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Anker Prime 27,650mAh 250W 3-Port Ultra Fast Charging Powerbank (Black)

+ Free S/H w/ Amazon Prime

$100

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Woot! has Anker Prime 27,650mAh 250W 3-Port Ultra Fast Charging Powerbank (Black) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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About the Product
  • 250W Multi-Device Fast Charging
  • 27,650mAh Power Capacity
  • PD 3.1 Technology
  • 170W Fast USB-C Port (2x USB-C + 1 USB-A Port Up to 250W)
  • Compatible w/ Anker Intuitive Smart App
Includes
  • Anker Prime 27,650mAh 250W 3-Port Ultra Fast Charging Powerbank (Black)
  • 2' Anker USB-C to USB-C Charging Cable
  • Travel Pouch
  • Quick Start Guide
Warranty
  • Includes 2-year manufacturers limited warranty w/ purchase

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  • About the Deal
    • This unit offers a reduced price of $80 Off or 44.45% Overall Savings
    • Limit one per customer
    • Offer valid through November 1, 2024 or while pricing/supplies last
    • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more
    • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available

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Woot! has Anker Prime 27,650mAh 250W 3-Port Ultra Fast Charging Powerbank (Black) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

Thanks to community member BoscoNevergiveup for finding this deal.

About the Product
  • 250W Multi-Device Fast Charging
  • 27,650mAh Power Capacity
  • PD 3.1 Technology
  • 170W Fast USB-C Port (2x USB-C + 1 USB-A Port Up to 250W)
  • Compatible w/ Anker Intuitive Smart App
Includes
  • Anker Prime 27,650mAh 250W 3-Port Ultra Fast Charging Powerbank (Black)
  • 2' Anker USB-C to USB-C Charging Cable
  • Travel Pouch
  • Quick Start Guide
Warranty
  • Includes 2-year manufacturers limited warranty w/ purchase

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About the Deal
    • This unit offers a reduced price of $80 Off or 44.45% Overall Savings
    • Limit one per customer
    • Offer valid through November 1, 2024 or while pricing/supplies last
    • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more
    • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available

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I have this and it's bad. It glitches a lot. The display screen seems to be the reason
There is a firmware update via the APP. Also if it dies, plug the wire into both the USB C port and wait for 10 seconds, then press and hold the right button for 10 seconds and then press it again 5 times. Do this until you see 2 eyes - that will confirm it has been reset. This fixes the issue for me.
"Please know that this power bank is 99.54Wh, which meets the requirements of the TSA(<100Wh) to be taken on airplanes as carry-on baggage."

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Nov 1, 2024
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Quote from mango316 :
This device can recharge up to 150 watts by using 2 USB C ports at the same time, assuming you have 2 chargers with similar wattage outputs. Too bad I already 2 of this otherwise I'd get one!
They actually don't have to be the same capacity, although it does make the math easier. When I was testing it it would shift the input power around based on what the source charger would provide. At one point I had 90 W on one port and 60 W on the other port.
Nov 2, 2024
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Quote from erishun :
yeah, this one is unreliable. i often come back to things not charging even though they are almost dead and the bank has 90%+ power left
Did you make sure to turn on the trickle charging feature? (green dot)?
Nov 2, 2024
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Quote from SFBrownie :
It weighs 658g / almost 1.5 lbs. Given that every airline seems to be weighing carry-ons, I can't afford this kind of weight between my carry-on luggage weight, my personal laptop, my business laptop (both of which have Nvidia chips so they're not lightweight), my chargers, my portable monitor, and my sundry electrical wires, and USB drives. I used to be able to carry some healthy snacks and a spare change of clothes and bathroom slippers just in case the plane was rerouted or delayed. Now, I just pray all my electronics don't tip my carry-on.
The struggle is real! For this reason, my entire family switched to Surface Pros from clamshell laptops. I carry a SP, and an iPad Pro 12.9". They together weigh less than a large laptop with a discreet GPU (those usually weigh 2.4kg). The power brick is also MUCH lighter. (115g for a 65W GaN charger vs. 450g!) And yes, a power bank that can charge a laptop will weigh 450-650g.

