Anker Laptop Power Bank Review: All My Favorite Battery Features Together At Last

Over nan past mates years, I’ve tested astir 60 different powerfulness banks for Engadget. In that time, artillery manufacturers person fixed their products features pinch varying degrees of usefulness, ranging from smart (straps and built-in cables) to useful (displays and wireless charging pads) to really not basal (Bluetooth connectivity, specialized recharging bases).

Anker’s Laptop Power Bank (25K, 165W) manages to harvester each nan cleverest caller features into 1 sleek-looking charging ceramic — and it costs little than immoderate different banks successful its class. There’s a built-in show that not only lets you cognize really overmuch complaint nan slope has left, it besides tells you really galore watts are flowing done each larboard to your devices. Pressing nan fastener connected nan broadside cycles done nan battery’s existent somesthesia and nan wide wellness of nan bank, including really galore complaint cycles it’s gone through. All of those bits of info should thief prolong and gauge nan bank’s longevity.

Big capacity successful a tidy package

The 25,000 mAh capacity puts it good wrong nan TSA’s 100Wh capacity limit and I person taken this artillery connected 2 flights successful my carry-on pinch nary issue. The capacity is capable to capable my tester smartphones (an iPhone 15 and a Galaxy S23 Ultra) astir 4 times each. Separately, it pushed my aging 16-inch MacBook Pro from 10 percent to 78 percent. That translates to astir 9 further hours of usage for my emblematic workload (Wi-Fi, VPN, excessively galore Chrome tabs and different basal productivity apps).

My only gripe pinch nan creation is that nan very shiny surface has go somewhat dull pinch use. It doesn’t look bad, conscionable not arsenic mint-fresh arsenic erstwhile it was unboxed. That’s to beryllium expected, and I’ll return nan luxe decorativeness complete immoderate ruggedized enclosure immoderate day.

Sure, hide your cables astatine home

Possibly nan powerfulness bank’s astir useful features are nan 2 built-in USB-C cables, and 1 moreover loops astir to create a useful transportation strap. It feels robust and well-anchored capable that I don’t fearfulness lugging it astir for illustration that. The different cablegram retracts into nan portion and extends up to 2 feet erstwhile needed. The extremity stays neatly tucked into a good successful nan assemblage and stays magnetically successful place. The cords not only look tidy, their inclusion intends you’ll ne'er find yourself successful nan ironic position of having a dormant instrumentality and a afloat artillery pack, but nary measurement to link nan two.

Both cables service in-out functions truthful you tin easy plug them into immoderate USB-C powerfulness adapter for a refill. There are besides 2 further USB (one Type-A and 1 Type-C) ports, truthful if you’ve sewage a specialized cable, specified arsenic Lightning, smartwatch aliases microUSB connector, you’ll beryllium capable to complaint those devices too.

Admirable speeds

The 165-watt rating, arsenic pinch immoderate powerfulness bank, doesn't mean you’ll get that powerfulness retired of a azygous port. The standing is simply a combined, almost theoretical total, achieved pinch each 4 ports engaged. The 3 USB-C outlets are rated astatine a max of 100W, but to get to that speed, you’ll request a instrumentality tin of taking it — my biggest power hog is my laptop and it maxed retired astatine astir 90 watts utilizing nan powerfulness bank. But for each but nan astir utmost cases, that’s plentifulness fast.

My tester iPhone 15 went from near-dead to 70 percent refilled successful astir 40 minutes. The Galaxy S23 Ultra powered up from 5 to 100 percent successful nether an hour, and my 16-inch MacBook sewage a 68 percent refill successful conscionable complete 50 minutes. That’s not nan fastest capacity I’ve tested, but it’s amended than astir different banks and plentifulness speedy capable to get you backmost successful action successful a decent magnitude of time.

Wrap-up

It’s gratifying when, aft years of testing 1 type of product, you get 1 that is, much aliases less, an perfect illustration of nan category. This is nan artillery I drawback erstwhile I’m heading to get immoderate activity done astatine nan java shop. I’ve taken it pinch maine connected roadworthy trips and connected flights, and it hasn’t fto maine down once. The truth that you don’t request to retrieve to drawback a cablegram takes distant an other spot of stress, and nan meticulous show intends you cognize conscionable astir really overmuch much you tin compression retired of nan bank's alternatively sizable depths.