I know it is a bit late to review the Anker PowerCore 20000.
Pokemon GO came out last year, and the hype died the same year.
However, this is a product that I still enjoy using,
and for that, I feel it's appropriate to make a review video.
So the Anker PowerCore 20000 has 20,000 mAh
in capacity, as the name suggests.
That is a crazy amount, but I will get back to that later.
Let's start off with what comes inside the package.
You get a carrying pouch; this is made of a soft material,
it's not super protective but it's nice if you're throwing it in your bag.
It won't really protect your battery from drops,
my battery actually got scuffed up a little bit along the way.
You also get a micro USB to USB A 2.0 cable.
This is used for charging your battery bank,
but you can also use it to charge a micro USB phone
when you're not charging the battery bank.
And of course, you get the main product;
the Anker PowerCore 20000.
So 20,000mAh...
Let's put that into perspective.
With 20,000mAh,
you can charge a Nexus 6P or a Samsung Galaxy S8+
five times over!
You can charge an iPhone 7+ and a Galaxy S8 standard
six times over!
20,000mAh is enough to charge a standard iPhone 7
ten times over!
That is an insane battery capacity!
If you charge this thing up once, you are good to go for a while.
However, that does introduct a con.
I wouldn't really call it a con, but this thing takes forever to top up.
You can plug it in at near dead during the night,
wake up in the morning, and it might be 3 bars at most.
Well actually, that really depends on how long you sleep,
but you get the point!
Something this massive has to take a long time to charge.
Fortunately, it's not the same story the other way around.
When you're charging devices using the PowerCore 20000,
it is rather fast.
That's thanks to the technology that's packed into it.
So this battery bank has 3 ports.
One of those ports is micro USB,
that's for charging the battery bank.
The two other ports are USB-A.
There's a Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 port,
as well as a PowerIQ port.
These enable accelerated charging for your phones.
If your phone supports the technology,
charging using the power bank can
actually even be faster than charging through the wall.
Some examples of phones that are compatible with
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 include...
The LG V20, the LG G6, plenty of phones from Sony...
Lots of Galaxies and Notes from Samsung... And more.
I can't list them all in this video!
If your phone doesn't support Qualcomm Quick Charge,
it might be able to make use of the Power IQ port.
This port is capable of delivering up to 4.5A.
That means it is very likely that your phone will be charging at its
fullest potential when plugged into this power bank.
Okay, enough of the technology. Let's take a look at the power bank.
So using this thing is very simple; there is a button on the side here.
If you press it, it activates these LED lights.
There are 4 lights that indicate how much charge is left in your battery.
Right here, you can see that there is only 1 light out of 4.
That means there is about 25%,
which is enough to charge up my Nexus 6P at least once
and that's really nice to know.
Unlike many power banks out there,
this one does not have a flashlight anywhere on it.
It doesn't really matter to me,
but do note that it is offered on a lot of competitors
so that's something you might want to take note of.
One thing that does bother me is the lack of a USB type C port.
Now, I understand that when this thing came out,
USB type C cables weren't really everywhere.
Even today, not every phone uses USB type C.
However, having to use a USB-A port
means that I can't charge at my Nexus 6P's fullest potential.
It still charges fine,
but it's considerably slower than if I were to plug it into a wall.
Anker does have another model that has a USB type C port on it,
but that's a little more expensive.
Another thing I wish you could do with this power bank
is charging the bank while charging a phone.
Unfortunately, you can't do that; there's no audio passthrough.
That means you have to carry more cables,
or you'll just have to chose to charge one over the other.
Not that big of a deal, I can't really find
a whole lot of situations where that'd be useful
but it certainly has occurred to me in the past.
That leads to the end of this review video.
In my opinion, the Anker PowerCore 20000 is a great
affordable option that is also very reliable.
Anker is one of the leading brands in power banks,
and even though Pokemon GO isn't really popular anymore,
I would not hesitate to recommend one of these.
I think it is particularly useful if you're out and
travelling often, and you like to use your smartphone...
It can save you from getting lost if your phone's running out of battery and you're using its GPS.
Also, if you have one, your friends will love to leach off you.
With 20,000mAh, there is enough power to go around for everyone.
That is it for this video, thank you for watching, and I'll see you in the next one!
Today's going to be the day I upgrade my audio game.
Also, if I look really tired,
That's because I passed out when I got home and
I kinda just woke up.
This one will fit easily!