I don't usually comment, but I am amazed at your review which gets technical with the analysis of actual power draw and output of the device. Subscribed, mate.
A teardown would be nice to see what battery is inside to provide 30Ah - a massive LiPo or a dozen 18650's?! Also a test to see if it could power one of those 1A loads for more than a day would be interesting (and incredible!)
No sure if you're aware, if you have a lightening cable you can plug that and the micro USB cable in at the same time to halve (approx) the time it takes to recharge the power bank. This is listed in the manual.
I've used Aukey stuff before and it's generally decent enough stuff - It fills the gap between buying the ideal product from a random eBay chinese seller and it being garbage, or not being able to buy the product at all because there isn'ta anyone reputable making it. However, not testing the capacity is inexcusable. We all know it's not going to be 30Ah and even if it was quite short of that, I don't think anyone would be particularly upset. I have a few "12Ah" powerbanks which return about 2.5Ah and I'm looking to replace them with one "good one". If you'd tested this and it had measured over 20Ah, I'd probably have bought one.
I'm a fan of Aukey products but most of the QC 2.0 / 3.0 powerbanks I've tested, charge at faster rates than this Aukey powerbank. I'm a little disappointed with the 5V 2.56A of this Aukey unit, especially considering the time it will take to fill a 30,000 powerbank. I know it shouldn't matter but have you tried charging it from another QC 3.0 power supply / charger? Although Qualcomm QuickCharge is meant to be consistent across all devices that support it, I've found varying compatibility between chargers and devices.
I would like to have a power bank which charges at 4 amps like my One Plus 3. I guess I build one myself. 10 NCR18650B in parallel, two of these chargers here in parallel: www.ebay.de/itm/201376646576 to charge them, Cell protection and step up to 2x 5V 3 Amps.
I think 5V 2.5A is the maximum this bank will charge at - in fact it settled at 2.4A pretty quickly. It doesn't have Quick Charge on it's inputs so it's going to take a long time to charge. Have you seen any power banks with a QC 3.0 input?
Julian's Reviews I've had a few powerbanks with support for QC on the input. The most recent is a Ravpower unit which supports QC 3.0 on the input. It varies between chargers but I measured 23-24W on the input. Of course that drops as the charge process progresses.
Nonetleless I bought it for the high capacity and the good price. When I would build my own one, the case itself would cost about that much (would be stainless steel). So yeah. You can never have enough power banks. Charge it through the night and day and it's good. :)
I just bought one of these a week ago but I still wish it was easier to find power banks in capacities like this but with alternatives to fixed 5V output. At least you can work around it with a Qualcomm quick charge trigger and from there get a much larger range of voltages. I wonder what results would be found for efficiency at the higher voltage output, I haven't tested that yet. You can squeeze a bit more total power at 12v vs 5v but Pumping out 3A @ 5V I get a drop to 4.36v which isn't so good for some uses. Goes from 5.06v @ 0.1A, 4.86v @ 1A, 4.76v @ 1.5A, 4.65v @ 2A, 4.55v @ 2.5A and 4.44v @ 3A on the last stepped test I just ran.
That Quick Charge 3.0 feature sounds cool. After seeing this video, I played with my QC2.0 compatible PSU and managed to "bitbang" the requests to change output to 9V and 12V using some resistors and switches. I'll have to see if a) my PSU is QC3.0 compatible and b)if QC3.0 protocol is anywhere as simple as QC2.0. I'm looking forward to seeing that tester in one of your future videos.
Not to nitpick but, at the beginning of the video you correctly said that power bank comes with usb type c cable and later on you identified the port on the power bank as apple's lightning. :) love your videos by the way, and because of you I have a whole bunch of DC to DC buck and boost converters.
That is odd is it not? They have supplied usb type c cable but port on the power bank is lightning. One would think that type c port would be there instead.
it would be interesting to see, if the powerbank uses more current to charge, when charged from the Micro USB and from the Lightning port simultaneously
Good test. The Quick charge 2 test unit ( at 3:20). Where did you bought it? Does it have the output pins to enable charging a non quick charge 2 compatible device (9v and 12v)? I have Quick charger 2 charger and the smartphone (nexus 5) is not compatible with Quick charger 2.
How long does it take to recharge? I have a 20000mah power bank that can take up to 2.1amps @ 5 volts of power. It takes around 8 hours to recharge. Of course i only recharge it of my solar setup during the day.
