It was clear from the get go that this was not a LiPoly construction, but made with Li-Ion cells – which is relatively unique construction for power banks (in my experience, anyway). In this case it was four EVE INR21700/50E cells, rated at 5Ah each.
I can’t get over the beautiful construction used here. This is the most well constructed battery pack I’ve “disassembled” to date. I had to put that in quotes – because I had to absolutely mutilate the (ABS?) plastic housing to get at the internals. And I mean peeling it away chunk by chunk (carefully) with cutters. This thing is *solid*. I’m convinced you could drive over it with a car and suffer no ill effects.
Now. That brings us to the disappointment. This battery uses four 5Ah batteries in parallel – which is indeed 20Ah. But that’s 20Ah at 3.7 volts. Given that the output voltage varies depending on use-case, and none of those use cases are at 3.7 volts – I feel like all the marketing claims involving “150 Watts” and “20,000mAh” are misleading. 20Ah at 3.7 volts is 74Wh. 74Wh at 150 Watts is roughly 30 minutes. Sounds a lot less impressive than “20,000mAh” eh?
No one lied, so it’s hard to be that upset, but it’s disappointing considering how impressive this pack is on the whole. This would be 5 stars all day long if they were a little more transparent about the “real world” capacity.
Still – this is an impressive piece of kit! So much so that I won’t let it go to waste. I love the construction so much, that I’m going to repurpose the PCB in a 3D printed case with a dewalt compatible socket and use it for camping and other portable charging needs.
(Oh, and not really worth affecting the review – but honestly, who comes up with these names? “Cuck-Tech?” Just hire someone to name your products…)
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