Price seems ok for the specs in comparison with other recent power bank deals. Available in other colors as well.
Well, this and kmart's Anko brands would be one above the Aliexpress, eBay and amazon generic no name power banks. I believe the QC/QA at Woolies & Wesfarmers are adequate enough for a decent product.
Why Anko above Amazon generic?
Kmart has a liability. Anko products are dogshit, but at the minimum it will be compliant with AU standards.
Random junk from Amazon (complete with AI generated names like AZZGO and BROMEE) are literal bottom of the barrel trash. It's literally just the cheapest shit from AliExpress dropshipped with a 40% margin. If anything goes wrong, they just hit the AI brand name generator and start a new account.
At least with AliExpress, they will have a store/brand name that they want to develop and become the next Anker.
Most power banks you can’t find teardowns unfortunately, unless somehow you can safely do it yourself without damaging the product.
I mean, the price is right.
Laser as a brand though hmmm
Laser as a device for pointing at planes hooray
Great way to go straight to prison lol
Two USB-A ports
One USB-C port
Up to 3 phone recharges - based on Apple iPhone 14 charge specifications.
Product Depth:
2.0 cm
Product Height:
13.9 cm
Product Weight:
0.22 kg
Product Width:
6.9 cm
Not that hard ffs
When the specs don't even list how fast it charges, you know it's glacial. Not sure this is even worth $19 for most people.
Without charge speed details I wouldnt trust it. Seems like a dodgy brand as well, I’d just buy something else online.
Laser seems to be Big W's kmart Anko equivalent for electronics.
Any risk of this catching fire while on flight ? I've seen some videos or dodgy brands going up in flames.
Any risk of this catching fire
Heymix can do this job correctly
Savage but fair
I know the brand gets ripped a lot but are there reports of this actually happening with their gear?
Not as many as Samsung. Or even Boeing. But the quality control on Heymix is non-existent, so you might buy a power bank, but actually get a single-use heater instead.
is there a way of knowing how much battery there is without opening it up?
I would trust this is accurate since this is from Big W.
If you were to get this from your local AusPost franchise shop or a no name from ebay/aliexpress, then I would have my doubts.
You need to test it manually, unless you happened to have one of those USB testers which can be connected to a PC and measures / plots the graph of voltage and current. Use the one that connects to the PC using USB, otherwise, if it is through bluetooth, make sure you power that tester separately (otherwise it drains power from the powerbank).
Most, if not all, powerbank quotes its max rating based on the batteries inside so you actually get less usable total mAh (i.e. don't expect 100%). Some mobile phone makers (i.e. Apple) underquotes and over-provisioned phone batteries. Powerbank makers generally don't.
El cheapo grade ones like this one, I would expect 90% efficiency or less out of the box. Basically, I would consider it good if you get 9000mAh out of it.
I have one.
USB-C and Micro B input.
Only 5V, 2A (10W) outputs on each USB-A port.
Where is the micro B input port? I can't see it from the pictures - can only see 1 x usb c + 2 x usb a.
You can see it on the side next to all the others in the second image (not in the enlarged bubble)
How does the "LED battery indicator" work? Is it a bargraph, or does it just change colour when it's full?
Looks like 4 LEDs, kinda like a bargraph. It's quite common for low end powerbank. Have a look at the following photo:
https://www.bigw.com.au/medias/sys_master/images/images/h39/…
The other photos kinda show it looks like a bargraph, but I am cynical the LEDs are that bright. A common issue with low end powerbank is some of those 4 LEDs deteriorate quite quickly. I had a similar low end powerbank where one of the LEDs is no longer working.
Im not expert but imho buying power bank, don't just look at spec or worst, photos. Check reviews or if possible, a tear down to see what is the battery inside.
What we need is good battery made by reputable companies not gold enclosure and specs.