Xiaomi Power Bank 2 10,000mAh Review

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I asked my guy @BG for a sample, maybe they'll send me one :)

I never used the included charger that came with my phone. I’ve been charging it with a 40 watt 5 volt 5 port Anker charger from the beginning. I’ll break out the original and see how that does tomorrow. This new Xiaomi kicks ass. I’m very happy.

It does charge @9V in my testing :
www.youtube.com/embed/e-ASNAmD2r4

Check around the 2:52 mark. Charger in case was a Tronsmart Titan.

Dodge, thanks for the review :slight_smile:

Hmm, There is now clearly only a small difference in price, yet quite a big difference in efficiency…

Thanks for the great review again!!

I’m so impressed with this power bank I purchased a second one. It only took 9 days to arrive from Banggood. And yes, it’s legit.

Same here, I have chosen this xiaomi 10,000mAh out of all my portable chargers to be my to-go powerbank. The internal LiPo holds more energy than 3x high capacity 18650s because of the much higher operating voltage range compared to Li-Ion.

I’m about to receive the new Xiaomi 20,000mAh with QC3.0, which also uses LiPo cells, hopefully the same cells from this one. It should be very interesting to see how much better it performs vs the older model with 6x 3,350mah 18650 cells.

Excellent! Let us know when you get it.

Got mine a couple days ago and I’m impressed also.

Cannot do a lot of measuring but when charged/discharged, it heats up only barely. Tells something about efficiency.

Very nice, like it!!

Gearbest has now a Deal on it, 15.21EUR.
I would say for that price (I paid more) it’s a MUST have.

Is there any one shipping this to Australia? These two shops aren’t, Gearbest and Banggood. Ebay is about $10.00 dearer.

Try Fasttech.

Not in stock at Fasttech.

I have 3 here and have given 2 more away to my daughter and her husband, they’re great!

They are really nice. I especially like that with a double click of the power button, it’s in the always on mode so it won’t shut down when charging ultra low current draw devices like the Jetbeam Mini 1, etc. You’ll know when you’re in that mode because the 4 charge LED’s will flash one at a time. To exit the always on mode, just single click the power button.

Man these guys are running the competition.

I wonder how this would compare with Anker PowerCore+ 10050mAh QC3.0 power bank.

Just a guess, based on testing 20 powerbanks :
the Xiaomi will score marginally better, as it is a LiPo-cell as opposed to the Anker, which uses 3 18650's (based on it's dimensions and power rating.) LiPo based powerbanks always score a little bit higher in my experience.

I put purchase date labels on mine to keep track of them. So far the one I purchased in May of 2015 is still going strong after extensive use. I’m very impressed with this company.

Interestingly though, Xiaomi’s power banks with QC rating are not officially certified by Qualcomm.

Anker is.

I got the power bank, but it’s not working properly. It doesn’t connect to any device and when I’m charging the power bank, the one dot keeps blinking for few hours and then skips to all 4 dots. When I plug in my phone or any other usb device, nothing happens. I think that the whole pcb is broken. Do you know if I can get that pcb alone anywhere?

Hello,

Thanks for the test.

I would like to know something about how much Quick Charge changes the usuable capacity (charging cycles on mobile phone)? The main idea of mine to have a powerbank is to have maximum times(cycles) %0 to %100 battery charging on mobile phone when you are away from AC :slight_smile:

Mi Powerbank’s capacity is 10,000mAh @ 3.85V so it means if the mobile phone is 3,85V and has 3000mAh battery it can be charged nearly 3.x times but if the mobile phone is 5V and 3000mAh so it can be charged aproximately 2.x times.

So the quiestion is; Quick Charge 2.0 is charging at 9v and Quick Charge 3.0 at 12v and at these rates how many times can we charge a mobile phone which supports Quick Charge with a battery of 5v 3000mAh?

Best Regards :slight_smile: