like a beast and can charge my Note 5 from dead to full multiple times.

[@thenookster5000]

I always get Anker stuff, seems to be a solid cost/quality balance in my experience.

[@maight7333]

omg, Linus trying to keep it together during the Audible promo was priceless.

[@borrellipatrick]

from experience, I'll always stick with anker batteries. they have never let me down

[@RaydeusMX]

"Linus published a video" LTT is using a Linus bot to read TechQuickies confirmed.

[@xirtus]

time to do some battery comparisons

[@trimworld3730]

Linus, i can suggest some highly rated audio books, Try: the power of five - anthony horowitz Nightmare series - stephen leather Day by day armageddon - JL borne Shatter - michael robotham Been a fan of audible for years now great for long journeys in the car

[@XBATHORYX13]

did everyone miss at 3:23 Linus is promoting "DATE RAPE DRUGS!" WTF!

[@250lespaul]

...breath mints people....come on.

[@jinxxy17]

Most likely this

[@Kurukx]

Interesting to see where your mind goes Ray :)

[@user-el6mc6rj5l]

lol

[@Vagitarian01]

I was thinking it was E.

[@RidingWithTom]

3:23 is that like a date rape joke? haha shit got real out of no where

[@Michaelkayslay]

maybe viagra?

[@jeffreygerhardt6877]

mint

[@SimpleGunner]

im pretty sure linus was trying not to laugh at that audio book suggestion.

[@TheCarDetailingChannel]

My go-to everyday power bank has been the Anker PowerCore fushion 2in1. It doubles as my wall brick aswell which is nice. I did an unboxing video of it and so far it's been my favorite. I'll do a review video after I've used it for a few more months.

[@drunkfuck]

Anker powercore 10000 (non quick charge 3.0) best battery bank I've ever had.

[@peterknutsen3070]

I have a smaller and lighter Anker, and so far it's been very reliable.

[@drunkfuck]

Anker is a really good battery bank company.

[@Pinhou9]

How about the Asus ZenPower 10.505mAh. I think iam buying it, it looks ver nice in gold skin, not very big or heavy and seems to have enough power. Iam not a expert though

[@yourmumcommunist8893]

i use anker microusb cables. amazing.

[@drunkfuck]

I don't have any knowledge of the zenpower. I didn't even know Asus made battery packs lol. Although they are a reliable brand for pretty much everything they make.

[@TranceForLyfe]

Except you did not mention the fact that charging your phone with an external battery bank can diminish your device's ability to charge and maintain a proper charge. This is why some of the newer devices like the Galaxies advise you to only charge your phone with the INCLUDED wall plug. Yes, battery banks are great if you get stuck in a bind and your battery is dead but for the long term.. probably not a good idea to always have them plugged into your phone.

[@Valle641]

DO NOT BUY 1 AMP BATTERY BANKS Got it? ok, good!

[@andrewking9271]

Y not?

[@iamhereyouarehere]

Valle641 Yes, Y not but X yes.

[@swasfikagrawal5080]

Andrew King they're slow AF.

[@FrostedRamen]

yep vary slow

[@Nickgowans]

I've just bought a 50000mah battery bank which is actually a laptop battery bank, it has up to 5amp output via 19v laptop charger and 2.1 amp 5v USB output. it's very handy when camping.

[@MrSlippery65]

For my Tablet I use Tecknet, 9000millamp with a 1 and 2,5 amp output, my other powerbank Is a DB POWER one which can jumpstart a CAR... I use that for jumpstarting my motorcycle, it's part of my breakdown kit...

[@joeraine7172]

"Linus published a video" that's me!" - Nice recovery ;)

[@ranam]

1:23 hence high energy device only could charge low energy device hence proved (Q.E.D) "quod erat demonstrandum"

[@redracer2797]

Get the 20AHr from Aukey. No quick charge but it gives you 1 A and 2.1 A in two separate USB ports. It is big and heavy but if you go camping for a weekend it will work great for you. And since it's an older model it's actually cheaper. I got mine for $23 last year.

