Name: 2-Pack: Mophie Powerstation Plus 6,040mAh Power Banks with Lightning Cable
Model: 401101655, 401101511, 401101654
Condition: New
Available in Blue, Heather Gray, or Black Colors
Dimensions: 2.73 x 5.12 x 0.59 in
Weight: 0.397 lb
Capacity: 6,040mAh
This 6,040mAh portable battery provides hours of power for your Apple devices: +20 hours for iPhone X, +8 hours for iPad mini 4, or +5 hours for iPad
The powerstation plus portable battery has been designed to work specifically with Apple products. All you need to recharge the powerstation is the Lightning cable that came with your Apple device
Connect the powerstation portable battery to a wall adapter in the evening and pass-through charging will send power to a connected device first, then recharge the powerstation battery so both are fully charged when you wake up
Don’t hassle with multiple cables when you’re on-the-go. With the integrated Lightning cable, you always have the right cable for your Apple device
Qi Standard Power Input.
The 10W USB-A output port lets you charge one compatible device or wearable while the integrated Lightning cable charges another
The integrated four-light LED power indicator displays charging status and the current battery life, so you always know how much power you have left
The compact powerstation plus portable battery is the perfect travel companion: the integrated cable tucks conveniently into the side of the battery when not in use so there’s no tangled mess inside your bag
@danielwgreen@lwheatcraft Aren’t they migrating to Thunderbolt AKA USB C (because they’ve got to throw a trademark on just about every f’ing thing)?
Working for the Census, they issued me an iPhone 8, so these would be useful in theory, but unlikely to receive them before everything shuts down… And being the first iPhone I’ve used for more than 15 seconds at a pop (albeit a heavily crippled US Govt version), I definitely plan on sticking to Android…
@lwheatcraft yeah that’s my point. Even though I have an iphone, I also have other devices to charge or friends with phones that you save from dying.
Lightning cables consistently stop working for me so I don’t need another device requiring it. Mini usb never have broken on me. Just feel like using mini usb input and usb output doesn’t restrict anything.
@lwheatcraft As @danielwgreen says the non USB end of the lightening cable is fragile. Tigger (cat) gnaws on both lightening cables (if I forget to hide the one I use to charge my phone) and the android end kind. So far the count is 100% of the lightening end and 0% of the USB or android style end ruined if he gets his teeth into one. I don’t even bother to put away the one I use to charge my bluetooth speaker.
@ciabelle While USB-C and Thunderbolt do use the same connector, they are not actually the same thing and are only partially compatible with one another.
The best battery packs meh ever sold were the ones that you could recharge by plugging directly into the wall, no cord required. I can’t remember the brand, but I’d buy a hundred if meh ever got more.
@RedOak You are so lucky to get 2. That’s my best charger and I’d buy more at that price too but I was too late to pull the trigger so got limited to 1. You got yours at 12:15 and mine was bought at 12:45. I took too long reading the specs and doing other research such as price comparisons.
@cengland0@RedOak These I all bought 5 years ago and are all going strong (although they are sort of heavy). The solar one is discolored as I keep on my car dashboard and the few times I have needed it (twice as a flashlight and a handful of times as a charger) it has been a life saver as I didn’t otherwise have a charger with me.
@Kidsandliz I have 3 of those purple ones too (actually one purple and two blue) and I love them. I dropped the purple one so it no longer comes on when you press the button and doesn’t recognize being plugged in to charge. I just put it on the large stack of devices requiring repair and I’ll take it apart to investigate whenever I get the motivation – might be never.
@cengland0@RedOak
Absolutely agree with that assessment. I LOVED mine (while I had it) but alas, it was stolen when someone snatched my bag from the Orlando airport carousel in early July this summer. That was easily my favorite charger.
These are perfect for my wife, she’s on her iPhone all day and my battery packs make her fuss with different kinds of cables and also leave the battery packs somewhere where I can’t find them and they’re dead. These will at least solve the first problem.
@djslack I decided to try some cases with integrated battery. Makes the phone much bigger, you lose wireless charging and the lightning port is replaced with a micro usb so the included headphones don’t work. Jury’s still out on these. I had to promise the wife I’d get her some Bluetooth ear buds. I’ll probably end up paying a king’s ransom for the official Apple ones because my wife doesn’t like things jammed in her ear canal.
@tweezak the airpod clones i got from morningsave were very solid (swisstek i12, not actively listed right now and maybe gone forever as they were on an email ad for $12 a couple weeks ago). They are the same shape as stock apple earbuds/airpods as far as what goes in your ear, and have touch controls and everything. The set I got my wife even charged via lightning cable (no mention was made of this in the description; mine were micro usb). It turns out that shape of earbud and I don’t get along that well, and they fit better for me upside down which apparently enrages other people.
