Anker Electronics

The device's longevity and quality are yet to prove themselves. But for a phone charger, this is ticking multiple boxes for convenience. The power… Read more

bank itself takes a long time to charge, unfortunately there seems to be no getting around that. But once charged up fully, the portable battery's ability to charge your phone through relatively thin cases is very convenient and saves you from carrying cables in your bag. It easily charges my ageing iPhone 13 from empty to full with plenty of juice remaining. It's not as fast as the Apple fast charger, but funnily enough within 10 minutes I can eek out more than 5% of charge depending on the pre-existing state of my phone's battery. I'm happy to recommend it, but 5 stars aren't given because I have yet to see its structural resilience put to the test, nor have I seen any signs that it feels bulletproof in buttons or the single USB-C port it possess's. I haven't owned the product for long enough to assert with certainty.

The phone app is sluggish, frequently shuts down when moving around and tapping the selections. In addition, when programming the times the battery… Read more

charges from the grid and setting the costs per kwh from my energy provider the app repeatedly shut off, forcing me to start again. And again, and again.