Anker Powerhouse

#1

Does anyone here have an Anker Powerhouse? If so how do you like it, I’m thinking about getting one.

#2

Probably no one has one due to the sheer cost and un-portability it has. Unless you go camping with tech a lot, or are some kind of scientist in the field, there really is no point in getting one. The weight of the product makes it nearly impossible to bring along when hiking.

#3

i have a honda eu2000. I can’t honestly see a need for a massive battery like that myself

#4

I do NOT have one and recommend many Anker products, but the $400-500 PowerHouse would definitely not be one of them. It’s up to you though, obviously.

#5

I have a large UPS in my tech home in my home, it keeps basically my network going for about 16 hours which covers for the most probably major power outages like say a storm fallen tree in street. They are I think lead acid type inside and very heavy, but they not meant to be moved.

I moved progressively all of our tech to decent battery life devices, we all have Chromebooks now which last about 9 hours online, and bought lots of independent USB batteries from the tiny purse/pocket Mini through to recently the 26800, and most devices have large storage, e.g. typing this on a Chromebook with a 128GB SD card. When I travel I tend now to use a Pixel C which is USB-C and say the Powercore 26800 I have now would make that last say 3-4 days of heavy use off-grid.

I have some daily deal type larger batteries. Total is about 130AH off top of my head and of course as they each age and lose capacity I can replace as/when. My Anker batteries are newer and not failed yet but earlier say EasyAcc is dead now.

I dont see a need for a large capacity portable powerbank, especilly given its price, and I’d be worried about the longevity, it is not particularly intended to be self-service, I mean can I pull a draw out see the failed 18650B and self replace to keep the whole item working for 5…10 years? It is one thing for say a $23 Powercore 10000 to die of old age in say 3 years from now but a $400 Powerhouse fail?

It would need to be far more self-service like the user replaceable insides of the UPS I have from APC.

To complement the batteries I have inverter for the car so if we were to have a long road trip I can charge non-USB devices, and I have a 20W Solar panel for long off-grid trips, and I have my bikes with dynohubs, so I could theoretically last totally off-grid.

For scenarios where that Powerhouse would make sense… say car camping groups??? But all the people I know who want all of the tech are heavily into indoors comforts. All the people who want a bit of tech just use a mobile with SD card and a 5Ah-10Ah USB battery or a replacement internal phone battery.