@alose@ColeSloth I totally agree. I also need you to deposit 0.05 bitcoin to my wallet at 23465283452354.832458345 . If you don’t do this within 24 hours of this post, then I will have to post that Anker video of you picking your nose.
I was curious, so asked Google AI.
In case anyone else is curious:
The AUKEY Spark Mega 27600mAh 140W Power Bank (PB-Y63) weighs approximately 650 grams (22.93 oz). This high-capacity, fast-charging power bank is designed for laptops and mobile devices, with dimensions measuring approximately 160 x 58 x 47 mm.
Uh, is it wise marketing to include the words “mega” and “spark” in the model name of something with a lithium-ion battery?
/showme a large power bank emitting a Mega Spark
@johnnyflet
Watt and Watt Hours are different measurements. The 140W is the output, meaning the output is high enough to power some hungry electronics like laptops. The Wh is the Watt Hours, which is the size of the battery. Typically, (at least in the USA) carry-on luggage can have up to 160Wh (or roughly 43,243 mAh).
@Atomizer ok. Issue is that my carrier (JetBlue) specifically says 100 or less. Some carriers allow declared power banks at up to 160, but JB apparently isn’t one of them.
JetBlue apparently sucks and limits Wh to 100 or less. This one is over the limit at 102. I don’t want to bring it on my trip and not be able to carry it on
JetBlue apparently sucks and limits Wh to 100 or less. This one is over the limit at 102. I don’t want to bring it on my trip and not be able to carry it on
Can you bring TWO or more batteries under 100wh or is that loophole closed?
@johnnyflet I fly drones. I routinely travel with 4-6 20000mAh 22.2V lipo packs in my carryon. (this converts to 444Wh per pack)
TSA either swabs them to check for the presence of explosives or just passes then through without comment. I have never not been allowed to carry them onboard.
This is, apparently, the manual for the model number specified. It lists the following relevant spec: “Battery capacity 99.36Wh”. You’ll see a lot of similar energy banks like this; they are specifically manufactured to come in at right underneath that 100 Wh energy limit. Whether or not that’s accurate that’s another story, but I’m curious as to whether TSA just looks at the rating printed on it or what else they do to determine permissibility.
It’s likely a decent bank for the price, they mostly are, but the chance it’s actually 27aH is 0%. That’s like half a car battery…if it were real ebikes would look a lot different.
@bathsheba The actual amount of power stored in Amp-hours will vary depending on the voltage of the device, so they’re not directly comparable between different contexts. I think these power banks are 3.7V, which puts this at around 100 Wh of power storage. A 12V car battery at 50Ah stores 600 Wh of power.
@bathsheba The 27aH is a common number you will see on power banks, it’s just under the limits for airlines.
Yeah, 27aH at 3.7V is quite different from 27aH at 12V
@Tamdrik An electrochemical cell stores energy (capacity to do work,) not power (rate of doing work.) Also “amp hours” is neither a unit of power nor energy; “watt” would be power, “watt hour” is a unit of energy.
@Atomizer Yeah, that occurred to me after I posted it that I wasn’t using technically correct terminology, that “energy” would have been more appropriate than “power”, but I didn’t see an easy “edit” button and figured if I’m responding to someone who wasn’t aware that Ah aren’t comparable across different voltages, it wasn’t that important.
@Tamdrik Fair enough. I just chimed in because I figured I could spare a couple of sentences to educate anyone who wasn’t familiar with the basics. And frankly, I hate the “amp hours” metric more than anything else!
@mediocrebot@zippyus Further proof that our ancestors were far more advanced than we give them credit for. Those Egyptian batteries were not toys, they were prototypes!
So I opened up meh today & saw this “Ultra-Fast Charging Power Bank” & thought, woah, okay… I’ll buy it if it’s $30… then I scrolled down & saw $50. Too much!
It’s likely worth it to some folks but I won’t use it enough to make it worth it.
