Aukey Basix Plus 22.5W PD QC 3.00 20000MAh Power Bank - Black - £17.98 Delivered With Code @ MyMemory

I went for the Charmast 30,000mAh powerbank when it was on lightning deal at £18.99 a few days ago (£13.99 after I used a £5 gift voucher I had) - is this one better or did I make a good choice in ordering the Charmast?
So far the powerbank is going really well and charges fast too

What makes this different is that you can charge it with a lightning cable which is pretty unusual. So if you are an iPhone user this can mean one less cable to carry around. Otherwise it is a reasonable spec for the price and a good brand. Mind you it is quite a big beast if you only need to charge an iPhone, and as soon as you need it for a computer or a big iPad with USBC then the lightning charge is less useful

There are only two things that keep a pilot awake at night:

(1) A stewardess from one of his overseas layovers many years back facebooking his wife.

(2) The thought of being in a flight deck when one of these batteries has a 'thermal runaway' whilst in the cabin or, worse, the hold (cargo bay). Passengers love having their phones charged to the maximum, I'm not so sure they would feel the same way halfway across the Atlantic when they've managed to turn their airc aft into a burning coffin. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER take these deathtraps on an aircraft.


Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) research has found that a lithium cell in thermal runaway will generate enough heat to induce adjacent cells into thermal runaway. The thermal runaway reaction generates very high temperatures and pressures within the cell. A cell in thermal runaway can reach 1100°F or higher, and the high pressure can cause the cell to expel flammable electrolytes. Once this occurs, propagation to the entire shipment can occur because the ignition temperature of most ordinary combustibles, including paper and cardboard, typical materials used to ship lithium batteries, is much lower than 1100°F. The 1100°F temperature is within the melting-point range of aircraft aluminum (935° to 1180°F), and a large shipment of lithium cells could generate enough heat to potentially damage aircraft structures.

Asian Airlines Flight 991 - the time between the pilots of the Boeing 747 receiving the fire alarm and crashing into the sea was about 18 minutes. That's quicker than it takes to charge your overpriced iPhone. Anyone thinking of travelling across the Atlantic, or boarding any aircraft, should seriously consider how little time this is. When lithium batteries go, they continue to go.


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Well I just got this.

Dear Customer,

Unfortunately due to Royal Mail postal restrictions we are currently unable to dispatch your order to your destination.
Royal Mail send some domestic mail by air, please see below from Royal Mail's website...

Batteries that are classified as dangerous goods by the latest edition of the Technical Instructions for Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) including wet spillable lead acid/ lead alkaline batteries (such as car batteries), lithium batteries when not sent with or contained in equipment, used alkaline metal, nickel metal hydride (NiMH), nickel cadmium (NiCd) and zinc-air batteries, and damaged batteries of any type. Please note this includes power banks.

A full refund has now been issued, please allow 72 hours for these funds to reflect in your account.

Our most sincere apologies are offered for any inconvenience this issue may cause.

Kind Regards
MyMemory

Which is the better brand .. this Aukey or Iniu ?

I see this only has a 1-year warranty, but my Iniu has 3 years ... always a good thing

I managed to get an Iniu one last week, but my daughter now wants a power bank .. she has an iPhone, so this may be a better buy for her (edited)

Good brand, good specs, good capacity and good price. Hot!

386g, it’s heavier than an iPad mini. What a brick

Would love to order this but the past 2 power banks ive tried to order with them have been refunded and cancelled because of Royal Mail... must be frustrating for MyMemory to issue so many refunds for this reason, they are essentially losing sales

in april 2020, i paid £14.04 for this

Under key features, it says:

• USB-C Output: (Power Delivery 3.0) 5V/3A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A
• USB Output 1/2: (Quick Charge 3.0) 5V/2.4A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A

Will this really produce 12V on two of the outputs? How do you switch between 5V, 9V and 12V? I'd like to be able to power a radio which needs 12V.

The secret to a long lasting, safe and legit capacity power bank is to buy a relatively thicc one with proper li-ion cells in it (not this one :)) (edited)