The airpod pro has the silicone tips that go deeper in the ear and hold more securely. There are some similar to that on morningsave right now.
You can find very good earbuds for way less money than apple wants for airpods. Check amazon and look at anker, enacfire, and a few other prolific brands with lots of reviews. It’s a big market.
I got the one that was recently sold with a USB-C connector and 4 Ah capacity. While they’re “only” good for about a single phone recharge, they’re nice because they’re so slim. You can absolutely leave one in your pocket just in case, because they’re smaller than any smartphone; any of the higher-capacity power banks are necessarily larger and less portable.
@patbarrett1 Nah, probably wasn’t your fault. These things are supposed to have smart charging controllers so they should not get damaged. I think the problem is that the power banks sold here are often “old stock” meaning they were maybe designed and manufactured several years ago. Even if New-in-Box, the problem is that the internal Li-Ion battery can weaken or go bad in storage. Some say that leaving them untouched is worse than moderate regular usage. So if the average battery lasts 4-6 years, and when we buy these here they may already be 3-5 years old, you can see the chance for problems. I’ve had some old Li-Ion stuff that worked for 8+ years, but others dead within about 2 yrs.
Also wanted to mention that we have probably seen the end of the Lightning connector for Apple products, and all the accessory suppliers know that. So it’s time to dump any Lightning stuff in the warehouse while it still has some value. Ironically if this did not have a built-in Lightning connector it might be worth more. (Nah, maybe not with that weak mAH rating)
@robtg722 It does have a standard USB-A port so you can use whatever cable you need to charge any 5V device requiring 2A or less.
Simply use the cable that came with your S10 and plug it in the USB-A port on the battery and the other end of the cable to the charging port of your phone.
Note that the S10 is QC 2.0 compatible so it has quick charging capabilities up to 15W. This is a 10W battery and does not support QC 2.0 so it will charge your phone slower than the charger it comes with.
Once the battery is depleted, you will need to recharge the battery either wirelessly or you will need a power source with an Apple proprietary lightning connector. I think your S10 phone uses the universal standard USB-C connector so you might not have the required cable unless someone else in your household has an Apple phone.
Just a heads up: the description is incorrect regarding the wireless charging feature. The XL version has this function, but the regular model (sold here) does not.
Maybe it is just me, but it seems like most of the items meh offers up for sale are either phone batteries or headphones/ earbuds/speakers. Once you have one of those things, you really don’t need another one; kind of like speaker docks. How about a little more variety, to give us all a break from headphones/earbuds/speakers/phone batteries?
@Steve7654 And here I was thinking, “Finally! Something I want to buy!” Side note, a few weeks ago our power was out for 26 hours so the more battery-backup we have, the better.
(spontaneous-tired-tiramisu) Decided to pull the trigger since I just gave my last ice cream bar/sneaker charger I got here way today. Yay more treasures to Eventually give away…
BTW off-topic (maybe not)… Next Apple product announcement is next week, Sept 15 10AM PDT. Traditionally there’s a new phone every year and recent years it has been a Sept launch. People were disappointed last time that the iPhone11 still had Lightning instead of USB-C (or some new proprietary Apple thing as they like to do).
Apple is always very secretive about what will come out (might not even be a phone, might be iChristmasTree for all we know, but probably a phone.) However, chances are it will no longer have the Lightning connector, and so perhaps this is a well-timed sale of something with “that old connector”
The description for these is incorrect. It says they charge wirelessly with QI chargers, but they do not. I’d really like to get the chargers I thought I was buying.
Just as a heads up these charging banks don’t light up to show you the progress when you charge them. usually the charge meter flashes. These don’t but they still charge. i thought they were defective. i was wrong… they are just “unique”.
Received my two pack last week. As others have mentioned, disappointed to find out that the description was indeed wrong and they do not support wireless charging. Seeing as how that was a key selling point, not happy that slipped through the cracks.
Specs
User Manual
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
Out of Stock at Zagg
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Tuesday, Sep 21 - Monday, Sep 27
FYI, 10W means 5V at 2A max.
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The USB C version is better.
Even though I have an iPhone and would not buy something designed for the shity lightning cable.
@danielwgreen did you not just admit you have an iPhone? It’s literally designed for the Lightning cable.
@danielwgreen @lwheatcraft Aren’t they migrating to Thunderbolt AKA USB C (because they’ve got to throw a trademark on just about every f’ing thing)?
Working for the Census, they issued me an iPhone 8, so these would be useful in theory, but unlikely to receive them before everything shuts down… And being the first iPhone I’ve used for more than 15 seconds at a pop (albeit a heavily crippled US Govt version), I definitely plan on sticking to Android…
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@ciabelle Thunderbolt is not “AKA” USB C.
@lwheatcraft yeah that’s my point. Even though I have an iphone, I also have other devices to charge or friends with phones that you save from dying.
