Is this claim by Anker legit?

[Electrollium]

I saw this on amazon and it caught my eye. Anker has it under at least one of their amazon listings, but I can't find if it's legit, and it sounds pretty weird.

listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WRKXQ8W

scroll down a bit to find it

[TetraSky]

 

Interesting.

[Nubsical]

There's a Twitter post by linus talking about Anker or something

[imreloadin]

And here I am still trying to figure out how to pronounce "Anker" correctly...

[Nubsical]

https://mobile.twitter.com/linustech/status/1243419333381873664?lang=en

[Electrollium]

so they've worked with LTT before, but "Official Charging Partner" seems a bit of a stretch

[TempestCatto]

11 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

And here I am still trying to figure out how to pronounce "Anker" correctly...

Not hard.

 

You know the word Anus? Remove the "us" part, put that in front of "k-uh-er" and you have "ayne-k-uh-er" Anker

 

I know that seemed silly, but it was the best I could do. Google is of no help here.

[TheBean]

that is almost definitely wrong. 

[The_russian]

3 hours ago, imreloadin said:

And here I am still trying to figure out how to pronounce "Anker" correctly...

Same way you pronounce anchor, like a boat anchor. 

[WereCatf]

3 hours ago, FireBoyAwesome said:

There's a Twitter post by linus talking about Anker or something

It's like saying "ankle", but only after downing a bottle of vodka and while you have a potato in your mouth.

[Captain_Chronicle]

2 hours ago, WereCatf said:

It's like saying "ankle", but only after downing a bottle of vodka and while you have a potato in your mouth.

Excuse me a moment whilst I go and test this theory!

[jiyeon]

Definitely take that claim with a grain of salt, but I'd otherwise vouch for Anker being great.

 

I own a few Anker products and they're pretty reliable all things considered.

[kelvinhall05]

22 minutes ago, sowon said:

Definitely take that claim with a grain of salt, but I'd otherwise vouch for Anker being great.

 

I own a few Anker products and they're pretty reliable all things considered.

The only cables and USB hubs I own that haven't fallen apart or even started to wear out after four years of straight use. I don't see myself switching away from Anker anytime soon.

[NineEyeRon]

Anker are the best, no competition 

[WkdPaul]

They're not in the channel affiliates ;

https://geni.us/lttsponsors

 

@LinusTech

 

not sure who else from LMG to tag in here

 

Edited October 19, 2020 by wkdpaul

[piratemonkey]

13 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

They're not in the channel affiliates ;

https://geni.us/lttsponsors

 

@LinusTech

 

not sure who else from LMG to tag in here

 

I got you bud

@JonoT

@CPotter

@nicklmg

[Mark Kaine]

On 10/18/2020 at 5:34 AM, TempestCatto said:

and you have "ayne-k-uh-er" Anker

And that would be completely wrong...

 

Especially where'd you get the 'uh' from?

 

It's 'er' like 'wanker'. 

 

Never heard anyone say 'wank-uh-er' either.

[ausham]

I never hard of this brand nor have I ever seen them on a ltt video. Id say until we get some facts on this topic its a marketing lie going what info we have now.

[TempestCatto]

1 hour ago, Mark Kaine said:

And that would be completely wrong...

 

Especially where'd you get the 'uh' from?

 

It's 'er' like 'wanker'. 

 

Never heard anyone say 'wank-uh-er' either.

That was to emphasize the sound of that particular part. It sounds how it looks, Anker. But English isn't everyones first language so they don't quite grasp that concept. Also your use of emojies is excessive. 

[Mark Kaine]

1 minute ago, TempestCatto said:

sounds how it looks, Anker.

Exactly. 

 

1 minute ago, TempestCatto said:

Also your use of emojies is excessive. 

Thanks! 

 

 

 

[JonoT]

Hey Everyone!

 

Yep we're officially Anker's charging partner here at Linus Tech Tips. There would have been some sort of official announcement this year, but due to certain events it got a bit messy and it was a slow roll out.

 

Let me know if there are questions. 

 

Thanks!