Manufacturers more or less always rate their power banks based on the capacity of the cells, they never account for the boost converter, so you can expect to lose about 10% of that no matter which power bank you look at, so expect it to be at least 27,000mah if not a bit less.
Man you've got to test the capacity. It's right there in the title of the product. I don't want to suggest that your partiality is compromised. But it could certainly look that way...
27 Ah at 3.7 V, which is a pointless rating because you're drawing a minimum of 5V from it, of which the capacity is 22.2 Ah at best. Then include a 10% loss in the DC/DC converter and the more realistic measure is 20 Ah on the output.
Nice video review for the charger bro, keep it up. Btw, I have a question, looks like there are 2 input slots, via Micro USB and another one using Type-C ... both are rated 5v 2.4a... I was wondering IF you can charge the powerbank using both input? TIA
please do tell me one thing more about this device. IF POWER BANK IS COMPLETELY CHARGED THEN WHAT IS THE SIGNAL. (will the white let power button will stop blinking ?)
Hello and thank you for this test. Would you be so kind as to test how the load is distributed if one device is pulling 12v and the other 5v? I want to use one of those QC3.0 Power Banks as a Power Supply for a build that needs 12v for one part and 5v for the others with reasonable mAh left for both. Thank you very much!
I have a few Aukey items and have to say I've been pleased with all of them. Why on earth do they supply a USB C cable if the input is microUSB or lightning? That seems bizarre.
Maybe there's more to that cable than meets the eye. I know that USB type C has a specification for voltages up to 20V - as does Quick Charge 3.0 - but do they interface together?
Julian that charge port IN2 i thinks is a type-c usb port not an an apple lightning port. One the shape is not right for an apple lightning, and two why would they give you a usb type-A to type-C cable? far as i know of apple i know that would never give out uses of there lightning port female so it can be used in other product that are not apple. the name lightning in the name of the product is more of a play on words then the meaning it as apple's lightning charging port in it.
The PB-T11 is Micro USB and Lightening IN, they do another version which is Micro USB and USB C in. I believe it was designed this way so Apple users are not left out with recharging as they can just use their lightening cable to recharge the power bank.
I have the same power bank and one day it just stopped working. I cannot charge no matter I use what wall adapter. The red light keep blinking and if I use the lightening connector no light comes on. Anyone has similar experience?
Why would they include that utterly short usb-c cable if it is micro-usb and LIGHTNING?! what you say makes no sense, and it also does not speak of you doing much, or any research before you started doing this review
I don't usually comment, but I am amazed at your review which gets technical with the analysis of actual power draw and output of the device. Subscribed, mate.
We love AUKEY stuff here too. Got a couple of their wireless charger stands (Model: LC-C1) lovely bits of kit.
A teardown would be nice to see what battery is inside to provide 30Ah - a massive LiPo or a dozen 18650's?! Also a test to see if it could power one of those 1A loads for more than a day would be interesting (and incredible!)
I don't think there's enough space for 18650s (even the highest capacity types). I'm guessing it's filled with pouch cells.
No sure if you're aware, if you have a lightening cable you can plug that and the micro USB cable in at the same time to halve (approx) the
time it takes to recharge the power bank. This is listed in the manual.
Discharge test results are in (see the description) - now conducting a charge test.
I've used Aukey stuff before and it's generally decent enough stuff - It fills the gap between buying the ideal product from a random eBay chinese seller and it being garbage, or not being able to buy the product at all because there isn'ta anyone reputable making it.
However, not testing the capacity is inexcusable. We all know it's not going to be 30Ah and even if it was quite short of that, I don't think anyone would be particularly upset.
I have a few "12Ah" powerbanks which return about 2.5Ah and I'm looking to replace them with one "good one". If you'd tested this and it had measured over 20Ah, I'd probably have bought one.
My guess is it will be 30Ah * 3.7 / 5, minus 10% for boost converter inefficiency - about 20Ah.
I'm a fan of Aukey products but most of the QC 2.0 / 3.0 powerbanks I've tested, charge at faster rates than this Aukey powerbank. I'm a little disappointed with the 5V 2.56A of this Aukey unit, especially considering the time it will take to fill a 30,000 powerbank. I know it shouldn't matter but have you tried charging it from another QC 3.0 power supply / charger? Although Qualcomm QuickCharge is meant to be consistent across all devices that support it, I've found varying compatibility between chargers and devices.
I would like to have a power bank which charges at 4 amps like my One Plus 3.
