My personal tech may have evolved a lot over the last 6 years, but my Anker Powercore has remained a workhorse, keeping me powered-up on the go.
Whether it was days at the beach, tedious hours spent waiting for flight connections or a crazy 24 hour fundraising challenge, my Powercore was there to keep my phone charged.
What’s your go to vintage Anker kit?
Don’t have any “vintage” yet so hopefully if things run like they should, I’ll have a couple things added to the “vintage” list 
. But great to see a powerbank last 6 years!
That is awesome!
I don’t personally have something now that old, but I have items I bought about that same time which I gifted to others, and asked if still working, they said yes. I have a 13000mAh Anker I keep at an elderly person’s house to recharge their phone in event of a long power outage, I check it’s working every few months, and still is. I discharge, recharge it a few times a year.
I have many now 4 years old still regularly used I spot.
My items I use are all less than 4 years old, but I have regularly something now 3.5 years old.
Hope in 6 years I can say the same about my Powercore 20000
Keep it at a cool-ish room temperature. Never let it freeze, never let it get hot. Use it little a few times a year. It will likely be 70% as new after 6 years. The chemistry is similar to humans basically.
As cells age naturally, they age faster if not used, and age even faster if used often, they call for to get the lowest cost one just powerful enough to do the job and use them regularly for maximum benefit in terms of $/use.
I’m still regularly using a 6700 Powercore II, it’s in my summer EDC kit. Invoice says > 3 years old. If I had paid extra $ for it to be larger, then the excess capacity would still be aging from non-use.
The oddity in all the Powercore I bought is the very basic Powercore 10000. I bought two, gave one to one person, another to someone different, I see them in use regularly, I ask how they are doing and feedback seems they are as-new, a few scuff marks is all that’s apparent. That product was well designed and built.
Sounds like I will have to baby it 
it probably won’t make it to 6 years then lol.
As long as I get a good couple of years out of it, I won’t be mad if it doesn’t make it to 6
that really made me laugh, wasn’t expecting it. But yea, this time for me it’s better that way.
Cheers professor 
I’m arguing the counter opposite to the thread.
As Lithium cells age regardless, they age from non-use, age from use, they need to be put to use to make the best productivity before inevitable death.
So it’s better to burn out than fade away. In my case I gift ones not best fit me to others who appear to have best fit. I visit my old Powercore to see how they are aging.
I am impressed that Anker products last so well. There’s a good engineer in there. Or there was.