Regarding the writeup: I keep thinking my 2018 Corolla is only a couple years old, then I do the math and realize it’s almost 8 years old. It only has 33K miles, so I’ll have it for another couple (i.e., years at this rate.
@lisagd22 lol, my 2017 Ram 1500 is only a few years old I swear… and has 200,050 miles on it. I literally missed the rollover on a midnight drive from the airport the other day, I was having problems seeing the road, forget noticing the mileage.
@lisagd22 2010 Honda Fit. Under 40K miles on it. Gave it to our daughter when we only needed one car (2015 Fit). Still going strong though it gets driven a lot more than when we had it.
The only way I would consider replacing it would be if Honda started selling the Fit in the USA again.
Got the smaller Aukey 20k 100W bank a little while back. Seems to struggle with the handshake on my Dell laptop sometimes (granted, corporate issue, so may be some nanny IT code causing the problem) - it’ll charge my phone fine at any time but ~50% of the time, especially when the Aukey isn’t fully charged, it pulls power from the laptop no matter how many times I replied or swap cables.
/showme Robot named “The_Tim” is pulling petals off cyber flower one by one while looking at Aukey Spark Mega 140W 27600mAh Ultra-Fast Charging Power Bank
@medz@troy 5/99 for me at eBay. + feedback around 1k; wouldn’t back my position on a crappy asian nut cracker that wouldn’t open a peanut without bending pot metal. Hardly ever use that site now.
I guess I was late to the party in 2001. I think eBay’s policy at the time was you were supposed to be 18 (I was 17, and selling a subwoofer for a friend).
“VERY prompt shipment!, Item well packaged for shipment - email on shipment, AA++”
I have Meh on a list of websites that I check daily. So no need to click on an email link by the time I read my emails. The email is a backup in case I somehow didn’t open the website.
Specs
Product: Aukey Spark Mega 140W 27600mAh Ultra-Fast Charging Power Bank
Model: PB-Y63
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$109.99 at Aukey
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Apr 6
I saw the first pic, parsed it as 100.1, and thought “cool, a power bank with an FM radio”
@paulmakepeace it looked like that to me too.
@paulmakepeace Yup - I only see radios with power bank. I need a power bank with a radio!
Aukey isn’t sold on Amazon because they were caught paying for reviews and banned from the platform.
@ColeSloth still seems better than Anker spying on their customers and leaving their video open to everyone.
@ColeSloth Aukey is TOTALLY GREAT! I love Aukey. They are the next best thing to butter. That’s why this item is shaped like a stick of butter.
/showme Anthropomorphized goat named “cfg83” getting a kickback from a shady fellow in the shadows.
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@alose @ColeSloth I totally agree. I also need you to deposit 0.05 bitcoin to my wallet at 23465283452354.832458345 . If you don’t do this within 24 hours of this post, then I will have to post that Anker video of you picking your nose.
Sorry, but I gotta pay the bills.
I was curious, so asked Google AI.
In case anyone else is curious:
The AUKEY Spark Mega 27600mAh 140W Power Bank (PB-Y63) weighs approximately 650 grams (22.93 oz). This high-capacity, fast-charging power bank is designed for laptops and mobile devices, with dimensions measuring approximately 160 x 58 x 47 mm.
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@phendrick One and a half pounds?! A 25 foot extension cord would be easier to lug around and maybe far more versatile.
Uh, is it wise marketing to include the words “mega” and “spark” in the model name of something with a lithium-ion battery?
/showme a large power bank emitting a Mega Spark
@phendrick uh-oh. Did I step on someone’s trademark toes?
@phendrick google “mega spark”
Also if you default to using AI to “check” things. That’s an immediate disqualification
Read the manual
Just bought one as it says ok for airlines.
Then I looked at the airline:
Non-mobility devices (i.e., portable electronic devices) battery limit is 100 wh for lithium ion, or 2 grams lithium metal content.
