Product: 2-Pack: Einova 63W 20,000mAh Power Bank
Model: PB0801020-0C1
Condition: New
Travel confidently and fully charged with the Laptop Power Bank
Our best-selling external battery, the Laptop Power Bank fast charges to your most important tech devices, no outlet required
Recharge laptops and netbooks, as well as smartphones, tablets, headphones, cameras and more via the 45W USB-C Power Delivery port
Two additional USB-A ports, including an 18W USB-A Quick Charge port, ensure backwards compatibility with USB-A devices; the 63W total output allows you to charge up to three devices simultaneously
The soft, water-repellent canvas and soft touch frame resist scratches and stains, while the geometric LCD display shows remaining battery life from 0-100
Sigh, when are manufacturers going to stop wasting space with USB-A ports so we can have an additional USB-C port? One USB-C port and two USB-A ports is so dated when we’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Meh, Meh, Meh!
@ellett there this crazy thing called an adapter that’s gonna blow your mind - and they’re like a buck (assuming you don’t already have 5 from them being included with other devices)
@ellett from what I see from pictures, the USB C port is an “in only” for charging the power bank not an out for charging anything. The ports marked “out” are only USB A ports.
@ellett@Pufferfishy I’m gonna blow your mind with the fact that USB-A, even with an adapter, will never support PD charging and thus will be limited to slow charge output levels only.
@Pufferfishy I have adapters. They connect my USB-C cables to those old USB Micro and even Mini devices I don’t want to part with. The problem with adapters for USB-A ports is that they’re dumb, and they’re limited to USB-A 18W (or even less). My way, I just stick an appropriate adapter in each old device so it looks like it’s USB-C and I don’t have to worry about Micro/Mini and whatever other nonstandard sh*t there was, while my USB-C devices take advantage of all the smarts USB-C brings to the table.
Honestly, this is one of the best deals I’ve gotten on this site. These work very well. Only 1 USB-C is a downside, but it’s perfect to super charge a phone.
June 18th 2025. Brought this deal. One would work till it got to 50% then turn off, and show 0% the other i “lent” (family) and is now lost to the ether.
@rpstrong From what I was told, one was great, fast charging etc. That said, they only needed it as a back up for a phone charger while on vacation, so i dont know if they used it past the 50% mark. I was told “thank you. Its great exactly what we needed… etc.” during one of their vacation update messages. However i also think its a great 10000 mah battery for free. ( heck its a solid 10K mah battery but thats not what i paid for so im a little salty) .
The one that i used and can personally talk to did the 50% thing a couple times (I thought maybe it was a “memory” thing where the internals didnt understand its level of charge). I recharged it and it did the 50% thing again. I made a mental note this is for emergency use and moved on.
I realize that my comment might make it seem like this is a brick. Its not that, Its a solid 10K mah battery. If it was sold as a 10k mah battery i think it might have been a good deal, but paying for 20K and getting 10K in an almost Ipad mini size battery makes it feel worse than it prob is.
@deenK It might be worth checking to see how many mAh you are actually getting from it, it might be that the readout is wrong.
I bought one of these a while ago and it has worked to charge a few things, I never noticed any irregularities and it seemed to work for quite a while on some thirsty devices, but I didn’t measure capacity specifically.
One issue: the little piece of glass over the readout fell off on mine. I was going to try to re-glue it but somehow it got lost. I haven’t jabbed the LED with anything by accident so far so it’s all good.
@deenK@rpstrong These are good: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB1DTFT6 I have 2. INIU Power Bank, 20000mAh 65W Compact USB C Laptop Portable Charger, PD QC Fast Charging 3-Output Battery Pack, Travel Charger. $40.
I do like the batteries that can show when they are using USB-PD, and what specific voltage they’re outputting. E.g. 9v or 12v. Because I use them to power music synthesizers, via USB-PD voltage selecting => DC Barrel Jack adapters dongles. Portability, for the win.