Lightning cables consistently stop working for me so I don’t need another device requiring it. Mini usb never have broken on me. Just feel like using mini usb input and usb output doesn’t restrict anything.
@lwheatcraft As @danielwgreen says the non USB end of the lightening cable is fragile. Tigger (cat) gnaws on both lightening cables (if I forget to hide the one I use to charge my phone) and the android end kind. So far the count is 100% of the lightening end and 0% of the USB or android style end ruined if he gets his teeth into one. I don’t even bother to put away the one I use to charge my bluetooth speaker.
@ciabelle While USB-C and Thunderbolt do use the same connector, they are not actually the same thing and are only partially compatible with one another.
Idon’t buy anything under 12,500
Meh. The USB-C packs were definitely a better deal.
*iPhone food.
Link to Amazon for 1 Mophie powerstation Plus (6,000mAh) - Qi Wireless Charging with Built in Micro USB and Lighning Cables - Black (401101662) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NDWDYF2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UnWvFbDD2255K
The best battery packs meh ever sold were the ones that you could recharge by plugging directly into the wall, no cord required. I can’t remember the brand, but I’d buy a hundred if meh ever got more.
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@allen721 @jchristyr Summer of 2019
No COVID
No fires
No heatwave
Yes USB-C Cable and wall charger
@allen721 everyone is entitled to their own opinions but I think the best one was this one that supports qc 3.0 and was 12,000mAh, and only $9.
@cengland0 yep, I actually got two of those ordered before they clamped it down to limit one.
@RedOak You are so lucky to get 2. That’s my best charger and I’d buy more at that price too but I was too late to pull the trigger so got limited to 1. You got yours at 12:15 and mine was bought at 12:45. I took too long reading the specs and doing other research such as price comparisons.
@allen721 @jchristyr DUDE! I bought four of these and wish I had gotten 20.
Im still using all four. They’re easily the best powerbanks I have, but the Mophie 8000mah ones I got from meh are pretty damn good too.
@cengland0 @RedOak These I all bought 5 years ago and are all going strong (although they are sort of heavy). The solar one is discolored as I keep on my car dashboard and the few times I have needed it (twice as a flashlight and a handful of times as a charger) it has been a life saver as I didn’t otherwise have a charger with me.
I wish they’d sell this again too
@Kidsandliz I have 3 of those purple ones too (actually one purple and two blue) and I love them. I dropped the purple one so it no longer comes on when you press the button and doesn’t recognize being plugged in to charge. I just put it on the large stack of devices requiring repair and I’ll take it apart to investigate whenever I get the motivation – might be never.
@cengland0 I bought that one as well, and it works great, lots of power. It’s just easy to have one that plugs into the wall, no cables needed.
@cengland0 @RedOak
Absolutely agree with that assessment. I LOVED mine (while I had it) but alas, it was stolen when someone snatched my bag from the Orlando airport carousel in early July this summer. That was easily my favorite charger.
iSee…Under 6041 mah…sooooo meh
Today is a fruity deal. I prefer the techy deals.
These are perfect for my wife, she’s on her iPhone all day and my battery packs make her fuss with different kinds of cables and also leave the battery packs somewhere where I can’t find them and they’re dead. These will at least solve the first problem.
/giphy unguarded-permanent-jellyfish
@djslack I decided to try some cases with integrated battery. Makes the phone much bigger, you lose wireless charging and the lightning port is replaced with a micro usb so the included headphones don’t work. Jury’s still out on these. I had to promise the wife I’d get her some Bluetooth ear buds. I’ll probably end up paying a king’s ransom for the official Apple ones because my wife doesn’t like things jammed in her ear canal.
@tweezak both Apple AirPod models require they be somewhat jammed into the ear.
@tweezak the airpod clones i got from morningsave were very solid (swisstek i12, not actively listed right now and maybe gone forever as they were on an email ad for $12 a couple weeks ago). They are the same shape as stock apple earbuds/airpods as far as what goes in your ear, and have touch controls and everything. The set I got my wife even charged via lightning cable (no mention was made of this in the description; mine were micro usb). It turns out that shape of earbud and I don’t get along that well, and they fit better for me upside down which apparently enrages other people.
The airpod pro has the silicone tips that go deeper in the ear and hold more securely. There are some similar to that on morningsave right now.
You can find very good earbuds for way less money than apple wants for airpods. Check amazon and look at anker, enacfire, and a few other prolific brands with lots of reviews. It’s a big market.
@RedOak Thanks for the tip.
@djslack Thank you for the detailed reply. Much appreciated!
I got the one that was recently sold with a USB-C connector and 4 Ah capacity. While they’re “only” good for about a single phone recharge, they’re nice because they’re so slim. You can absolutely leave one in your pocket just in case, because they’re smaller than any smartphone; any of the higher-capacity power banks are necessarily larger and less portable.
