FYI Xiaomi Power banks & Banggood.

Purchased a 10000mah Xiaomi power bank from Banggood yesterday. Went to Xiaomi’s website and fond out they are not selling a 10000mah. Asked Xiaomi’s customer service department about the model at Banggood. According to Xiaomi Banggood is not authorized to sell to Xiaomi products yet, and Xiaomi does not have a 10000mah power bank for sale anywhere. The models for sale at Xiaomi are Essential 10400mah, Super-sized 16000mah, and slim 5000mah power banks. These are the only true Xiaomi power banks according to Xiaomi. The Super-sized 16000mah power bank is listed on Xiaomi’s site but not currently for sale.

So, I think I really do have a genuine Xiaomi power bank purchased from Banggood. It is just not officially supposed to be sold to Americans yet.

Update-07-07-2015-My power bank is real. I checked it twice.

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I was also confused by this item when I saw it on a Gearbest post on CPF. They also sell it (10 cents cheaper than BG) :wink: , but I couldn’t find the thing on Xiaomi’s site. I was interested how they get 10000mAh output. For the 10400, it’s simply 4x 2600mAh cells.

I’d be surprised if Xiaomi didn’t make the things, but it is odd that they don’t show them on their own site.

Have you tried validating the code on the box on Xiaomi’s site? I got a 10400 from BG and it’s legit.

Check this out

This is actually a counter to asus zenpower which uses

3x18650 compared to xiaomi's old 4x18650 design.

The 10400 mah model will soon be phased out and

Replaced by this model. If you have doubts, open and

Check the cells if lg, samsung

maybe it's a printing error.

Well, as far as I know Xiaomi doesnt have any official online resellers

Just checked one of my 10000mAh from Gearbest:

I dont say its genuine, but it sure looks real compared to pics of fake ones on the net

That picture is the confirmation that it is genuine. Kinda counterintuitive I know.

Yep, but what I meant is that there is always a tiny possibility that fakers have cracked the algorithm for caclculating genuine codes

So you’re saying the fakers cracked Xiaomi’s serial number generator and printed their own fake scratch&see numbers on boxes. It isn’t impossible but we’re talking about relatively cheap products. All this without Xiaomi ever realising that their legit serials are getting used on something they never made.

Have not received the power bank yet. Asked Xiaomi if it was a actual Xiaomi product and they said “no”.

Went to Xiaomi’s Chinese website and sure enough they have the 10000mah power bank for sale. So, maybe Banggood just does not have official approval to sell the new model power bank. Not trying to start a argument with Banggood. So in all likely hood I do have a genuine Xiaomi Power Bank being sent to me from Banggood.

Maybe it is just released for the domestic market and they want to sell out the old ones before introducing the new one. I am just speculating, offcourse :slight_smile:

either that or you just talking to the wrong person at Xiaomi :bigsmile:

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No, that was not what I said :wink: I am pretty convinced that it is genuine.

Tack Nisse! :beer:

They're selling the 10000mAh on Chinese version website. It use 3*Sanyo NCR18650BF,tipical 3350mAh.

So the 10000 is out time to start worrying about the one sold by BG and the one on Gearbest being fake not the real deal :slight_smile:

Open it up. Bet you will find IMR 2500mah batteries inside

That would be uncool :frowning:

How to spot fake Xiaomi power banks: Check for fakes

Verify your genuine Xiaomi powerbank here: ” Verify with the 20 digit security code”:Product Authentication

FYI (for US): Newegg Flash has the best prices I’ve seen on Xiaomi 10400mAh and 16000mAh. Free Shipping (8-15 days)

10400mAh for $15.99 - http://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIA3EX2YU3270
16000mAh for $18.99 - http://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIA3EX2YU3271

ZERO affiliation with Newegg, have been looking at a 16000 for awhile and Newegg Flash came up in google. Sale ends tomorrow (06.27.15)