That being said, this deal - 2 for $30 - is great, even if one dies. As long as it does not catch you and your family and your home on fire resulting in tragedy, it’s worth it.
I also bought them- primarily for use in charging my Chromebook, but no matter which port or cables I try, it always generates an error message saying that a low power charging device is attached so that charging efficiency will be variable.
But, unless I stop using the Chromebook, the charge level never increases despite being connected to the battery pack.
@deenK@MrBillK for the lack of glass, take a length of wide clear shipping tape, take another length that’s only as long as the glass used to be wide. Place it, sticky sides together, on the center of the longer piece. Put the tape, short piece down, over the open area and stick the ends of the longer piece to the case. That will give you decent protection and still allow you to read the display.
Got 2 kiddos with the new usb-c powered laptops, so these are easy backup power for them to keep in the backpack. None of the older power bricks put out (you fill in the joke) 45W laptops need.
@mike808 Got to be careful, some of the USB-C powered laptops only charge at 20V DC and some of the USB-C powerbanks will only do 5,9 & 12 volts (more for phones and tablets). USUALLY a “45W” one will also support 15 & 20 volts…IF they are not exaggerating their specifications.
Got two of these last time (recently). They’re really nice with the digital readout. They’re way better when paired with the pair of same brand high capacity chargers that I also got here.
@ekw Sorry, but they don’t have a zero point energy generator built-in. (Maybe someday. LOL) So, yeah, you need a charger, but even a small USB wall wart with a USBC connector will charge it, but it will take a good part of a day instead of a few hours.
@user34557161 Same happened to me, but that’s my fault for not looking up that most laptops require about 45W or higher (or more importantly, a specific amount) in order to charge.
@user34557161 The problem is a USB-C negotiation thing, the laptop thinks it’s a better provider than the battery.
You might try this: the battery comes on automatically when you plug it into a device but try turning it on with the power button first to see if that changes it’s negotiation.
The other thing you can do (which is sub-awesome) is to use the blue usb-a port of the charger with a usb-a to usb-c cable. It won’t even come close to keeping up with the drain of an operating laptop, but it will extend it’s runtime and will recharge it some while your computer is turned off, it’s just that 18w vs 45w is going to slow things down a bit (To be honest, 45w isn’t enough to do more than slow the discharge most operating laptops either).
Note, this thing does not give you 63w through the usb-c port, it gives 45w(USB C)+18w(USB A). This is typical of advertising on these things, always look at the individual port outputs in the “Boring manufacturer specs”.
@user34557161
I would assume if you are using the C port for charging your laptop that is the problem. The port is an “IN”… That port is only for charging the battery not to charge your laptop. You have to use the adapters and use the USB A ports.
@coreyward@Pufferfishy I had similar, over 50% onto a 98Wh battery. In theory it should be about 75% but at high speed discharge it’s going to be less efficient (battery can be an impressive hand warmer though if you’re cold).
I don’t know if these are any better made than the Einova 10,000mAh packs sold last year, but my experience from those earlier packs turned me off of Einova. They were both doing the rapid discharge followed by 00 percent left. I contacted Einova to ask about a refund/replacement, and they said I had to take a video of the item failing. So, I set up a tripod and camera and tried to do, but the packs worked for once. Then I tried them again while traveling this spring and they were back to being garbage.
I got one a few days ago and have these observations.
-seems to mostly live up to the capacity, depending on charge rate (high rate is less efficient), same as any of my solid ankers
-can charge a macbook pro at 63W… Not sure why someone else had problems. I turned the battery on then plugged into the lapto
–seems like other people missed it or forgot to mention that if the battery is charging or discharging in 63W mode a green led turns on next to the percent indicator
-works with all my phones with appropriate charging speed changes, including an old phone that often fails to play nice with high speed charger negotiations
-has a nice cloth surface and rubber edges, feels good
-large and flat, will fit in a back pocket probably, but very uncomfortable in a front pocket if at all. Seems great for a purse though.
