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Harvey Norman Clearance: 1200mAh Power Bank $4, 2200mAh Power Bank $6, & 11000mAh Power Bank $36

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Harvey Norman Clearance: 1200mAh Power Bank $4, 2200mAh Power Bank $6, & 11000mAh Power Bank $36
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LADHDSmurf on 01/01/2016 - 20:26 harveynorman.com.au (11394 clicks)
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Hi folks,

Whist browsing the internet for a cheap Power Bank, I came across Harvey Normans Power Bank clearance.

The 1200mAh Power Bank ($4) and the 2200mAh Power Bank ($6) have just enough juice in them to get you out of tight situation. They are 1 per person and you'll need to check your local store for stock levels (by postcode).

I purchased both the 1200mAH and 2200mAH Power Banks - May be a slow charge, but their Great for camping or when you're out and about in the city and low on battery.

https://www.harveynorman.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=powe…

Electrical & Electronics 11000mAh 1200mAh 2200mAh Power Bank

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  • INFIDEL on 01/01/2016 - 20:46
    +20

    1 star Review of $6 2200mA unit…
    terrible. adds about 5% charge to an iphone. I purchased it expecting to add a full charge

    Looks like a cheap one I got from China - it's in a drawer somewhere as it was pretty useless. Will put my $6 towards a better unit.

  • darshu on 01/01/2016 - 20:54
    +20

    enough!!!
    I have enough eneloop batteries and power banks to survive a zombie attack for decades.

  • [Deactivated] on 01/01/2016 - 21:03
    +6

    only 1 amp output….
    not worth it at all

      • wwwsam on 01/01/2016 - 21:29
        +19

        He was referring to the port not the batteries.

      • Mahogany Granger on 01/01/2016 - 23:31
        +6

        Who you callin chump, chimp.

  • [Deactivated] on 01/01/2016 - 21:06
    +2

    There's probably a reason why it's being offered at a throwaway price…

  • kaikor on 01/01/2016 - 21:07
    +4

    There are lots of incidents for these cheapy "urinal bags" in HK, lots of cases they exploded while charging, don't buy them!

    • digitalaxon on 01/01/2016 - 22:08
      +6

      Good information to know.

      In that instance perhaps the title should be charged to:

      Harvey Norman Clearance: 1200mAh Power Bang $4, 2200mAh Power BANG $6, & 11000mAh Power BANG! $36

    • aussieprepper on 02/01/2016 - 03:59

      Depends on the cells inside!!! if they use big name brands it should be okay… as long as it doesn't overcharge!

      • dlovep on 02/01/2016 - 20:29
        -2

        Everything can be fake in China, except thief are real.

  • TheOneWhoKnocks on 01/01/2016 - 21:10
    +30

    Xiaomi all the way.

  • umoddbro on 01/01/2016 - 21:14
    +7

    1200mAh lol

    • Josh81 on 02/01/2016 - 00:10
      +1

      It's a keyring size though, enough to charge 1/2 an average phone when you're in a jam.

      • Circly on 02/01/2016 - 03:43

        Not after efficiency losses. More like a 1/4 if that.

  • Mysterious on 01/01/2016 - 21:18
    +24

    These are garbage. Spend another $10 and get a Xiaomi one that will actually be worth spending your money on.

    • dlakers3peat on 01/01/2016 - 21:42
      +4

      Yes i agree. This not a bargain because you are wasting your money if you buy these things.

  • dltra on 01/01/2016 - 21:32
    +8

    As above, get a Xiaomi. It's cheaper and miles, miles better. I got a 10000mAh Xiaomi for $17 delivered from a bargain a couple months back, similar prices show up every now and then.

  • sydneybargainer on 01/01/2016 - 21:45

    I bought $4 one. It charged my iphone 6 10% in 17 min. is it good or bad? this is the first power bank i bought.

    • Pielo on 01/01/2016 - 21:54
      +2

      At that rate, you would get a full charge after 3 hours…

    • donnot on 01/01/2016 - 22:00
      +1

      Well, the iPhone battery is 1810mAh. Let's assume the charging is completely linear (i.e. 10% will be 181mAh). (60/17(mins))*181 = ~640mA current delivered per hour. This figure will be hugely inaccurate, as no phone has a perfectly linear charging curve from 0-100%, and the transfer won't be 100% efficient, but 10% isn't too bad.

      • TRENT86 on 01/01/2016 - 23:07
        +2

        God didn't realise the battery on iphone was around the same as a $50 phone

    • kaikor on 01/01/2016 - 22:15
      +4

      Please make sure you don't put them into your pants pocket while charging … it is so close to one of your important body part, good luck!

      • Josh81 on 02/01/2016 - 00:12
        +6

        My chastity belt will protect my junk.

      • blahman on 02/01/2016 - 00:35
        +8

        It's ok. My missus already has them in her purse.

  • scrimshaw on 01/01/2016 - 21:57
    +8

    2200mah isn't enough to fully charge a modern smartphone. If you have an older phone with a battery much smaller than 1600mah, then sure, but most phones nowadays would need a powerbank twice as large to fully charge.

