l own several Xiaomi products, and among them are powerbanks for my children, and so far not one of their products has disappointed me, for they are products of excellent quality.
lt’s great to know Xiaomi is not resting on their laurels, and is even improving. :+1:
This weight seems incorrect. I believe that spec came from some online shop (eg. banggood or gearbest seem to quote that).
The official weight from the Xiaomi website is 330.5grams.
I own one (PLM05ZM) and using a digital weighing scale, the powerbank weighed 328grams.
Using ZKE EBD-USB+ load tester/meter, I did a discharge test (QC3.0 12v @ 1.50A) with the following results, which seem to exactly jive with the one above.
What I don’t understand is the voltage kept on increasing as the powerbank gets discharged and shut down. Voltage was 12.18v initially (1.50A load), but just before it completely got drained, the voltage reached a high of 12.78v (all the above measurements are from the ZKE EBD-USB+ tester software).
400gr was from BG spec, The real measured weight as stated in the OP was 326gr for new and 339gr for old version.
There’s also a very small increase involtage in my unit at 12V but I believe that is normal, such small difference can be nelegible. At 5V, above 1.5A the output voltage steps up 0.2V, this is intentional in order to fight against cable losses. I just realized there is no graph for current ramping, will upload one soon.
Can anyone confirm that QC from Blitzwolf BW-C10 works with that power bank?
I’m asking because QC from BW-C5 I own does not work with that power bank.
Mike
Thanks for the review! Seems to have an excellent capacity for its weight. Currently $25.99 at Gearbest with coupon code PBANUK1.
I’m still looking for a good QC3 charging adapter with two outputs and low weight. From what I see on Amazon, most of the adapters seem to be poor quality, making noise, delivering QC current only sometimes, breaking…
This Xiaomi PLM05ZM (20000mAh v2) has one of the most number of supported protocols:
Do you mean USB wall charger with 2 QC3 ports? I believe Anker’s PowerPort Speed has 63-watt (5-port desktop charger, with 2 QC3.0 ports) and 39-watt (2-port wall charger, both ports QC3.0 capable) versions, including a PowerDrive Speed 39-watt car charger with 2x QC3.0 ports.
Yes, a wall charger. I cannot find the 2-port PowerPort Speed with EU plug and it seems a bit heavy (130g?). My current 3-port charger (RAVPower, not QC) has a weight of 85g. The new one should not be much heavier.
Edit: I found the Blitzwolf BW-S6 on Banggood, 2-port (1 QC), ~100g, also tested on lygte-info.dk and seems to be safe. Does anyone use this one?
Based on my quick testing, when passthrough charging is used, QC output is disabled, but QC input can still work (ie. the powerbank is being charged at 12v, whereas the device that’s connected to the powerbank can only be charged at 5v).