-with a high power wall charger it charges in a few hours, but with a nornal charger it takes like 24hrs, which is kinda expected
I have not had any of the problems others have had. Many problems with portable power packs not charging or showing incorrect charge might be fixed by plugging one of the outputs into the input for thirty seconds, or by doing a few refresh cycles - discharge to 20pct, recharge on a slow charger, preferably a computer because they have better regulation.
Seems like a good price, amazon has deals for around this price, and you can find 40Ah batteries on there for this price… But I haven’t tried them, they’re all obviously chinese clones so there’s a chance they are under capacity, don’t work or last long. Also most airlines/countries do not allow 40Ah packs (2.8 is the max usually).
I’ll add anything else I think of, but for me this is a pretty good review.
“Three USB ports, including one 45W USB-C Power Delivery for recharging laptops”
Which power delivery? Why does nobody declare this? If I knew it was capable of PD1 profile 4 or 5, or PD2.0/3.0 profile 4, I’d be interested. Otherwise, just saying PD doesn’t really clarify much.
Arrived today in the mail. While charging both my laptop and my phone the battery capacity drops by about 2% per minute. One of them doesn’t even use quick-charge.
@wildbilltoc Contact meh.com/support for an accurate answer. Anything stated here in the user forum is a guess, unless it comes directly from a staff member. (I am not one of those.)
OK got these today - immediately charged one up to full capacity. Then I plugged it into an iPad Air 5 that was fully discharged. The iPad only charged to 76% when the battery bank was fully discharged. So even with inefficiency/overhead that’s pretty terrible. The iPad battery is about 7,600mah and the battery bank is 20,000mah so it should charge the iPad more than 2x before being depleted.
I discharged one of these all the way and then it wouldn’t take a charge. It just blinks “0” with a green dot and gets hot when I try to charge it. I submitted a warranty claim with Einova. Will try to remember to report back if they make it right.
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: Einova 63W 20,000mAh Power Bank
Model: PB0801020-0C1
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$79.98 (for 2) at BrandsMart
Warranty
1 Year Warranty
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Dec 11 - Monday, Dec 15
I HAVE THE POWAAAAA!!!
“AI” Garbage.
@DrunkCat
/showme who-let-the-cat-back-in?
Anyone able to guess today’s parody movie?
Sigh, when are manufacturers going to stop wasting space with USB-A ports so we can have an additional USB-C port? One USB-C port and two USB-A ports is so dated when we’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Meh, Meh, Meh!
@ellett You do realise that Meh does not get the newest items to sell right?
@ellett I’d still want one USB-A as I still have a lot of things that use that.
@ellett the heat output would be ouch ouch ouch with three plugs that close
@yakkoTDI Yep, not new by any means but hopefully not produced by flint chisels either.
@ellett there this crazy thing called an adapter that’s gonna blow your mind - and they’re like a buck (assuming you don’t already have 5 from them being included with other devices)
@ellett @Pufferfishy there’s one of these included with each battery in this deal
@ellett from what I see from pictures, the USB C port is an “in only” for charging the power bank not an out for charging anything. The ports marked “out” are only USB A ports.
@ellett @Pufferfishy I’m gonna blow your mind with the fact that USB-A, even with an adapter, will never support PD charging and thus will be limited to slow charge output levels only.
@Pufferfishy I have adapters. They connect my USB-C cables to those old USB Micro and even Mini devices I don’t want to part with. The problem with adapters for USB-A ports is that they’re dumb, and they’re limited to USB-A 18W (or even less). My way, I just stick an appropriate adapter in each old device so it looks like it’s USB-C and I don’t have to worry about Micro/Mini and whatever other nonstandard sh*t there was, while my USB-C devices take advantage of all the smarts USB-C brings to the table.
@djsteve OK - that I didn’t know.
@ellett @yakkoTDI some items in my last Regret kit was even covered with dust!
Cheaper at Amazon
@dahobbs9 You’re welcome to link this same product at a cheaper price at Amazon
@dahobbs9 @dave I don’t see it on Amazon.