[@ranam]

2:23 discharge and charging low current electronics lower the capcity if charging low current electronics

[@loganbiwer3423]

Hey Linus you should try to put a pc into a car!

[@EcoMouseChannel]

I got a 50,000 mAh battery pack to take camping. It's for powering campsite LEDs... it's awesome! That's the largest I could find, before getting into scooter and motorcycle sized batteries. Plus, those don't have 3 to 4 USB ports either.

[@juliet4093]

If your phone is dead after a few hours you need a new phone, mine lasts all day and when I plug it in for night it is at like 70%

[@raggedyexynos6826]

Not when youre catching pukeymans, i heard that piece of shit game drains battery faster than you can say "wheres my goddamn powerbank"

[@darrenwoloshyn]

Or a replacement battery

[@AceDuelist101]

What kind of phone do u have that has 70% at the end of the day that’s so unheard of unless u never use your phone almost and it’s an iPhone

[@seraphim503]

Is tht a phone or a car battery

[@king.denzel]

Your phone uses a fucking Tesla battery?

[@SmiIeyyXD]

Anker I would say is probably the best to use and fast charges

[@semprocarnage]

Hey now 30000mAh power banks are available lol

[@azeemtics6613]

And you can even build your own

[@MrAnderson3330]

Can you do an updated version with ac outlets battery bank

[@curve15]

Title should be: what is a power bank

[@MrSkureklut]

What was failed to be mentioned in this video, is the input. If you have a large powerbank, make sure it supports 2amp input, otherwise it will take forever to charge.

[@HOLLOWKILLER514]

Love the on the fly charge correction. Nailed it.

[@mukeshrc7594]

Please can you make a video on what is workstation and how it operates and also why it is required

[@Tom4tom199e]

the "dont forget these" ffs linus 03:26

[@Biwa_Hayahide]

Linus didn't mention anything about charging efficiency. when you charge or use your device, some of the electrical energy is being converted to heat energy. so any battery bank you get will never charge your device as much as advertised. for example of you got a 10000mah battery bank and it's charging efficiency is 80%, that means 20% of that power is being converted into heat and you only have 8000mah of useable power. the more efficient it is the more useable power you have.

[@chaoticmonkey243]

Linus, i think another important point is how quickly the actual battery bank itself is to charge; the input specs as well as the output specs. Its useful to have a 20000mAh battery bank but if it only charges at 0.5A it'll take days for the battery bank to charge and defeats the purpose

[@colonelbaaah8735]

3:24 was this a bill cosby joke?

[@graxaimcongelado]

Friend. Help me here. When you measure the actual capacity in 5V the "mah" reduces, obviously. Buuuut, the cell phone battery is also a lithium 3.6V, then, the conversion back in the cellphone would not give back this total "mah" in 3 6V? Then, the only discounts in capacity would be the electric losses and resistances cable, right?

[@XiaoPangZi]

Anker MegGo 622 with magsafe, to not have to remember a cable for charging the phone is a revolution.

[@amazinsupa]

Thanks for telling me what battery bank to buy. Super helpful. If I wanted to figure it out on my own I would have. I'm lazy AF and want you to make my tech decisions for me. Get your shit together Linus!

[@ImperiaGin]

I use a anker power bank that is 10k mah with quick charge 2.0. It's a really awesome power bank.

[@frankiecal3186]

Anker 20,000 mah best brand and best price.

[@nixkp]

That outlaw's kiss part was priceless, he had no idea that was coming lol

[@bluefrancis14]

Should informed us too about aviation rules on power banks

[@TheCoomer]

I have many rechargeable AA batteries just sitting there because of the standard being made obsolete. I would love to have an adapter so they could be used as a power bank

[@Turbo35]

I didn't get that joke about Russia at the end 😕

[@YeetxBoi]

napoleon tried to invade russia and failed in the scenario explained. its hilarious really.

[@YeetxBoi]

GeneraL_LOL really? i didnt know that haha guess ill check that out

[@YeetxBoi]

Aaron96235 thats not what he was referring to. he was referring to napoleons failure in invading russia.