I can't wait for power efficient Lunar Lake Surface Pros to come out. Those will have decent battery life, so no need for carrying these silly 650g power banks anymore.

If you need a portable external screen, you may want to try the Asus Zenbook Duo. I might switch to that as well once it's a couple generations in and has Lunar Lake or later x86.
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Quote from petard :
Thanks. Super annoying when they advertise mAh which is a useless figure without knowing the voltage.
I've never understood why they do that. Makes no sense. Wh is what counts. Especially as these power banks can output a bunch of different Voltages.
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Kanflict
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I can't find specs on weight on any page about this item.
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Quote from sechs :
Any up-to-spec cable without emarker should do 60W (12V/5A) charging

If your cables have emarker chips and are capable of more than 60W, they would have advertised this, and you'd probably know it

Just keep in mind that, whatever your charger/cable setup, you'll never get the stated max due to inefficiencies
Well, I'm going to confess, I don't actually have anything that takes a heavy charge, like a laptop. I've just been eyeing this power bank since it came out and I liked that it connected to an app so I've been wanting it ever since. Just to play around. So, I only have an older iPad and Iphone to charge and neither will take more than 30 watts, I think. I'm a power bank hoarder, too. LOL. I need to start giving some more away.

I say all this to explain that my cables and chargers are older and since I only ever needed 30W to charge an iPad, I never paid any attention to the specs on the cables. I was pretty sure I could get the 30W with what I had.

The power bank arrived today at 75% and before it reached 100 I ascertain that I didn't ever reach 65W plus 65W as I thought I had. I topped out at 119w. One charger seemed to do about 62 while the other about 57. I noticed one was doing 3.2A while the other stopped at 3A. I think I switched the cables around to isolate that one charger maybe was using a different PD profile maybe? All this charging details information is new to me, first hand. I've watched videos where guys use meters to measure all of this but just never had the ability myself.

TL;DR. Maybe just for peace of mind and to upgrade to a more modern spec I could get a cable or two that can handle 100W or whatever and maybe snag a charger that does 100W, or more.
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Quote from Kanflict :
I can't find specs on weight on any page about this item.
Did you see someone earlier said it weighed 1.5lbs?
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Quote from 11A :
I've never understood why they do that. Makes no sense. Wh is what counts. Especially as these power banks can output a bunch of different Voltages.
It's Marketing strategy. Bigger is better in the normal regular consumer eye. There are some of our techies on here that actually look into Wh and Voltage. This niche percentage of population is small.
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Quote from Covvie :
Using the app you can switch one of the ports between input-output and output-only mode for those situations.
Having to use an app to do this seems like a negative
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Quote from jhc651 :
The power bank arrived today at 75% and before it reached 100 I ascertain that I didn't ever reach 65W plus 65W as I thought I had. I topped out at 119w. One charger seemed to do about 62 while the other about 57.
What are you talking about? It sounds like you got 65W out of one and 60W out of the other.
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Quote from sechs :
Having to use an app to do this seems like a negative
I would normally agree since I hate being required to use an app for something, but it's actually a decent tradeoff. The app is required for firmware updates anyway and configuring/controlling the unit using its single button is doable but irritating. The default is both ports support input+output, the key (and only) benefit being that you can charge the unit itself using both ports at once. Unfortunately, that means that when connecting to some devices that also support input+output (like a laptop) there can be issues with which which side is sending power and which side is receiving power. If that is a problem that you have ran into before (I have), or can see potentially running into, then just use the app once to change the mode of one of the ports to output-only. It only lets you switch modes on one specific port, not both, and the option will stick unless you decide to change it in the future (or potentially reset the unit).

So far I've used the app only once: to update the firmware so I could then change the display settings to show amps, volts, and watts, instead of just the default watts. I just happened to notice while looking at the options available that there was also an option to toggle one of the ports between input+output and output-only. I was thinking of switching the mode on the port to output-only and sticking a label next to the port as a reminder but haven't yet since I was testing the dual charging option to see how it behaved.

Edit: removed duplicate statements.

