Xiaomi Power Bank 2 10,000mAh Review

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:

I know this question is several months old but I will explain it quickly anyways if anyone needs to know.

When trying to figure out how many times will a powerbank charge a phone, it is easier to ignore capacity and voltage entirely and focus only in energy. By looking at the closest discharge rate in the chart, take that Wh output rating and divide it into the Wh required to fully charge a phone, that’s how many times it will charge it.

Lets say you have a phone that charges at ~9V 1.5A, and using a power meter you know that it takes 18Wh to fully charge. The xiaomi has a output Wh rating of 34Wh at that charge rate, so it will charge the phone almost 2x times.

Rated capacity is how much it has, output energy is how much you get. This is why discharge tests are important when reviewing power banks.

Thank you for the explanation :slight_smile:

No, Quick Charge V2.0 can charge at 5V, 9V or 12V, V3.0 can charge with anything from 3.6V up to 12.0V in 0.2V steps.

Using higher voltage will change the number of charge cycles very little.

Where is the access for the 9 & 12 volt output?

The USB-port... But the powerbank won't output 9 or 12V on it's own, you need something that supports QC2.0 or QC3.0, that 'asks' the powerbank for higher voltages.

There’s a (random) thought: does anybody make an adapter that you can plug into a QC 2.0 / 3.0 supporting USB device and get a selectable 5V / 9V / 12V for a device that doesn’t support QC? A QC to barrel connector adapter, for example? You could run a Li-Ion charger that happens to need a 12V power supply from a QC-supporting powerbank…

Something like this: Test of USB QC2-3-MTK-PE Trigger J7-t
I have also seen a “naked pcb” version on Aliexpress.

Cool, all I have to do is solder a barrel plug to a USB plug and it’s done.

Thank you :+1:

Thanks for the review :beer:

Hi, Guys. I am new here. Great review by the way. I was wondering when the low current mode of this powerbank is activated the max current output gets limited, Like what if i try to slow charge my phone by using this mode, wil it work? When i am no in a rush i rather slow charge my devices to avoid stressing the equipment.

Cheers

Hi, welcome to the forum

When the low current mode is activated it only delays the auto shut off, but output works exactly the same. If you want to slowly charge your phone just use a low quality or very long cable, but I don’t really see the need for that, most phones charges at a safe rate for the batteries.

I just bought 2 of their gen2 20K mAH powerbanks at 16 USD each (even if I don’t really need them at all haha since battery life on phones are getting so good). Great deal.

I also have their Mi Max phone which is the best specs/price phone I have ever seen and owned. Same goes for the their cleaning vacumm bot.

It’s pretty unbelievable that I personally know some people dissing Xiaomi products despite the proven stellar performance, because they aren’t expensive enough for their dumb snobbish tastes.

Are there any other known powerbanks which offer low power charging?

Not sure if this is what you’re referring to, but…

I think you’re referring to the Xiaomi powerbank’s ability to charge devices that consume very little charging current. (eg. like the Mi Band 2, which charges at around 0.05A charging current).

Many powerbanks will turn off automatically when they notice the charging current is below a certain threshold (I tried testing the thresholds of the various powerbanks I have access to). some of them turn off when the charging current is only 0.12A, others maybe 0.09A or less.

So, when the Mi powerbank is put into the low-power charging mode (it accepts charging of lower power devices, I notice that what it actually does, is that the powerbank does NOT turn off (the 4 dots seem to continue to blink indefinitely… until one presses the button to turn that off).

I have tested 2 powerbanks that seem to have very low power thresholds before they turn off (one is a generic type 18650 powerbank which won’t turn off even when charging current drain is just 0.01A, but will turn off when it’s unplugged).

They do have a two hour timer for the low power mode.

Thanks for that info.

Is it possible to switch between low power mode and normal mode without switching off? I’m asking because I’d like to use a powerbank with my x-tar vc2 plus to charge 14500 cells on the go, but the thing is so efficient that all my powerbanks shut down in the beginning of the charge.