So you can put this on a wireless charger to charge it, but you can’t put your phone on this to charge your phone?
@pmarin You actually can’t do either, the description is incorrect.
Looks like I bought 2 of these from zag on September 31 for 15 bucks shipped.
Mine didn’t hold power very long. Maybe cuz I left it plugged in for days and weakened it?
@patbarrett1 Nah, probably wasn’t your fault. These things are supposed to have smart charging controllers so they should not get damaged. I think the problem is that the power banks sold here are often “old stock” meaning they were maybe designed and manufactured several years ago. Even if New-in-Box, the problem is that the internal Li-Ion battery can weaken or go bad in storage. Some say that leaving them untouched is worse than moderate regular usage. So if the average battery lasts 4-6 years, and when we buy these here they may already be 3-5 years old, you can see the chance for problems. I’ve had some old Li-Ion stuff that worked for 8+ years, but others dead within about 2 yrs.
Also wanted to mention that we have probably seen the end of the Lightning connector for Apple products, and all the accessory suppliers know that. So it’s time to dump any Lightning stuff in the warehouse while it still has some value. Ironically if this did not have a built-in Lightning connector it might be worth more. (Nah, maybe not with that weak mAH rating)
Will this work on a Samsung S-10
@robtg722 It does have a standard USB-A port so you can use whatever cable you need to charge any 5V device requiring 2A or less.
Simply use the cable that came with your S10 and plug it in the USB-A port on the battery and the other end of the cable to the charging port of your phone.
Note that the S10 is QC 2.0 compatible so it has quick charging capabilities up to 15W. This is a 10W battery and does not support QC 2.0 so it will charge your phone slower than the charger it comes with.
Once the battery is depleted, you will need to recharge the battery either wirelessly or you will need a power source with an Apple proprietary lightning connector. I think your S10 phone uses the universal standard USB-C connector so you might not have the required cable unless someone else in your household has an Apple phone.
If your Samsung was an Apple Product, yes. Not sure if that was a Bad Troll, or you mean it…Yikes.
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Just a heads up: the description is incorrect regarding the wireless charging feature. The XL version has this function, but the regular model (sold here) does not.
@Bretterson Just noticed this as I went to charge mine. Not happy. That was the exact reason I bought this. Plus, one of them was DOA.
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/giphy blerg
@Bretterson @fullerton Dang, this is also why I grabbed this deal. Just got my batteries today and discovered the lack of wireless charging. Grr.
@Bretterson @caribou @fullerton Yep. The only reason I bought these was wireless charging
Maybe it is just me, but it seems like most of the items meh offers up for sale are either phone batteries or headphones/ earbuds/speakers. Once you have one of those things, you really don’t need another one; kind of like speaker docks. How about a little more variety, to give us all a break from headphones/earbuds/speakers/phone batteries?
@Steve7654 And here I was thinking, “Finally! Something I want to buy!” Side note, a few weeks ago our power was out for 26 hours so the more battery-backup we have, the better.
@Steve7654 you’ve been around here for almost 6 years, a week less than me… and yet you’re just now coming to this realization?
@Steve7654 no, it’s not just you. We are all in the same MEHell.
@pmarin @Steve7654 @RedOak @MonolithTMA
… speaks for itself…
I’m in for three 2-packs - I’ve got too many family members constantly borrowing my battery bricks to pass on this!
/giphy nondescript-juicy-patch
@Huxley Oh god what have I done with this gif
(spontaneous-tired-tiramisu) Decided to pull the trigger since I just gave my last ice cream bar/sneaker charger I got here way today. Yay more treasures to Eventually give away…
BTW off-topic (maybe not)… Next Apple product announcement is next week, Sept 15 10AM PDT. Traditionally there’s a new phone every year and recent years it has been a Sept launch. People were disappointed last time that the iPhone11 still had Lightning instead of USB-C (or some new proprietary Apple thing as they like to do).
Apple is always very secretive about what will come out (might not even be a phone, might be iChristmasTree for all we know, but probably a phone.) However, chances are it will no longer have the Lightning connector, and so perhaps this is a well-timed sale of something with “that old connector”
Just a guess.
The iPhone 12 still has the Lightning port. Maybe in the 13, but not yet.
The description for these is incorrect. It says they charge wirelessly with QI chargers, but they do not. I’d really like to get the chargers I thought I was buying.
Just as a heads up these charging banks don’t light up to show you the progress when you charge them. usually the charge meter flashes. These don’t but they still charge. i thought they were defective. i was wrong… they are just “unique”.
Received my two pack last week. As others have mentioned, disappointed to find out that the description was indeed wrong and they do not support wireless charging. Seeing as how that was a key selling point, not happy that slipped through the cracks.
This kinda sucks as the main selling point was a Qi charge. That being said I can add it to the several dozen chargers I continually lose and find…