I guess I build one myself. 10 NCR18650B in parallel, two of these chargers here in parallel: www.ebay.de/itm/201376646576 to charge them,
Cell protection and step up to 2x 5V 3 Amps.
I think 5V 2.5A is the maximum this bank will charge at - in fact it settled at 2.4A pretty quickly. It doesn't have Quick Charge on it's inputs so it's going to take a long time to charge. Have you seen any power banks with a QC 3.0 input?
Julian's Reviews I've had a few powerbanks with support for QC on the input. The most recent is a Ravpower unit which supports QC 3.0 on the input. It varies between chargers but I measured 23-24W on the input. Of course that drops as the charge process progresses.
Nonetleless I bought it for the high capacity and the good price. When I would build my own one, the case itself would cost about that much (would be stainless steel). So yeah. You can never have enough power banks. Charge it through the night and day and it's good. :)
***** I hope you'll share a video when you make your own. I'd be very interested in seeing it.
I just bought one of these a week ago but I still wish it was easier to find power banks in capacities like this but with alternatives to fixed 5V output. At least you can work around it with a Qualcomm quick charge trigger and from there get a much larger range of voltages. I wonder what results would be found for efficiency at the higher voltage output, I haven't tested that yet. You can squeeze a bit more total power at 12v vs 5v but Pumping out 3A @ 5V I get a drop to 4.36v which isn't so good for some uses. Goes from 5.06v @ 0.1A, 4.86v @ 1A, 4.76v @ 1.5A, 4.65v @ 2A, 4.55v @ 2.5A and 4.44v @ 3A on the last stepped test I just ran.
Looks like a decent power bank. That Quick Charge test device also seems interesting.
I've ordered another of the test devices which claims to be Quick Charge 3.0 compatible - I think it can do the 100mV increment/decrement thing.
That Quick Charge 3.0 feature sounds cool. After seeing this video, I played with my QC2.0 compatible PSU and managed to "bitbang" the requests to change output to 9V and 12V using some resistors and switches. I'll have to see if a) my PSU is QC3.0 compatible and b)if QC3.0 protocol is anywhere as simple as QC2.0.
I'm looking forward to seeing that tester in one of your future videos.
Not to nitpick but, at the beginning of the video you correctly said that power bank comes with usb type c cable and later on you identified the port on the power bank as apple's lightning. :) love your videos by the way, and because of you I have a whole bunch of DC to DC buck and boost converters.
Yes, the supplied cable is USB type C. The power bank has two input sockets, USB micro and Lightning.
That is odd is it not? They have supplied usb type c cable but port on the power bank is lightning. One would think that type c port would be there instead.
It is a bit odd.
Best review I've watched so far of the product.
it would be interesting to see, if the powerbank uses more current to charge, when charged from the Micro USB and from the Lightning port simultaneously
That would be a very interesting test - I'll get a Lightning charge cable :)
Good test.
The Quick charge 2 test unit ( at 3:20). Where did you bought it? Does it have the output pins to enable charging a non quick charge 2 compatible device (9v and 12v)? I have Quick charger 2 charger and the smartphone (nexus 5) is not compatible with Quick charger 2.
How long does it take to recharge? I have a 20000mah power bank that can take up to 2.1amps @ 5 volts of power. It takes around 8 hours to recharge. Of course i only recharge it of my solar setup during the day.
I bet that goes up with an almighty bang if a cell is ruptured inside :D
Great review man.. Very thorough.. How long does it take to charge the PB-t11
Will you do a test to see whether that 30,000mAh rating is anywhere near true?
It will be 30Ah at 3.7V - at 5V it will be proportionately less.
Manufacturers more or less always rate their power banks based on the capacity of the cells, they never account for the boost converter, so you can expect to lose about 10% of that no matter which power bank you look at, so expect it to be at least 27,000mah if not a bit less.
Man you've got to test the capacity. It's right there in the title of the product. I don't want to suggest that your partiality is compromised. But it could certainly look that way...
27 Ah at 3.7 V, which is a pointless rating because you're drawing a minimum of 5V from it, of which the capacity is 22.2 Ah at best. Then include a 10% loss in the DC/DC converter and the more realistic measure is 20 Ah on the output.
its a paid shill type vid, he cant slate the product
Would have loved to see what's inside :)
Nice video review for the charger bro, keep it up. Btw, I have a question, looks like there are 2 input slots, via Micro USB and another one using Type-C ... both are rated 5v 2.4a... I was wondering IF you can charge the powerbank using both input?