[@hsingsam2]

as other comments have said, basically, every time in history a major powerhouse tried to invade russia, they all failed miserably.

[@MrOlyevo]

Easy, the joke is about Hitler invading Russia in winter and fail.

[@lw4900]

anker is the best (in my opinion), all kinds of prices and specs as well as different features

[@josephpete1833]

at 2:50 you can tell Linus wasn't supposed to be in this video. bahaha that "Linus, That's me." line killed me

[@Subbestionix]

I got a new Oukitel k6000 and it holds 3 days with average use and 2 with some mini gaming, camera stuff etc

[@possessedchair8144]

mAh is a unit of charge, not energy. Do your homework Linus.

[@LegeFles]

Yu Stephen its edited into the video.

[@AndheraYoddha]

The DBZ reference to Nappa was so good, I had to acknowledge it.

[@notbnw6744]

what power bank you should buy? the one with note 7's battery

[@EastyyBlogspot]

wondered how come some battery packs it is advised not to charge the phone from it while the pack is charging from the mains

[@VWhitepaw]

What I find annoying is the Mah ratings. Why is it rate is Milliamp and not just in Amps? Last time I checked, the milk bottle was 2 Litre, and not 2000 Millilitre. Why use a smaller scale and talk about high numbers. Just want to let it sound bigger?

[@pgplaysvidya]

I have the zerolemon slimjuice (18,600 mAh) battery bank. It's not currently available on amazon canada though, but would definitely recommend it regardless. have been using ZL batteries since galaxy s3 and they have never let me down

[@Supermanohman]

I buy whichever cheap one Newegg gives me for free when I buy a USP surge protector/backup for my desktop computer.

[@aliencatmeow]

unfortunately no one does anker power banks where i live and no one will deliver them because of new laws not allowing power banks to be delivered outside the uk for example. so anker is off the table because i dont live in the uk (or the us)

[@Giekeme]

Wondering how you said nothing about the mAh rating indicated is usually rated at the 3.7v battery voltage which gets upped to 5v, which means the actual mAh you are going to get is about 60% of the actual indicated rating

[@MoonLiteNite]

i want bloopers for the ad on the end!

[@kmcat]

Im sorry by mAh is not a unit of energy. The watt-hour is the unit you are looking at. To find for many time you can charge a phone you can not take the maH of the battery and divide it by the size of the battery in the phone. Most battery, in these devices are about 3.3 v that is what the mAh is recorded at. You can find the true capacity like this: Battey size (mAh) - (Battey(mAh/5) this will give you the mAH at 5v we also have to factor in efficiency in the boost circuit which is around 85%. So in general at 20,000 mAh battery is only about 16,0000 mAh on a 5v output.

[@Opisek]

I have an anker with 20Ah for like 3 years now and it's amazing!

[@koolgamers6763]

Im on the go alot and i still play some pokemon go with friends and i picked up the aukey 20000mah battery. Not only is the capacity big enough for about 10 charges but it has 2 outputs and you can charge with micro usb or lightning, which is very convenient for iphone users.

[@Ab_A60]

Hey, can you please do a video on beamforming technology?

[@meesguyy]

I use a ravpower 13400 mAh battery pack. Has 2 ports, one 2.1a and the other 2.4a. Has a very helpful charging indicator

[@gamerboyalperen3918]

I have a xtorm 19.500 mah battery bank or powerbank and its awesome

[@SolarShado]

Nothing to say about USB-C support? I haven't looked into the subject of C-compatible battery packs yet and got my hopes up that this would touch on it...

[@reginald56000]

i recommend "Pineng PN-920 20000mah Powerbank" its so cheap and the capacity is legit... it cost 800Php or about $15 in my country..

[@xxpronoscoper49xx40]

san nabibili?

[@reginald56000]

xX ProNoscoper49 Xx Order ka sa Lazada sir.. Free delivery if inside Manila ka lang..if outside manila +99pesos for delivery fee..di ka magsisisi..halos 15 times ko nafufull charge Samsung s4 ko..