@johnnyflet Hmmm.
/8ball Should johnnyflet cancel his order?
My sources say no
@johnnyflet
Watt and Watt Hours are different measurements. The 140W is the output, meaning the output is high enough to power some hungry electronics like laptops. The Wh is the Watt Hours, which is the size of the battery. Typically, (at least in the USA) carry-on luggage can have up to 160Wh (or roughly 43,243 mAh).
I hope this helps!
@johnnyflet The capacity of this, and many similar batteries, is right around 100 Wh by design.
@Atomizer ok. Issue is that my carrier (JetBlue) specifically says 100 or less. Some carriers allow declared power banks at up to 160, but JB apparently isn’t one of them.
@purelypenguin I am aware.
JetBlue apparently sucks and limits Wh to 100 or less. This one is over the limit at 102. I don’t want to bring it on my trip and not be able to carry it on
@johnnyflet @purelypenguin
Can you bring TWO or more batteries under 100wh or is that loophole closed?
@johnnyflet I fly drones. I routinely travel with 4-6 20000mAh 22.2V lipo packs in my carryon. (this converts to 444Wh per pack)
TSA either swabs them to check for the presence of explosives or just passes then through without comment. I have never not been allowed to carry them onboard.
Just sayin.
@johnnyflet We’ve confirmed this to be 99.36Wh
@troy cool, thanks.(back) in for one!
@johnnyflet https://manuals.plus/aukey/pb-y63-power-bank-manual#specifications
This is, apparently, the manual for the model number specified. It lists the following relevant spec: “Battery capacity 99.36Wh”. You’ll see a lot of similar energy banks like this; they are specifically manufactured to come in at right underneath that 100 Wh energy limit. Whether or not that’s accurate that’s another story, but I’m curious as to whether TSA just looks at the rating printed on it or what else they do to determine permissibility.
I’ve got a couple of Aukey products, they’ve been good so far.
@lowlypeon their earbuds seem bulletproof. Maybe two years on this set now. solid.
/8ball Do I need a mega, ultra, super-duper, groovy, fab fast-charging powerbank.
Outlook not so good
It’s likely a decent bank for the price, they mostly are, but the chance it’s actually 27aH is 0%. That’s like half a car battery…if it were real ebikes would look a lot different.
@bathsheba The actual amount of power stored in Amp-hours will vary depending on the voltage of the device, so they’re not directly comparable between different contexts. I think these power banks are 3.7V, which puts this at around 100 Wh of power storage. A 12V car battery at 50Ah stores 600 Wh of power.
@bathsheba The 27aH is a common number you will see on power banks, it’s just under the limits for airlines.
Yeah, 27aH at 3.7V is quite different from 27aH at 12V
@Tamdrik An electrochemical cell stores energy (capacity to do work,) not power (rate of doing work.) Also “amp hours” is neither a unit of power nor energy; “watt” would be power, “watt hour” is a unit of energy.
@Atomizer Yeah, that occurred to me after I posted it that I wasn’t using technically correct terminology, that “energy” would have been more appropriate than “power”, but I didn’t see an easy “edit” button and figured if I’m responding to someone who wasn’t aware that Ah aren’t comparable across different voltages, it wasn’t that important.
@bathsheba @kevinrs 3.24x more
@Tamdrik Fair enough. I just chimed in because I figured I could spare a couple of sentences to educate anyone who wasn’t familiar with the basics. And frankly, I hate the “amp hours” metric more than anything else!
/showme USB powerbanks made using only bronze age technology
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@mediocrebot @zippyus Further proof that our ancestors were far more advanced than we give them credit for. Those Egyptian batteries were not toys, they were prototypes!
@mediocrebot @zippyus Figures they were using USB A and mini USB. Savages.
@macphoenix @mediocrebot @zippyus Like my four Altec Lansing bluetooth speakers?