@dahobbs9
@dahobbs9 @troy You had a sloppy mud pie and used too small a slice.
@gnafuthemeh I have no idea what this should mean but I am L’ingOL
@Pufferfishy It’s from the same scene that GIF is from. Check out the show I Think You Should Leave
.
Honestly, this is one of the best deals I’ve gotten on this site. These work very well. Only 1 USB-C is a downside, but it’s perfect to super charge a phone.
June 18th 2025. Brought this deal. One would work till it got to 50% then turn off, and show 0% the other i “lent” (family) and is now lost to the ether.
@deenK Did ether one work?
@rpstrong From what I was told, one was great, fast charging etc. That said, they only needed it as a back up for a phone charger while on vacation, so i dont know if they used it past the 50% mark. I was told “thank you. Its great exactly what we needed… etc.” during one of their vacation update messages. However i also think its a great 10000 mah battery for free. ( heck its a solid 10K mah battery but thats not what i paid for so im a little salty) .
The one that i used and can personally talk to did the 50% thing a couple times (I thought maybe it was a “memory” thing where the internals didnt understand its level of charge). I recharged it and it did the 50% thing again. I made a mental note this is for emergency use and moved on.
I realize that my comment might make it seem like this is a brick. Its not that, Its a solid 10K mah battery. If it was sold as a 10k mah battery i think it might have been a good deal, but paying for 20K and getting 10K in an almost Ipad mini size battery makes it feel worse than it prob is.
@deenK It might be worth checking to see how many mAh you are actually getting from it, it might be that the readout is wrong.
I bought one of these a while ago and it has worked to charge a few things, I never noticed any irregularities and it seemed to work for quite a while on some thirsty devices, but I didn’t measure capacity specifically.
One issue: the little piece of glass over the readout fell off on mine. I was going to try to re-glue it but somehow it got lost. I haven’t jabbed the LED with anything by accident so far so it’s all good.
@deenK @rpstrong These are good: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB1DTFT6 I have 2. INIU Power Bank, 20000mAh 65W Compact USB C Laptop Portable Charger, PD QC Fast Charging 3-Output Battery Pack, Travel Charger. $40.
I do like the batteries that can show when they are using USB-PD, and what specific voltage they’re outputting. E.g. 9v or 12v. Because I use them to power music synthesizers, via USB-PD voltage selecting => DC Barrel Jack adapters dongles. Portability, for the win.
That being said, this deal - 2 for $30 - is great, even if one dies. As long as it does not catch you and your family and your home on fire resulting in tragedy, it’s worth it.
@deenK
I also bought them- primarily for use in charging my Chromebook, but no matter which port or cables I try, it always generates an error message saying that a low power charging device is attached so that charging efficiency will be variable.
But, unless I stop using the Chromebook, the charge level never increases despite being connected to the battery pack.
As always, YMMV.
@deenK @MrBillK for the lack of glass, take a length of wide clear shipping tape, take another length that’s only as long as the glass used to be wide. Place it, sticky sides together, on the center of the longer piece. Put the tape, short piece down, over the open area and stick the ends of the longer piece to the case. That will give you decent protection and still allow you to read the display.
/buy
@mike808 It worked! Your order number is: dreadful-creamy-cat
/showme dreadful creamy cat
@mediocrebot more cream please
Got 2 kiddos with the new usb-c powered laptops, so these are easy backup power for them to keep in the backpack. None of the older power bricks put out (you fill in the joke) 45W laptops need.
@mike808 Got to be careful, some of the USB-C powered laptops only charge at 20V DC and some of the USB-C powerbanks will only do 5,9 & 12 volts (more for phones and tablets). USUALLY a “45W” one will also support 15 & 20 volts…IF they are not exaggerating their specifications.
@mike808 @summetj Fortunately, this Einova pack uses 20V at 2.25A to supply its 45W output on the USB-C port. There is apparently an option for PD 3.0 devices to deliver 45W using 15V at 3.0A, but this pack uses the 20V alternate.
