@joshuad11 @nigelhealy @AnkerOfficial Wheres the new Batteries! I want the 45W PD sssooooo bad. The 45W will really be able to charge a Mac book Pro, don’t worry guys I will most definitely test and review those new batteries.
Lighter Anker PowerCore+ II 10000 and 20000 Coming Soon! (with Power Delivery)
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Q4 of 2017 doesn’t even start until October… I suspect they may launch in December.
But hey, I can’t wait for Apple’s event on Tuesday!
45W PD is really interesting. 30W might seem a bit too little to charge mbp 13" when it’s on use (depending on workload) but 45W sure does the job.
You are confusing charging with speed of charging. The ability to charge your Macbook Pro is only a function of common charging protocols. A 45W speed of charging will come with some downsides, such as cost and efficiency (you would get less actual total recharge).
I just did a quick 2 day business trip and used a tablet which a 15W recharge input, but I used a 10W recharge input, because it was lighter and cheaper, I plugged it at every opportunity when stationary and it did that perfectly fine. I am about to do 2 more 2-day business trips, total of 30 hours of flying and living out of hotels and a lot of moving, so tablet, phone, BT buds and a Powercore and a Powerport. The 45W chargers are larger. Everything bulks up, cables get thicker, chargers get bigger, portable charges become more expensive and larger as you increase the Wattage.
Where I would not want to skimp on is the Wattage of a multiport Powerport, to gain the maximum benefit of any brief time near a wall socket, and on the recharge speed of a Powercore.
If I were to own a 45W input device, if there was say a 30W output charger which was cheaper/lighter, I’d give it serious considering.
Speed = you didn’t really think about it earlier enough did you.
I have a trip to the USA southeast late next week, just where Irma is predicted to be, plan for the worst, hope for the best, power cuts and a 26800mAh Powercore and a LC40 torch, and lots of dry bags, I think.
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Great! The lighter the merrier!
Ok so I’ve been thinking about this and by passthrough I think they just mean a multidirectional USB-C port, like the already existing PowerCore+ 20100 and 26800, but I could be wrong.
Is this going to happen?
IS the Powercore II 20000 actually called the PowerCore Speed 20000 PD?
It has that silly high price currently implying once in stock it will drop and then usually a 20% discount so may get to say $50-$60 with the supplied charger?
I still though want to see better chargers because if all you do is drain a 20000 which takes 4 hours to recharge, you’re going to want a dual-socket USB-PD charger to recharge your device and this Powercore concurrently, ideally a 60W dual-port (but anything 30W-60W e.g. 45W would be better than replugging overnight)
Actually I think this is not the crazy high starting price.
No. PowerCore II 20000 is the one with PIQ2
PowerCore+ II should have 2 USB-A Ports with IQ2 and the USB-C PD port should be capable of 45W output.
Still waiting on an update from @AnkerOfficial
WE have got to the point the name is irrelevant, we have to read up on the specs. Speed used to mean Quickcharge, which then got rolled into IQ2, now it means PD.
Someone in Anker has to take a tough line on consolidating the product line both in quantity and in consistent names or there will be an uptick of negative reviews from recent buyers remorse of buying wrong product, partly their fault but also partly Anker’s for too many products with names which are close to useless.
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Not only that but it doesn’t take much for them to look toward another brand if they haven’t already experienced Anker.
At $89.99 I think we all have to agree that price is pretty high. Considering its bigger, better brother is only $20 more when its not on sale. This also only has an output of 22.5 watts, with 20100mAh capacity. Its bigger better brother, the Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD can output 30 watts, and has a capacity of 26800mAh, all for just $20 more. (unless you grab it before the sale ends at $86.99)
I think if they lowered the price to about $50, or maybe $60, that can market this to Nintendo Switch, and iPhone X owners.
Looking for a power bank for Nintendo switch recently, I have found all this very confusing, with the multiple standards and branding and variations in between that are vague and overlapping. Looking for a portable solution that support the fast charging standards, there seem to be nothing that fits the bill, nothing support PD and still fits in a pocket. So this PowerCore+ II 10000 sounds like it would be perfect and it’s disappointing there is still no sign of it on the horizon!
This would be your best bet for PD standard and can still be somewhat portable. …that terms is different for everyone, where I don’t mind carrying this in my pocket, others do and wouldn’t carry it in there pocket
I don’t think we will see a pocket-able PD bank from Anker for some time. If you think about it though the Switch itself isn’t very pocket-able, I carry mine around in a back pack with a Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD. There are brands like mophie that make a very pocket-able PD battery bank, but its a little expensive.
Can I ask if you’ve got a case for both?
I guess that means the new products rumoured at the start of this thread aren’t coming then.
Oh, no, I definitely think they’re coming.
Still hopes of a late December release, but as we haven’t heard any updates from @AnkerOfficial, there’s a decent chance this plan has been pushed back until 2018.
I have a case for my Switch, and games. A case made by RDS industries. And the battery bank I strap into a pocket in my backpack.
Thanks for your attention on PowerCore+ II, but we don’t have the innovation plan for this product yet.
NOOOOO!
Then why was it at your IFA booth?
Has the product been cancelled?