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Bēm Wireless 8-Pack 2600mAh Power Bank Station

  • Owning 8 powerbanks is great if you’re a family of 4 or a scatterbrained loner
  • They recharge by just setting them in there (no cables) in this nifty charging station (though not technically inductive as we said earlier)
  • Each one has a built-in Lightning and micro-USB cable – no need to have an Apple vs. Android debate in the comments unless you’re bored
  • Indicator lights show which ones are fully charged and which ones were recently used to watch Fargo in bed
  • Each 2600mAh powerbank can fully charge just about any phone with some juice left over
  • The station measures 10.84" x 3.26" x 1.67" and the individuals are 4.05" x 1.67" x 0.87"
  • Model: PB75300 (Not one character seems to match to any aspect of this product, but they solidly own the Google results. It’s the equivalent of a movie that’s perfect for watching on the airplane – nothing special but gets the job done)
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Yeah, This Is Better

Meh writer @skemmehs here. This power bank station causes me both joy and grief. Joy because it solves the problem of keeping devices charged so elegantly. Grief because it makes my homespun version of it, which I worked so hard to perfect, seem downright clunky. I had just mastered my own system that ensures I always have a powerbank charged, when this came along and did a better job.

“Yes but,” I thought, when I first saw this, “Nothing can improve my system of organizing micro-USB and Lightning cables so ensure I always have the right one on hand.” Actually, this system does by building both types of connectors into each powerbank. Dammit.

It’s hard to argue that my hodgepodge array of powerbanks, piled near the front door and connected by a black web cables, are superior to this Bem Wireless power station in any way. Nor that my jury-rigged system of keeping track of which powerbanks have been used and which are fully charged (which involves masking tape) holds a candle to the indicator lights on these. I bow to technological progress and its ineluctable march.

(Though WTF, why are my powerbanks unwieldy and rectangular when they could have been comfortably pocketable like these all along?)

This bittersweetness comes with all technological change. A skill or technique we had that took months of careful attention and labor–such as learning the fastest driving routes in Seattle–can be rendered useless by technology such as Waze. On the one hand it’s nice to not have to worry about the problem anymore, on the other hand it’s hard to let go of the homemade systems we perfected.

The Buddha taught that change is suffering, and that change is inevitable. That which once gave us joy, such as the pile of powerbanks which filled me with pride not days ago, now feels a burden. I can’t wait to Kon-Mari the crap out of my old system if and when I get this one (or something like it). And, inevitably, I’ll be glad to rid myself of this one after the next improvement. Who knows, maybe batteries will get better and we won’t need supplemental ones, who knows.

The pace of change has increased a tad since Siddhartha’s time. And that means the pace of suffering has increased likewise. The only way to avoid this constant cycle of happiness and suffering might be to get off the treadmill altogether. But not today — today you should buy some shit.

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