    Remember to take into account the conversion efficiency - it's never a 100% efficient, meaning that some power is lost during charging.

    Basic formula for a 3.7v power bank (according to some source anyway)
    (Capacity in Mah * 3.7)/5 = Amount of power transferred in Mah;

    If we use a power bank with a capacity of 2500mah lithium with a nominal voltage 3.7v
    (2500*3.7)/5 = 1850mAh

    • BensonP on 02/01/2016 - 08:10

      Big upvote for you !

      Most people just see the mah and not the voltage that it's rated at or the voltage your phone charges at.

    • bbyboy on 02/01/2016 - 08:59
      -2

      If this is true then it's just simply 74%. But first tell us why it's divided 5. You can't just put random numbers into an equation

      • scrimshaw on 02/01/2016 - 09:49
        +1

        IPhone charges at 5 volts and so does every usb2 devices. That is why we divide by 5

        Go to Wikipedia
        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB

        Max. voltage
        5.00±0.25 V (pre-3.0)
        5.00+0.25
        −0.55 V (USB 3.0)
        20.00 V (USB-PD)

        • bbyboy on 02/01/2016 - 22:48

          Thanks. To whoever negged me, you obviously don't know maths. Without scrimshaw explaining it, it could have easily been any value. The world is getting stupid because people don't know the basics of English (or other languages) or maths.

    • supnigs super skids on 03/01/2016 - 11:06

      Great !! Thanks

      My monster charger is 1500. No wander why it didn't fully charge up my iPhone. Calculation works.!

  • [Deactivated] on 01/01/2016 - 22:05
    +3

    They have been trying to get rid of these for a long time now

  • qwertyaz on 01/01/2016 - 22:13
    +1

    Is there a 0 missing somewhere? 1200 is crap….

    • [Deactivated] on 01/01/2016 - 22:22
      +4

      What do you want for $4..

      • Jackson on 01/01/2016 - 23:07
        +1

        DS was selling 2200 for 5 bucks but all I hear is people moaning about them. It's not totally useless in that my phone gets me to about 8pm each day, and carrying one of these gets me to 3am which is good enough for a night out

        DS was selling 11k ones for 25 and then dropped them to 20 after a few days, but again "they had no stock of anything decent in any quantity" is all you hear, while people are posting the same thing for 36 bucks

  • CyberMurning on 01/01/2016 - 22:34
    +3

    Garry norman sent secret notes to all stores: "get rid of those power banks for $4 or less before they all explode in warehouse and cost me more money"

    • [Deactivated] on 01/01/2016 - 22:38
      +1

      Do you mean…

      Geriatric Gerry Harvey??

      • CyberMurning on 01/01/2016 - 22:39

        yes sorry Gerry Harvey

        • [Deactivated] on 01/01/2016 - 22:41
          +1

          He's probably either sailing on a luxury yacht somewhere in the Great Australian Bight, or suffering from a hangover after hanging out with his millionaire friends at Crown…

        • psy on 02/01/2016 - 12:47

          @KaptnKaos:

          or yelling at some horses to run faster.

  • Kuhaha on 01/01/2016 - 22:40

    Thanks OP. Good deal.

  • backslashio on 02/01/2016 - 00:02
    +4

    Don't bother, get an Xiaomi instead. Much better value & much better build quality

  • So Was Red on 02/01/2016 - 00:56
    +2

    Yes obviously Xiaomi is better and I love my 16000 but this $4 1200 I already bought a few days ago is much lighter and somewhat disposable to me, I would not like to take the better, larger one on a night out.
    The 16000 was my first and I do wish to have a more mid-range Xiaomi - maybe that pocket slim one. Anyway that's my experience and opinion thanks bye.

  • siuol on 02/01/2016 - 00:59
    +1

    Gerry note to self: Fire sale, Hoverboard

    • dellbon on 02/01/2016 - 05:14

      Dear,please. It's max power.

  • aussieprepper on 02/01/2016 - 04:03

    I suggest people carry a power bank incase of an emergencies…people have been stuck under rumble in buildings after earthquakes and still had reception it could save your life!

    • CheepCheap on 02/01/2016 - 06:55
      +1

      What if this battery pack causes the emergency?

    • INFIDEL on 02/01/2016 - 08:57
      +1

      Yeah, sure. And the probability of people being caught under rubble in an earthquake in Australia is so astronomically high!

      And if you are trapped, it's likely you can't reach the powerbank you've been carrying all those years just in case.

      A similar powerbank I received from China always discharges in a day or two without being used.

      Not a reason to buy this deal.

      In an emergency, phones can be set to low power mode or turned off & on when necessary.

      Reception during disasters is often unavailable, or restricted. My service was disconnected almost immediately after the London bombings when I was there. I was in western China during an earthquake in which 80,000 people died - a powerbank would have been of little use as rescue services were overwhelmed. When I needed to medivac a woman off a Tasmanian mountain in terrible conditions, there was no mobile reception - a party needed to walk out to the nearest road for help to save her life.