Scary Cat
@PhysAssist @pakopako
Would be most appreciative if you’d hurry with that cream.
Got two of these last time (recently). They’re really nice with the digital readout. They’re way better when paired with the pair of same brand high capacity chargers that I also got here.
@josephj11 so I need something like
this here to charge them?
@ekw No, but they will charge them a lot faster.
@josephj11 but I need something to charge them with, don’t I ?
@ekw Sorry, but they don’t have a zero point energy generator built-in. (Maybe someday. LOL) So, yeah, you need a charger, but even a small USB wall wart with a USBC connector will charge it, but it will take a good part of a day instead of a few hours.
Yeah, so I have these and they do NOT charge my laptop - my laptop ends up charging the battery! Just pass.
@user34557161 Same happened to me, but that’s my fault for not looking up that most laptops require about 45W or higher (or more importantly, a specific amount) in order to charge.
@wickhameh Agreed, but don’t these say, even printed on them - 63W? 63>45, should be enough, no?
@user34557161 The problem is a USB-C negotiation thing, the laptop thinks it’s a better provider than the battery.
You might try this: the battery comes on automatically when you plug it into a device but try turning it on with the power button first to see if that changes it’s negotiation.
The other thing you can do (which is sub-awesome) is to use the blue usb-a port of the charger with a usb-a to usb-c cable. It won’t even come close to keeping up with the drain of an operating laptop, but it will extend it’s runtime and will recharge it some while your computer is turned off, it’s just that 18w vs 45w is going to slow things down a bit (To be honest, 45w isn’t enough to do more than slow the discharge most operating laptops either).
Note, this thing does not give you 63w through the usb-c port, it gives 45w(USB C)+18w(USB A). This is typical of advertising on these things, always look at the individual port outputs in the “Boring manufacturer specs”.
POPSOCKETS! SPROCKETS! DAVY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
@user34557161
Same- see my post above.
@user34557161
I would assume if you are using the C port for charging your laptop that is the problem. The port is an “IN”… That port is only for charging the battery not to charge your laptop. You have to use the adapters and use the USB A ports.
@spirit299 @user34557161 The USB-C port is labeled “in/out” and works as such.
USB PD (Power Delivery) is only standardized on USB-C ports.
lol - they should just rate these things 1,000,000,000mAh for all the truth to them…
@Pufferfishy I bought these last time and they seem to work. They will charge my 14 inch MacBook Pro battery at least 50%, if not considerably more.
@coreyward @Pufferfishy I had similar, over 50% onto a 98Wh battery. In theory it should be about 75% but at high speed discharge it’s going to be less efficient (battery can be an impressive hand warmer though if you’re cold).
@Pufferfishy yea, these do not operate and last like a real 20,000mAh battery.
“Grizzly” describes a kind of bear. “Grisly” describes a murder scene.
@lisagd22 gristle tastes great
@lisagd22 To be clear, nowhere is it stated that the killer is not a bear.
(JK, I fixed it.)
@pakopako Gristly?
I bought them. I am fine with usb A as I am loaded with adapters. If they don’t work out for me, then Xmas is coming.
From now on, Meh needs to list how many are required to power an EV when selling power banks.
/image large scale potato battery
/showme large scale potato battery
@mediocrebot Wheatley would be proud
@jbluther
/giphy playing doom with potato battery
@jbluther
I recently saw a YouTube video of someone playing Doom on a calculator that was powered solely [ostensibly] by a potato battery bank.
I don’t know if these are any better made than the Einova 10,000mAh packs sold last year, but my experience from those earlier packs turned me off of Einova. They were both doing the rapid discharge followed by 00 percent left. I contacted Einova to ask about a refund/replacement, and they said I had to take a video of the item failing. So, I set up a tripod and camera and tried to do, but the packs worked for once. Then I tried them again while traveling this spring and they were back to being garbage.
Bravo for the write up today.
