So glad I bought an Anker one that's 5200Mah for £13 yesterday...
007xico to slannmage
10 Sep 17#3
Brand.new
10 Sep 17#2
That's half the capacity
slannmage to Brand.new
10 Sep 17#4
That's sarcasm for you
rdbradshaw
10 Sep 17#5
Yes but with this company your half the chance that you will receive what you have ordered :poop:
winter_zombie
10 Sep 17#6
I have this and it's great. Brought mine from gearbest about 6 months ago. Well worth the £18 I payed.it can charge my phone twice (s7 edge)
hcc27 to winter_zombie
10 Sep 17#24
Where did you bring it to?
Brand.new
10 Sep 17#7
No, that's a fact
please explain why the one you purchased is better in your opinion
"so glad I bought Anker one that's 5200Mah for £13"
SgtPepper to Brand.new
10 Sep 17#12
It's not better. They were being sarcastic.
pete_l
10 Sep 17#8
This is just a cheap, unbranded, power pack from another chinese supplier. Maybe it will have the claimed capacity, maybe it won't. Maybe it'll last more than a month, maybe it won't. Maybe it will arrive in time for christmas (they only quote a *shipping* time, not how long it will take them to dispatch it), maybe it won't.
You pays your money and takes your chances!
creepyg to pete_l
10 Sep 17#9
Read some reviews of Xiaomi powerbanks, esp the teardowns. They're praised for excellent build quality and components. Often more so than the 'established' brands.
Then why doesn't it LOOK like a Xiaomi 10000mAh powerbank? Look closely at the images, then look at the one of the Xaomi website. The layout of the front panel is dfifferent and the "real" Xaomi powerbank is a lot thicker that these. The "real" one is here: link
speedfire66 to pete_l
10 Sep 17#18
I believe it is the perspective of the shot. I’d be surprised if someone was ripping off their design but still using their branding...
creepyg to pete_l
10 Sep 17#20
The link you've provided is for an older design. It lacks quick-charge. The shape is rounder and fatter.
For the record i have this older design. It's almost 2 years old and works perfectly.
BUCKUM2 to pete_l
10 Sep 17#21
you are comparing with the wrong model here the correct one mi.com/en/…ro/
CampGareth to pete_l
10 Sep 17#14
Cheap yes, unbranded no, chinese supplier yes.
If you end up with a legitimate xiaomi product (they have a serial number checker on their website btw) you'll get a good power bank. Here's a review of this model that finds you can get 95% of the claimed energy storage out as charge. Given that there's voltage conversion going on so a little energy is wasted, that's as good as you're going to get.
Bawkzy
10 Sep 17#10
I have one of these - never let me down. It supports quick charge 2.0 too!
essexgangsta
10 Sep 17#11
ive had no end of problems with this company ordering a dash cam, paypal are now looking like it will be in their favour so ive lost 40.00. the item had tax on it and post office no longer hold it. lightinthebox website states it has been delivered. but i dont have the royal mail tracking number so send a copy of that to paypal. customer service are useless and said should have paid for the duty insurance.
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please explain why the one you purchased is better in your opinion
"so glad I bought Anker one that's 5200Mah for £13"
Maybe it will have the claimed capacity, maybe it won't.
Maybe it'll last more than a month, maybe it won't.
Maybe it will arrive in time for christmas (they only quote a *shipping* time, not how long it will take them to dispatch it), maybe it won't.
You pays your money and takes your chances!
Look closely at the images, then look at the one of the Xaomi website. The layout of the front panel is dfifferent and the "real" Xaomi powerbank is a lot thicker that these.
The "real" one is here: link
For the record i have this older design. It's almost 2 years old and works perfectly.
If you end up with a legitimate xiaomi product (they have a serial number checker on their website btw) you'll get a good power bank. Here's a review of this model that finds you can get 95% of the claimed energy storage out as charge. Given that there's voltage conversion going on so a little energy is wasted, that's as good as you're going to get.
customer service are useless and said should have paid for the duty insurance.