      Don't just rely on your phone to save you.

      Far better people learn the procedures to use in case of emergency situation. I've saved a couple of lives with very basic training.

      • slipperypete on 02/01/2016 - 11:02
        +8

        Remind me to not hang around with you….seems you attract disaster ;-)

        • INFIDEL on 02/01/2016 - 11:03
          +2

          :-)
          If you live enough of life & travel a lot, you eventually see death & disaster. It's just another aspect of life to me.

          Strangely some Japanese call me "very lucky".

        • slipperypete on 02/01/2016 - 16:39
          +1

          @Infidel:

          Maybe but I've been through 142 countries, many of them war zones. My last job had me flying some of the most wanted and notorious dictators on the planet (alive and no longer alive), since then been travelling more or less for last 5 years including a lot of refugee work. Just back from a month in Iran and yet…..I haven't witnessed half the stuff you have! Haven't even been robbed….although once I did pay way too much for a t-shirt

          I like your attitude but still think I will keep clear of you ;-)

        • INFIDEL on 02/01/2016 - 16:53
          +1

          @slipperypete:
          Oh, can't I come too :-(
          Wow! Your adventures / work sounds interesting but far more dangerous.

        • So Was Red on 03/01/2016 - 02:52
          -1

          @Infidel: Said 'mega rucky'?

        • INFIDEL on 03/01/2016 - 08:06
          -1

          @buttstuff:
          I usually travel with t-shirts with my name boldly printed on them in the local language. I check the translation first.

          My t-shirt for South Korea brought a lot of laughs and pointing. I had checked it with my friend, the Vice-Consul for South Korea in Sydney. Unfortunately she has an Australian sense of humour.

          The difficulty pronouncing the letter R had turned Bruce into Bluce - a slow intimate dance, so I was often told in that conservative country. Didn't stop me wearing the t-shirt & I didn't mind the attention it brought from young women ;-)

      • GreatWhiteHunter on 02/01/2016 - 13:21

        Yeah can be handy if you run out of condoms and need room service to deliver more…

      • aussieprepper on 02/01/2016 - 14:25

        I don't know what powerbanks you use… I Edc one never had a problem I also edc 16340s and a charger for my torch… Its any situation car breaks down and no reception and you have to walk… GPS almost always works and now they have GPS trackers on phones that you can use in emergencies… Floods fires they come in handy

        • INFIDEL on 02/01/2016 - 15:31

          carry a power bank incase of an emergencies…

          Ah, 'prepper' talk
          How many earthquakes have you survived in Australia? How many people actually get into the emergency conditions you envisage, requiring a powerbank constantly in their pocket or vehicle (with no USB charger?)?And why are you suggesting people should leave their car when they break down - in remote areas that is not recommended.

          I didn't say don't take a suitable back up power source when going into hazardous or remote situations.

          But please get a reliable one that will hold charge & actually recharge your phone. The review of the $6 one sounds hopeless, as I posted.

          I wouldn't want to rely on one in fires or floods! Who knows how a powerbank will perform with intense heat or wet conditions. I wouldn't be moving too far from more reliable sources of energy (solar or grid power if available, back up generator, or car battery).

          Most people aren't that adventurous & just buy them to recharge devices purely for their own entertainment. Thinking a powerbank will save them in an emergency may build false hope - a dangerous thing in emergencies.

          I have broken down on a remote logging road on a mountain in Tasmania. (Yes, staying with the vehicle is usually the best plan, but it was about to snow & I knew what I was doing.) Don't know how a powerbank would have helped.

          There was no mobile coverage, only 1 road to habitation & I was at the end of a side road off it. You wouldn't want to be venturing off the roads at night through dark dense forest. Following roads is usually the best way out. So GPS was useless - just follow the road out. Hailed a forestry vehicle with my torch after a few hours of moonlit walking. Built up a healthy appetite :-)

          None of the situations I have been in would have necessarily be helped by having any powerbank.

        • INFIDEL on 02/01/2016 - 17:15

          @Infidel:
          Destructive earthquakes are a very rare event in Australia. Of course we don't want to forget that 13 people did die 26 years ago in Newcastle. Since then, no major injuries.

        • aussieprepper on 02/01/2016 - 17:26

          @Infidel:if If i leave my phone on when I am fishing and hunting it goes dead trying to find reciption. but I always have my dual band radio on me and a kit. Where my partners parents live up the coast of nsw when it flooded this year and lost power for over a week perfect situation for a power bank.. any type I am not saying buy this brand but you need one. I have more then one way to make power at home! And I have portable solar panels but no use at night time… I have used my phone to help people rock fishing in trouble and to report on incidents like fires…

  • dellbon on 02/01/2016 - 05:13

    1200mah???
    Wooooo
    Wooooooooooh
    I can fart more mah
    But COTD selling for $9 so, bargain

    • So Was Red on 03/01/2016 - 02:53
      +1

      Do you monitor COTD? Have their offers steadily gone down in value? They always seemed not bad a few years ago when I frequented there..

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