[@cerberus9185]

Ik this has been 4 years but can you use those wireless pads to turn your smartphone into wireless charging on a power bank so that you can place it on a wireless charger and charge the bank wirelessly

[@zachh6868]

I like wireless chargers because I can just put my phone in my pocket (that the wireless charger is in) and press a button and it charges. It charges slower, but with how fast wireless charging is nowdays it's fine.

[@zues121510]

i bought a 22400mah battery pack in 2015. The price has increased drastically since a couple of months ago ;P

[@dobby240]

i bought this one EC Technology 22400mAh Power Bank Its fucking amazing i charge my phone and portable speaker about 8 times between them still with a little to spare

[@BradSk88]

I feel like you should have put more emphasis on the value of QuickCharge, etc. It's really a night and day difference from a standard 2A battery.

[@s3rutob1]

Is this really a tech quickie episode? This should be on Tech tips

[@bibbytenbillion]

oh my jesus the whole video is the segway to the ad this is brilliant

[@secretcctvcameraOG]

Waited for a new version of this for a while now

[@DesuVR]

I've been using my Cheero Power Plus (12000mAh) for about 2 years on phones and tablets and it's been quite reliable.

[@ryeguy2392]

I have an amulet 10800mah turbo charge works great with my Droid Turbo

[@drabberfrog]

1:43 OVER 9,000! 😱😱😱

[@ashkhol]

I always choose a solar powered portable charger but also has a battery that also charges from solar power.

[@ChrisD4335]

The 2 amp ones charge faster but the1amp ones have the benefit of keeping your phone powered wile plugged in for longer. This is because when you rapidly discharge a battery to rapidly charge a differint battery more of the energy is wasted, burned off as heat or other inefficiency. 1amp is my preference for this reason.

[@chesterogilvie1393]

How about using your purchase power buying phones with better batteries or removable batteries. Swapping a battery out midday is a lot less problematic than being tethered to a power brick which is essentially taking the long way just to use another battery that limits your mobility

[@cestrada6502]

I recommend an Anker Powercore 5000 Mah for just $20 in Amazon

[@MrBiky]

2:50 This is what happens when the script is written for Luke and Linus does the video

[@astridcolon1948]

If I use 2KW a month from the electric grid and want to make a wind turbine to produce the same amount of Kws, what kind of alternator or generator should I use? How much watts? No batteries, directly into the power box with a transfer switch.

[@icytux3484]

Linus, got any new recommendations for high capacity power banks? Maybe that'll work with laptops?

[@Root174]

Dammit Linus, I have just bought one! Although, there wasn't anything I didn't already know :P . The one I purchased was Samsung's Fast Charging Battery Pack of 10,200 mAh for my Samsung Galaxy S6. For some reason, it's difficult to find a power bank that features rapid charging technology, here in the Netherlands. Most of them tend to support 2.4 A at most - which is 12 Watts (5V x 2.4A). Meanwhile Samsung's implementation can be 15.03 Watts (9V x 1.67 A). I'm not entirely certain if ~3 Watts makes a big difference, but I rather be safe than sorry with a power bank that explicitly supports rapid charging technology. Personally, I would have considered the Anker Powercore 10,000 with Quick Charge 3.0 (the 3.0 portion could come in handy in the future), but I can only seem to order it from Amazon and they don't support Paypal - I don't have a credit card - or my country's own iDeal (like Paypal, but through your own bank). The latter was to be expected as it's not used anywhere outside the country, but only supporting CC's is incredibly annoying. Oh yeah, what can also make a power bank's capacity feel lower is how some of the charge is lost through heat and by converting said charge for the output.

[@sysnet5252]

I am always confuse about how much amp needed for each of my device. I have charger & powerbank with multiple output but i do not know how to identify if my device are charging as it should. Can you do a video on how we can calculate & optimize the output for our charger/ powerbank? Thanks

[@chill1586]

It's simple just use this formula to calculate how much watt that your charger/powerbank produce watt=ampere × volt just see that how much volt and ampere your charger has and then multiply it to find watt Also regular devices need 2 ampere

[@pickledoreos]

0:13 IS THAT STARBOUND