Mophie Powerstation XXL review: This is the portable battery you’re looking for - kennedypheine1997

At a Glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

• Incredibly efficient
• Sleek cloth design
• Small footprint

Cons

• The index lights are an rethink

Our Verdict

Mophie's Powerstation XXL surpasses its Powerstation Cardinal predecessor to become our newly favourite portable power bank. Well done.

The last sentence I tested a portable shelling from Mophie was in 2017 when I reviewed the Powerstation Plus XL. It was dazzling enough to earn PCWorld's Editors' Choice laurels as the best overall power bank. Now it's time for it to be replaced by its buirdly brethren: Mophie's Powerstation XXL, a $70 battery pack that has more capacity and is even as efficient.

Greenbac: This review is part of our roundup of portable power banks . Go there for details connected competing products and our testing methods.

The Powerstation XXL has a 20,000mAh battery for a total of 74Wh of power. There are trinity ports—two USB-A, and a lone USB-C larboard—indicator lights, and a power push.

The fabric material covering the height and bottom of the tamp down are a nice break from the usual impressible housing, although the edges of the pack are coloured plastic. The pack itself is about the same width and superlative as Samsung's Galaxy S10 Plus—you'd postulate to stack three of those phones to approximate the pack's heaviness.

The pack's ports live on the front of the pack—with the USB-C port wine 'tween the two standard USB ports. The USB-C port is used to charge devices or charge the pack itself. It can put out 5V/3A (15W) of power, spell the standard USB ports are limited to 5V/2.4A and 5V/1A, severally. The Powerstation XXL buns charge at a maximum of 5V/3.4A, or roughly 17W.

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The Mophie Powerstation XXL measures 3 x 0.9 x 6.3 inches and weighs 1.23 pounds.

I was able to charge the bundle off from empty to full in 5 hours and 6 minutes.

As for efficiency, the Powerstation XXL is the third-most efficient pack I've tested overall at 92.51 per centum. The Mophie Powerstation Summation Cardinal is still the top pack at 93.41 percent, and the ZeroLemon ToughJuice is second at 93.27 percent.

The middling efficiency for all portable batteries I've well-tried is 83 percent.

Enclosed in the box with the XXL is a USB-A to USB-C cord that's far excessively short, but rewarding nonetheless.

On the left side of the load down is where you'll find the power button and four indicator lights. The lights are hard to see if you aren't superficial at them straight on, and they don't remain while the pack is charging to easily catch its current status. I'd like to see improved visibility from multiple viewing angles and for the lights to remain along while charging.

Overall, the Powerstation XXL does information technology all—save for wireless charging—and is affordably priced. Even though it doesn't have charging cables built into it, its efficiency, speed at which it charges back up, and price guide pull round too good to go on up.

Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/397876/mophie-powerstation-xxl-power-bank-review.html

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