@edsa Second that - made me grin.
no more power banks without built-in cables for me
@pskemp2 until the @#$& cheap built-in cable breaks and it’s unrepairable. Never again! Give me a vanilla USB port and I’ll choose my own cables.
yeah i gotcha. so far so good for me
I got one a few days ago and have these observations.
-seems to mostly live up to the capacity, depending on charge rate (high rate is less efficient), same as any of my solid ankers
-can charge a macbook pro at 63W… Not sure why someone else had problems. I turned the battery on then plugged into the lapto
–seems like other people missed it or forgot to mention that if the battery is charging or discharging in 63W mode a green led turns on next to the percent indicator
-works with all my phones with appropriate charging speed changes, including an old phone that often fails to play nice with high speed charger negotiations
-has a nice cloth surface and rubber edges, feels good
-large and flat, will fit in a back pocket probably, but very uncomfortable in a front pocket if at all. Seems great for a purse though.
-with a high power wall charger it charges in a few hours, but with a nornal charger it takes like 24hrs, which is kinda expected
I have not had any of the problems others have had. Many problems with portable power packs not charging or showing incorrect charge might be fixed by plugging one of the outputs into the input for thirty seconds, or by doing a few refresh cycles - discharge to 20pct, recharge on a slow charger, preferably a computer because they have better regulation.
Seems like a good price, amazon has deals for around this price, and you can find 40Ah batteries on there for this price… But I haven’t tried them, they’re all obviously chinese clones so there’s a chance they are under capacity, don’t work or last long. Also most airlines/countries do not allow 40Ah packs (2.8 is the max usually).
I’ll add anything else I think of, but for me this is a pretty good review.
@bobthenormal
The side of the battery says
USB-A Output 1: DC5V2.4A
USB-A Output 2: DC5V3A/9V2A/12V1.5A
USB-C Input: DC5V3A/15V2A/20V1
5A
USB-C Output: DC5V3A/9V3A/12V3A/15V3A/20V2.25A
/image sad clown missed the deal
@cfg83 WOW, that was FAST!!!
@cfg83 Deal is still available to me.
@yakkoTDI You’re right, it still works and I don’t know why. Thanks! Mediocrity wins again!
/image cut plain skirt
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@mediocrebot I fixed it but now I must test your image generators :
The old standby :
/giphy cyber dolphin
Another way :
/showme cyber dolphin
A new(?) kid on the block :
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/image cyber dolphin
“Three USB ports, including one 45W USB-C Power Delivery for recharging laptops”
Which power delivery? Why does nobody declare this? If I knew it was capable of PD1 profile 4 or 5, or PD2.0/3.0 profile 4, I’d be interested. Otherwise, just saying PD doesn’t really clarify much.
@gdorn having to do meh’s job for them…
The side of the battery says
USB-A Output 1: DC5V2.4A
USB-A Output 2: DC5V3A/9V2A/12V1.5A
USB-C Input: DC5V3A/15V2A/20V1
5A
USB-C Output: DC5V3A/9V3A/12V3A/15V3A/20V2.25A
Arrived today in the mail. While charging both my laptop and my phone the battery capacity drops by about 2% per minute. One of them doesn’t even use quick-charge.
Why does it take so long to ship?
@wildbilltoc Contact meh.com/support for an accurate answer. Anything stated here in the user forum is a guess, unless it comes directly from a staff member. (I am not one of those.)
I messaged them lol Temu is faster. 8/21 and it’s still processing.
OK got these today - immediately charged one up to full capacity. Then I plugged it into an iPad Air 5 that was fully discharged. The iPad only charged to 76% when the battery bank was fully discharged. So even with inefficiency/overhead that’s pretty terrible. The iPad battery is about 7,600mah and the battery bank is 20,000mah so it should charge the iPad more than 2x before being depleted.
I discharged one of these all the way and then it wouldn’t take a charge. It just blinks “0” with a green dot and gets hot when I try to charge it. I submitted a warranty claim with Einova. Will try to remember to report back if they make it right.