Help Finding Decent Power Bank

[JohnnySpitfire]

Would anybody be able to recommend me a decent power bank? I've been looking for hours but all of the main choices are either of low quality or it won't ship to me. I am looking for one that is over 10,000mah and it's a solid bonus that it has a solar panel. Also, I'm from New Zealand.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[WickedStarfish]

3 minutes ago, JohnnySpitfire said:

Would anybody be able to recommend me a decent power bank? I've been looking for hours but all of the main choices are either of low quality or it won't ship to me. I am looking for one that is over 10,000mah and it's a solid bonus that it has a solar panel. Also, I'm from New Zealand.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/comsol-dual-port-solar-charging-powerbank-black-coswp15?istCompanyId=0403b0ba-0671-498f-aeb7-e2ff71b61924&istItemId=-qprxipxrw&istBid=t&gclid=CjwKCAiAl7PgBRBWEiwAzFhmmrJC_BRgWR4bJSyCLHJqKOZZ-G-X38JmgHIbFsYHX__NXw5H1Udi7BoCR0oQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Comsol has never let me down, i live in australia and i am unsure if officeworks delivers to NZ

 

Otherwise Mightyape is a NZ company and I was a bit iffy to use them to begin with but everything I have ordered has been delivered so I like using them (also allow afterpay), they have one with a 16000MAH battery and a solar panel for $99 here - https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/sunsaver-classic-16000mah-solar-powered-battery-bank/28049476

[Origami Cactus]

No wonder you aren't founding any decent panels. The solar panel on a power bank wont generate pretty much anything.

If you just want a high quality power bank get an Anker.

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-Portable-Double-Speed-Recharging/dp/B01JIWQPMW/ref=sr_1_3_acs_ac_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1544348217&sr=8-3-acs&keywords=anker+power+bank

If you want solar you will have to buy something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charger-PowerPort-iPhone-Galaxy/dp/B012YUJJM8/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1544348141&sr=8-7&keywords=solar+charger

 

I know that i posted US amazon links, but nz stores should have them too.

[Origami Cactus]

4 minutes ago, WickedStarfish said:

https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/comsol-dual-port-solar-charging-powerbank-black-coswp15?istCompanyId=0403b0ba-0671-498f-aeb7-e2ff71b61924&istItemId=-qprxipxrw&istBid=t&gclid=CjwKCAiAl7PgBRBWEiwAzFhmmrJC_BRgWR4bJSyCLHJqKOZZ-G-X38JmgHIbFsYHX__NXw5H1Udi7BoCR0oQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Comsol has never let me down, i live in australia and i am unsure if officeworks delivers to NZ

 

Otherwise Mightyape is a NZ company and I was a bit iffy to use them to begin with but everything I have ordered has been delivered so I like using them (also allow afterpay), they have one with a 16000MAH battery and a solar panel for $99 here - https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/sunsaver-classic-16000mah-solar-powered-battery-bank/28049476

Does the solar panel on your unit actually charge the battery bank? Math would say that the surface area is way to small for any meaningful charge.

That is why the decent solar chargers look like this instead of the small things:

[WickedStarfish]

10 minutes ago, JohnnySpitfire said:

 

2 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

 

Simular one through Mightyape - https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/sunsaver-power-flex-solar-charger/28446281

 

Mainly due to this (Dont know if that has been "fixed" or not yet meaning delivery could take forever as it would need to come to AU then NZ and things i have ordered from US to AU takes 3 ish weeks and AU to NZ takes about a week making it like a 5 week delivery)

[WickedStarfish]

1 minute ago, Origami Cactus said:

Does the solar panel on your unit actually charge the battery bank? Math would say that the surface area is way to small for any meaningful charge.

That is why the decent solar chargers look like this instead of the small things:

not really to small for any meaningfull charge as you have to remember that the solar panel attached to the powerbank would be a survival situation kind of thing so 1 day in the sun for a full phone charge or even half phone charge is doable as you wouldn't be scrolling through facebook or catching up on youtube draining the battery on the phone

[JohnnySpitfire]

Thanks for the replies, Definitely helped me.

[WickedStarfish]

2 minutes ago, JohnnySpitfire said:

Thanks for the replies, Definitely helped me.

let me know if you need anymore help and i would like to know what you end up going with and what you think of it