Hope not!

You obviously haven't shopped in either then? Better quality than buying one from Amazon!

​I'm not going to pay extra for everything to do with my phone for big 'IF' scenarios. I know plenty of people all using dirt cheap portable chargers bought from that auction site and none have had it 'kill' their device. Worst thing to happen is the battery stopped working.

I'm a firm believer of buy cheap buy twice but this is backed by a 3 year warranty. Found Silvercrest branded goods to be well made in the past anyway.

hot!

Any idea of the dimensions?

Sweet :smile:

Yeah saw them advertised in Wembley yesterday, unfortunately they had none in stock yesterday.

loads in Taunton last night if anyone is looking

looks very similar to one I had from deal extreme which only worked for a day but at least with Lidl its easy to take back. I will try to resist though as my obsession with keeping things charged is already well gadgeted for.

anyone else with feedback on how good these are

Will I be able to charge the device and phone at the same time? So once this is charged it starts charging the mobile?

Pick one up at lunch seems well made for the price.

just got one, looks great and works well!

been looking around for one. Definitely hot. Thanks :smiley:

Quite a few in Bletchley yesterday - various colours too.

What will this charge ? An iPad a phone? How heavy is it?

Didn't see any at the Brixton store

Picked up the last one at the Mexborough store, thanks op

They were sold out in the Swansea one near Homebase.

Hope so! Winter is coming. [insert meme here]

posted about a month ago. I bought one, it was not very good.

Any model numbers or manufacturer on it?

Can you guess who is responsible if this cheap crap kills the device it's charging? That's right, it's YOU!

Personally if I'm going to be spending over half a grand on a device I'm going to be hooking it up to something by a known brand, so at least if it causes your device to blow you know they'd protect their reputation and brand by paying up for a replacement. Does this Lidl device even have a brand name?

Ohhhh, Silvercrest! Yeah, me neither.

made from unused samsung galaxy batteries

Just be careful that "5000mAh" might not actually mean that in real terms. I bought a 10000mAh Xiaomi Power Bank for about 8 quid from Gearbest earlier this year, but it's "truly" rated at 6250mAh. Love the Xiaomi though - reckoned to be one of the best power banks out there.

does this have a USB C cable included?

loads of em in the Elgin store, didn't grab one as I have a drawer full of unused power banks. Always seems like a good idea at the time then I never use em.

'Both Aldi & Lidl generally sell things of very high quality' best joke in a long while. :laughing:

About the right price for this capacity, so nothing special.

brought on of these Sunday had loads in the Birmingham kings Heath Store...works a treat..she I brought 2

Just putting this here, and then slowly walking away...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11077657/Fake-99p-iPhone-chargers-putting-lives-at-risk.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10225969/Apple-to-replace-counterfeit-chargers-following-electrocution.html

cant find it on site anyone got link?

You might want to acquaint yourself with the verifiable dangers lurking in cheapo chargers:

http://www.righto.com/2012/03/inside-cheap-phone-charger-and-why-you.html
http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html

Life is short enough, why tempt fate?

Aldi and Lidl sell the regular cheap rubbish that everyone else sells but they give a 3 year warranty and actually sell it cheaply

I wouldn't touch an ebay portable power bank with a barge pole! WAY too many fakes for stuff like that on there these days.


Errr. No. Li-ion batteries made on the cheap can cause all sorts of problems.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/archive/lithium_ion_safety_concerns


Car battery chargers/jump starters don't use li-ion cells. Not a valid comparison. Some cheap electronics are less stable than others ....

​I'm well aware of the dangers, I only use my genuine Apple charger with my iPhone. Like I already said, buy cheap buy twice.

However, only a fool would assume that a better brand immediately makes it better quality. My Anker portable charger heats up to almost untouchable temperatures but Anker said it was normal. My Vinsic charger doesn't even get warm.
Look at the phones themselves, Most Note 7's spontaneously combusting, couple iPhone's too and they're the 'best quality' devices.

​What do you mean 'Errr. No.'? Read my comment properly this time and you'll see it was just regarding the worst thing that's happened to my friend's chargers not to any cheap lithium cell in the world.

​would you care to point us all in the direction of quality cells, if lidl ones are not, with your vast understanding of the subject.

And that is now. Just wait for Blukip to abolish all the EU health and safety directives. Such chargers will be even more freely available and not even considered illegal.

​and if people are so stupid to believe they are buying quality for 99p.

I bought one at this price a couple of days ago. Works very well indeed with clear indicator of stored power level. Available in several colours - I bought a very pretty blue one. More than satisfied with yet another Lidl product

Back onto the subject None in South Shields.
asked one there team about t hem they were on sale last week none this week

No, not tried any where else. The Llanelli one is bigger and it is where they send all the stuff that does not sell locally.

Nothing in Nottingham Carrington store AFAICT

That assumes that we never had standards before we entered the EU. What utter ignorance. In the case of this we would use the same CE mark that is currently used and required to import anything into the EU. I think you maybe just a bit bitter because you were on the losing side.

will it power the car battrey

None left in Salford but have requested if Rusholme and Farnworth have any, takes them a day to find this out and text me lol!

Wonder heavy users can exchange this just before the three year warranty is up due to almost all capacity being worn out. :smile:

Got mine on monday. plug it into the Xbox one Usb port whilst it is in energy saving mode and it still charges it. The Xbox is outputting 0.5 Watt then charge up phone with it. Brilliant

Some car jump starters do use Li-ion batteries, quite a lot of the modern ones pocket sized starters do. They use the cells to charge a supercapacitor which is what then jump starts your car.

Can anyone tell me how long it takes to charge the power bank from 0% to 100%? I bought one the other day and it didn't come with the right manual... thanks in advance!

Pretty sure it was a fault in the batteries, a possible perforation of a layer, a build up of gas and then ignition.

IIRC the tried to reduce the charging rate via new batteries and a software update, same fault reoccurred though.

on average it will charge a device fully and go flat. if I decide to carry one I want more capacity. good value for the money but you will say I wish I have paid a bit more.

There seems to be a lot of snobbery based upon ignorance posted on this site, if one opens up and examines products such as these, and compares them with premium brands such as Anker, you'll find that the electronics are virtually identical, and often branded cells such as Samsung are used.
These power banks are well made, and work very well too, one good point is that they will charge at 2 Amps, whereas many of the smaller ones only charge at 1 amp. This means they will recharge quickly, and are able to take full advantage of portable solar panels, which often give out 2 Amps or more.

The rated power may be a little confusing, the internal battery is rated at 5000 mA hr at 3.7 volts. ( 18.5 Wh ) This is converted to a 5 volt output to charge USB devices, as you don't get "anything for nothing" there are losses in the conversion, and in terms of power output, at 100% efficiency ( if that were possible) the 5V output would be about 30% less anyway.
Running it flat from fully charged, it gave out 2700 mAH at the 5V ( 13.5 Wh) not half bad really from an 18.5Wh battery

I would say that these are excellent value for money, and aesthetically pleasing, having about the same footprint as an iPhone 6. Don't let your (or other people's } prejudices put you off, these are not "cheap", they're inexpensive!