Power bank for mobile phone

[55palfers]

Having been delayed for 12 hours the other day - cheers Ryanair! - I have decided a power bank would be handy.

There's lots of stories on them catching fire and endless warnings from airlines about not putting them in the hold, etc. so I'm not sure what would be considered a "safe" and effective model..

Prices vary hugely, so I would be grateful for any advice as to make and model. Happy to pay the price for a good one.

Many thanks.

[carl_w]

I always use Anker for anything like this

[Truckosaurus]

55palfers said:

....not putting them in the hold....

You can't even put them in overhead lockers!

I have a decent sized Anker powerbank, but only seem to use it when camping at Le Mans, everywhere else has readily available USB ports or electrical sockets to just plugin in a mains adaptor.

(I was at Brussels airport this weekend and they had USB and mains plugs between most of the seats in the gate waiting area.)

[JQ]

carl_w said:

I always use Anker for anything like this

This. My kids have had lots of cheap ones from Amazon and they never seem to last, my Anker powerbanks have always been great - unfortunately they now keep getting stolen by said kids.

[dontlookdown]

We have a few Belkin power bricks in the family, good value and reliable. Have had my 20k mwh one for 3yrs and it still does 3 full charges of my phone. Currently ca £19 at Argos;)

[Slow.Patrol]

I've had one of these for a few years.

https://amzn.eu/d/09xLgnRH

Great for travel and not too heavy. Good for one full charge.

[AC43]

dontlookdown said:

We have a few Belkin power bricks in the family, good value and reliable. Have had my 20k mwh one for 3yrs and it still does 3 full charges of my phone. Currently ca £19 at Argos;)

I've recently bought a couple of Belkin Boostcharge 10k mAh's and a 20k version.

They all come with built in USB C cables which is really handy when you're on the move.

The 10k ones are light enough to cart around without really noticing.

Served me well on a recent holiday in Portugal which involved lots of walking and very few charging points.

[Slow.Patrol]

Make sure you check with the airline as many have a power limit on power banks.

[Suspicious_user]

Slow.Patrol said:

Make sure you check with the airline as many have a power limit on power banks.

I have never had any carrier ask to check the size the power bank, they just ask if it below their limit, though I have only had 46 flights this year.

[TheDrownedApe]

Ugreen are the new "decent" brand

[normalbloke]

[Mark-BMW-E30-318is]

Mine cost a tenner. Had it over a year and just kept for emergency charging. It never gets hot and zero flames. (So far anyway) Also does wireless charging.

[Slow.Patrol]

Suspicious_user said:

I have never had any carrier ask to check the size the power bank, they just ask if it below their limit, though I have only had 46 flights this year.

Might just be British Airways

https://www.britishairways.com/content/information...

[DMC2]

Get this - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Laptop-000mAh-Trave...

Briliant bit of kit

[ADJimbo]

TheDrownedApe said:

Ugreen are the new "decent" brand

This. This the only advice you need.

Nothing cable / power / dock comes into my life now unless it's got UGREEN stamped on it.

[Suspicious_user]

Slow.Patrol said:

Suspicious_user said:

I have never had any carrier ask to check the size the power bank, they just ask if it below their limit, though I have only had 46 flights this year.

Might just be British Airways

https://www.britishairways.com/content/information...

Oh, I wasn't disagreeing with you, on almost all carriers this year, I've been told that power banks are to be on your person or not to be stowed in overhead storage, and that they're not to be charged. It was that no one seems to check, you just get asked is it less than 100kwhs?

Saying that where I normally fly from they've not been allowed for a couple of years.

[55palfers]

Thanks to all for taking the time to respond.

[indigochim]

I've been using one of these for the last few months. I was put off by the built in cord at 1st but it came up on offer on AliExpress so I was convinced. I have a few other Baseus devices inc a car jump pack and always been impressed. They're reputed to be one of the more quality Chinese brands and the build certainly reflects this. I can get 2 charges 20-85% on my S25 Ultra out of it and it charges at "superfast 2" which is dam fast and it's small enough to fit in a front jeans pockets and still be able to sit. Unfortunately it's out of stock on there site but at 30 it's a steal. it will be available at various sellers on AliExpress but not such a great deal. @45w I can top up my laptop too although it obviously won't fully charge it.

Pic from their site.

[dapprman]

I have from Anker, uGreen and INIU - all good and reliable.

[Over over under steer]

UGreen or Anker. Wouldn’t get anything else