Would you buy a 'rugged' Anker power bank?

#1

I saw recently that ZeroLemon brought out a rugged power bank. It gets good reviews. I have had a ZeroLemon power bank before and it may as well have been made of chocolate it was that fragile, a problem Anker devices don’t have. But would you be interested in a ruggedised Anker that was even tougher?

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#2

I know what you mean here - I’ve had my fair share of portable chargers that have fallen apart and stopped working. With that, I think Anker does a good job with their quality as I carry my portables everywhere and have even dropped them a few times and still continue to work. I think a rugged bank would be a good addition to the product line, although I’m not sure I’d be willing to pay more for something when I find the other current products to fit my needs and lifestyle right now.

#3

TBH I’d rather have 2 batteries which I put in separate sides of my bag than 1 heavier ruggedised battery.

I recommend you think long and hard about all the ways things can fail and that ruggedised adds weight and volume and yet cannot protect it fully.

Diversity is more protective.

#4

Math:

If you’re referring to the 30AH battery it is “Case dimension: 7.07×3.61×1.3 inches
Weight:400g” so that is 33.2 cubic inches.

If you divide the mah by volume and weight you get for this product 904 mah/cuin and 2128mah/oz.

Compare with say the Anker Powercore 20100 which is 1526mah/cuin and 1611mah/oz.

So this is saying just on the publicly available data that you are getting a low volume density product, unsurprisingly given its non-metal based padding. The surprise is the mah/oz figure. Does anyone know its Watt-hours?

#5

I wouldn’t, from experience, the only time I’ve had trouble with Anker products is when I lose them. The build quality is already great.

#6

A more protective coding on the outside would be great. I live in Alaska and my power banks has dings and scratches all over it, but works great still.

#7

Sounds like a great idea as long as it can be implemented without significantly changing the cost of a unit I would totally buy, if only to protect it from falling of the shelf or out of the car every once in a while.

#8

They (all?) come with a pouch so you can keep them in the pouch to protect them?

#9

I’d definitely be interested, as I drop my external battery A TON.

#10

Yeah the slippery surface looks good but a grippy one would be better.

#11

How about a rugged case for existing battery pack? I have dropped them and broke USB ports before

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