2023 USB Power Bank Buying Guide and My Choices

2023 USB Power Bank Buying Guide and My Choices

In this video I am attempting to make it easier to pick which power bank will work for your device and how to pick one and which ones I picked and why. Hopefully it gets the point across. I will use comments to improve these summary videos in the future.

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00:00 Intro
00:47 What is a Power Bank?
01:50 Energy
03:00 Examples
04:29 Steps
06:35 Small and Cheap
07:18 Moderate price and capable
07:45 Most features
08:25 Best All Around
09:10 Conclusions

[GuySayer]

As an electrical engineer, what you are doing here is priceless❤

[TommyThousandFaces]

I'd like to add one, to me, important piece to the puzzle: use the best cable possible for the job to increase a power bank efficiency. Power losses on an already limited source are not great. I bought the Satechi C to C cable you suggested and use in all your videos just for my small power bank and it made a difference. Great work as always!

[amazinglyaverage]

I have no idea bout power banks and your channel is the first and only one I trust so far

[Threeguy]

I am absolutely positive your understanding of the issues you talk about here (and your other videos) are without question. But from an educational point of view I have a constructive point I wish to share. I would like to suggest that you slow down your delivery of information. There is so much info and you hardly give us time to think about what you say. Take a breath please. To those of us trying to follow along, it becomes difficult to tie your many points together. Yes, we could view your videos over and over but is that what we should be doing? I am impressed with your breath of knowledge you have on these subjects but please consider those of us who are trying to digest this info on the consequences of the speed of your delivery. I mean all this with sincerity. Cheers

[SteffenUrskovThomsen]

Bought the ZMI based on your recommendation and man does it deliver. Brought in on a 15 day vacation recently, 4 people with iPads, smart watches, phones and a MacBook and we had zero issues and plenty of capacity and output for pretty demanding situations.
Even during 100+15 watt discharging in 30 C ambient temps, I saw no overheating.
Also, charging the pack while being able to charge devices from it simultaneously saved us a few times where we had limited outlets.

[YeltD]

Additional note about the ZMI PowerPack No. 20, QB826G:
I have been using it for a few projects as it works as a UPS (DC output with pd trigger).
When connecting/disconnecting the battery to power, the other USB C port does not temporarily lose power. Most battery packs do not support this!

[azrinaz]

This video is really underrated. It explains the technical and also easy enough to digest for the layman.
Great video
You have new sub. 👍🏻

[sifatullahrafy]

Planning on becoming an electrical engineer in the future, watching your videos makes me excited to learn more about it in college

[iu]

This video is helpful even when, like me, you have already watched the reviews.
Thanks for doing it.
Always so very helpful.
People come to me for advice, and I tell them what you tell us. I also sent them your way, but many wouldn't want to get into the details.
I am so much more deliberate about my power needs now.
Also, I am using a Windows laptop, so I have power anxiety.m
I wouldn't have to think about these videos if I had a recent Macbook.
My PC gives me at most 5 hours of on-the-go power - I actually really need my power bank, and I need wasll-power wherever I am.
I have a NEW Windows laptop PC. i7 b13th gen intel chip.
I really need your videos and am grateful for them.
Thanks again!

[alexhayram]

I came here to learn how to choose a powerbank, i am leaving now as an electrical engineer 😂😂😂

[kennethz]

I love your recommendations. Some suggestions for improvement. 1. Create more categories such as 5K, 10K, 20K or higher mah. 2. Each category names the top 3 or 5 power banks. 3. Update this recommendation every 6 months or 1 year. 4. Save it to YouTube playlist My Recommendation

[NatManzano]

This is exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you for this video, exactly what I needed.

[gsnyder]

Also a EE here, and I love your approach to this topic, and I found this video incredibly helpful for deciphering which power bank to choose for my upcoming long-haul bicycling adventure(s). Thanks.

[ilovestarship]

I bought the ZMI (now also sold as Cuktech) powerbank after your recommendation, and I love it.
Love your content!

[supernova]

Thanks. Very good timing for this video because I want to buy a Power Bank for my travel.

[senko]

Thank you for your hard work to test and review all these powerbanks. Keep up the good work !

[ChickenFriedCorgi]

hope you continue focusing on power banks next year! Been really into 10000 and the rare 15000 packs. smaller packs is rarer to have pps or higher charging speeds. They are the ideal size to fit in a fanny pack or sling and is just about enough juice for like a full day traveling abroad of heavy google maps/citymapper and photography/videos.

[sj]

Discovered your channel after Hurricane Helena. I have the iniu B1-B5 20, 000, and it came in clutch and really saved the day. It has an amazingly slow discharge as i hadn't charged it in 5 months, but it was at 100% and kept 3 phones and 3 tablets topped up for 3 days during the outage. I liked it so much i just picked up the iniu 27, 500. Then I discovered your channel, so I'm trying to buy the ZMI you recommended as well, but i can't find it anywhere . The Ugreen powerbanks look like it are they the same, but using a different name?

[mobscene]

An actual review without the fluffy intros, sexy hair or psid job.

[jeromehutchinson]

Thank you for such an informative video. Definitely know your stuff.