TIA
According to the info found on the Internet (and in the manual) it is possible.
please do tell me one thing more about this device. IF POWER BANK IS COMPLETELY CHARGED THEN WHAT IS THE SIGNAL. (will the white let power button will stop blinking ?)
Hi, pls reply, i wanna know why it keep turning off, is that normal?
Hello and thank you for this test. Would you be so kind as to test how the load is distributed if one device is pulling 12v and the other 5v? I want to use one of those QC3.0 Power Banks as a Power Supply for a build that needs 12v for one part and 5v for the others with reasonable mAh left for both. Thank you very much!
Try to charge it with micro Usb and Type C at the same time, because 2,5A will take forever to charge ^^
Worth a try - although there may be current limiting in the cell charge circuitry.
White Light is 100-70%
Green 70-50%
Red 50-1% - but how do I know when charging it is totally charged (100%) not say 73% or 96% ?
I have a few Aukey items and have to say I've been pleased with all of them. Why on earth do they supply a USB C cable if the input is microUSB or lightning? That seems bizarre.
Adam Welch same thing I was thinking
Maybe there's more to that cable than meets the eye. I know that USB type C has a specification for voltages up to 20V - as does Quick Charge 3.0 - but do they interface together?
Julian that charge port IN2 i thinks is a type-c usb port not an an apple lightning port. One the shape is not right for an apple lightning, and two why would they give you a usb type-A to type-C cable? far as i know of apple i know that would never give out uses of there lightning port female so it can be used in other product that are not apple. the name lightning in the name of the product is more of a play on words then the meaning it as apple's lightning charging port in it.
that's what i thought, type-c cable and looks like it would fit that port just fine, so assume its the box that's wrong and it is just a usb device.
The PB-T11 is Micro USB and Lightening IN, they do another version which is Micro USB and USB C in.
I believe it was designed this way so Apple users are not left out with recharging as they can just use their lightening cable to recharge the power bank.
Sir_wolf Art it is a lightning port Aukey as my official sponcer and I own quite a lot of these powerbanks - however they do sell a type c version
they make 2 versions one with USB type-c input and another one with lightning input
Charging that 30kmah will take a long time I wished that quick charging is also supported on input.
No teardown? Awww :(
Will the power bank charge faster if I use both inputs at the same time?
No teardown ;(
No teardowns on this channel :)
Julian's Reviews Opps didn't even realize! 2 channels with your face is confusing haha!
should take it over to the "normal" channel and have a teardown :D
Does this battery actually support dual charging? It is it one or the other for charging the battery?
like how many times can you charge iphone x from it?
Have you tested the amp draw when you charge via Lightning and micro USB inputs at the same time? What are the results? Does it charge faster?
What is the name of the device produce that signal for quick charge? Thx for answer.
The paid product placement icon doesn't appear on the ipad.
How can quickcharge be faster? doesnt the voltage need to get low enough to charge the battery?
how long does it take to charge? also the pb-t10? reply pls
description links on mobile aren't working/clickable
¿What happend if I try to charged mi iPhone in OUTPUT Quick Charge 3.0?
Do you know a card that supports 18650 charging with type c entry q.c3.0?
Will it charge my Asus T100 tablet? The Anker power banks say they wont and I'm not clear on why.
What is the size of this power bank?? Length and width?
Would this work for the Nintendo switch.
i wanted to know what cells was inside :(
Can you use both lightning input and micro usb input to charge the bank?
Does it support Samsung quick charging???
I have the same power bank and one day it just stopped working. I cannot charge no matter I use what wall adapter. The red light keep blinking and if I use the lightening connector no light comes on. Anyone has similar experience?
May I Know Can It Charge For Smartphone When The Power Bank In Charging status..
Can it charge while being charged?
Please test a AUKEY PB-Y3 !!!
You tested dual input??
2,4A input current is way to low. We want fast charge with 3 or 4A!
How i will know if it 100% ?
I'm not sure if anyone will be able to help, but can I charge my 2016 15 inch MacBook Pro with this?
Potato Gaming no a MacBook needs more current and voltage
Why would they include that utterly short usb-c cable if it is micro-usb and LIGHTNING?! what you say makes no sense, and it also does not speak of you doing much, or any research before you started doing this review
Too few usb-ports for practical use
WOW, $100.00 IN AUSTRALIA
real 5v. --- 22,800 mAh.
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Poor review, nothin but meters.
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Hi! I'm a QuckCharge(tm) compatible device. Please can you supply me with the extra voltage needed to charge me quickly?