Can anyone recommend me a decent power bank? I’m taking on a 2 week cycle tour that will include wild camping. Ideally I want as much capacity as I can within budget to be able to keep my phone and garmin in juice. I was hoping to budget around £20 and to find something not too heavy.
Ebay has loads that promise 100,000mah!! I presume that’s just nonsense?
I can find Xaiomi and Aukey packs at 20,000mah in budget - is that the maximum I can realistically expect? Does anyone have any specific recommendations?
I keep checking the deals section on here in case anything turns up.
Thanks Lexel, that is kind of as I guessed. So the question moves to which 20,000mah pack I guess?
Having spoken to lots of touring cyclists, I don’t think solar is an option. I will be on the bike all day. You can mount a panel to the bike, but it’s likely to be in and out of shade and rarely at an optimum angle - so I doubt I’d get much charge in.
I might have to invest in 2 packs and just charge them at campsites when I can. Also, I’m aiming to travel as light as I can.
I’d buy one in a second for $20. I have 2 of the newer 10,000mAh Xiaomi’s I’m super pleased with. I also have an older 10,400mAh Xiaomi which is still going strong after a couple of years of regular use.
Link doesn’t appear to work, although I know what you’re getting at. A good solution, but decent ones are expensive to buy and I also don’t have the skills to rebuild my wheels to accommodate which leads to more expense. I’m fairly confident that a power bank is right for my needs (actually I suspect I’ll find loads of other uses for it beyond this trip too!)
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The Xiaomi 20k V2 is great. I tested mine out at like 97% efficiency. It was like 14,400 out of a possible 14,800 mah.
I also really like the besiter 6x 20k mah with the usb/usb c dual charging. Only takes a few hours to charge, which is great when you are on the go. It ended up around 90% efficient.