Update: The option to toggle to status of port C1 between input+output or output only mode has a Repeat Interval option with the choices of either "Once" or "Always". Always would be sticky and is what I had it set to. I assume Once would go output-only the next time something plugs into the C1 port and then revert back to input+output as soon as it is unplugged.
Last edited by Covvie November 6, 2024 at 02:25 PM.
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Quote from 11A :
The struggle is real! For this reason, my entire family switched to Surface Pros from clamshell laptops. I carry a SP, and an iPad Pro 12.9". They together weigh less than a large laptop with a discreet GPU (those usually weigh 2.4kg). The power brick is also MUCH lighter. (115g for a 65W GaN charger vs. 450g!) And yes, a power bank that can charge a laptop will weigh 450-650g.

I can't wait for power efficient Lunar Lake Surface Pros to come out. Those will have decent battery life, so no need for carrying these silly 650g power banks anymore.

If you need a portable external screen, you may want to try the Asus Zenbook Duo. I might switch to that as well once it's a couple generations in and has Lunar Lake or later x86.
I used to have a MS SP 4 for travel reasons but had to switch to a Dell with a Nvidia 3050 Ti for Adobe SW reasons. I hate my heavy laptops which only have a 3 to 4 hour battery life based on my usage and will consider upgrading when Lunar Lake comes out. Still trying to understand out how they'll integrate with a Nvidia chip and what the bottleneck will be - I'm keeping my fingers crossed. All i know is that my next laptop purchase will be much lighter than what i have now. I already have a LG View+ as my portable 2nd screen to improve my productivity on the road and it weighs 670g (920g / with Folio). The Asus Duo looks interesting but the two screens are heavier than my LG View + and I can't use the Duo to replace one of my laptops since i need a discrete GPU for video editing and certain AI applications. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Quote from sechs :
What are you talking about? It sounds like you got 65W out of one and 60W out of the other.
I'm sorry, it seems I've exhausted your patience. As I said, I wasn't sure about what I had or what I was seeing. One is 60W and the other is 65W. I thought they'd both charge at the same amps, regardless of the wattage. I'm not an expert on the whole volts/wattage/amps.
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Quote from SFBrownie :
I used to have a MS SP 4 for travel reasons but had to switch to a Dell with a Nvidia 3050 Ti for Adobe SW reasons. I hate my heavy laptops which only have a 3 to 4 hour battery life based on my usage and will consider upgrading when Lunar Lake comes out. Still trying to understand out how they'll integrate with a Nvidia chip and what the bottleneck will be - I'm keeping my fingers crossed. All i know is that my next laptop purchase will be much lighter than what i have now. I already have a LG View+ as my portable 2nd screen to improve my productivity on the road and it weighs 670g (920g / with Folio). The Asus Duo looks interesting but the two screens are heavier than my LG View + and I can't use the Duo to replace one of my laptops since i need a discrete GPU for video editing and certain AI applications. Thanks for the suggestions.
I understand. Let's hope Lunar Lake's integrated graphics will be fast enough. Video editing may still require a dedicated GPU though. And those 16/17" laptops are unfortunately 2.4kg and have subpar battery life. I hear the 16" Lenovo workstations have pretty good battery life (and the best keyboards on the market by far). There was a very good deal on one of them just a week ago here. What do you think? https://slickdeals.net/f/17846580-lenovo-thinkpad-p16s-g2-16-4k-oled-ryzen-7-pro-7840u-64gb-ram-1tb-ssd-win-11-pro-1089?attrsrc=Thread%3AExpired%3ATrue&src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
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Quote from jhc651 :
I'm sorry, it seems I've exhausted your patience. As I said, I wasn't sure about what I had or what I was seeing. One is 60W and the other is 65W. I thought they'd both charge at the same amps, regardless of the wattage. I'm not an expert on the whole volts/wattage/amps.
Once you start being able to see that information it becomes an interesting educational journey, or at least it has been for me. Not all cables perform the same. Not all chargers perform the same, even if they are technically rated for the same capacity. Some cables are more sensitive to bends than others, causing slight differences in the voltage depending on how the cable is positioned. Shorter cables will (generally) have lower voltage drop than longer ones.

Some of my chargers have better voltage regulation than others, meaning that they actually maintain the proper voltage under load, while others will have the voltage drop significantly as the load increases. Couple a charger with poor voltage regulation with a cable that has its own voltage drop and the amount of power transferred has dropped a noticeable amount.

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