So I opened up meh today & saw this “Ultra-Fast Charging Power Bank” & thought, woah, okay… I’ll buy it if it’s $30… then I scrolled down & saw $50. Too much!
It’s likely worth it to some folks but I won’t use it enough to make it worth it.
Does it support pass though charging?
Looks bulky, I thought it was Bluetooth speaker
This pareidolia is killing me. I know I’ve seen it in a trollface somewhere.
@anachostic I never knew the word “pareidolia“. Now I’m seeing faces everywhere.
/showme room where every object’s design reminds you of a face.
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@cfg83 @mediocrebot I don’t see it.
@macphoenix @mediocrebot Yeah, it’s subtle. It’s best at dusk when the shadows make the chair look like it’s winking,
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Regarding the writeup: I keep thinking my 2018 Corolla is only a couple years old, then I do the math and realize it’s almost 8 years old. It only has 33K miles, so I’ll have it for another couple (i.e.,
years at this rate.
@lisagd22 lol, my 2017 Ram 1500 is only a few years old I swear… and has 200,050 miles on it. I literally missed the rollover on a midnight drive from the airport the other day, I was having problems seeing the road, forget noticing the mileage.
@lisagd22 2010 Honda Fit. Under 40K miles on it. Gave it to our daughter when we only needed one car (2015 Fit). Still going strong though it gets driven a lot more than when we had it.
The only way I would consider replacing it would be if Honda started selling the Fit in the USA again.
Got the smaller Aukey 20k 100W bank a little while back. Seems to struggle with the handshake on my Dell laptop sometimes (granted, corporate issue, so may be some nanny IT code causing the problem) - it’ll charge my phone fine at any time but ~50% of the time, especially when the Aukey isn’t fully charged, it pulls power from the laptop no matter how many times I replied or swap cables.
MORRRR PRO-WAR PIXTURES! DETH!!! KABOOOOOMM! TroooooOoooOOoOOOOPPSSS!!! MEEEHHHHHHHH
Too high capacity for me. I can’t be trusted with this much power. Pass
@dpease Hmmm.
/showme Spiderman quitting when Uncle Ben says “With great power comes great responsibility”. Behind Spiderman and Uncle Ben the city is in chaos.
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/showme johnny mnemonic connecting his port to a grey rectangular power bank. ice t and a porpoise in the background. cinematic
@zippyus Here’s the image you requested for “johnny mnemonic connecting his port to a grey rectangular power bank. ice t and a porpoise in the…”
@mediocrebot @zippyus AWESOME … except Johnny M had no sideburns …
I know this because I did this haircut for a time. My version was to put on my sunglasses and trim off the sideburns. Precision!
POPSOCKETS! SPA KITS! POLLY POCKETS! AWESOME!
I don’t need another power bank.
But this is a good deal for a lot of power!
But I really don’t need another power bank…
@The_Tim Hrmmmm …
/showme Robot named “The_Tim” is pulling petals off cyber flower one by one while looking at Aukey Spark Mega 140W 27600mAh Ultra-Fast Charging Power Bank
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@cfg83 Who told you I am a robot?!?
@The_Tim The_Eric robot told me. It blew my mind when he told me. Here he is wearing his terminator-flesh sack …
WTH is even Slickdeals?
/giphy what-the-hell-is-even-that
@medz Oh, just a deal-fiend site started in 1999. The same year I started my eBay account at the age of 12
@troy that is pretty slick. I didn’t create an eBay account until 2005. You win again.
@medz @troy 5/99 for me at eBay. + feedback around 1k; wouldn’t back my position on a crappy asian nut cracker that wouldn’t open a peanut without bending pot metal. Hardly ever use that site now.
I guess I was late to the party in 2001. I think eBay’s policy at the time was you were supposed to be 18 (I was 17, and selling a subwoofer for a friend).
“VERY prompt shipment!, Item well packaged for shipment - email on shipment, AA++”
@altoidbox
I definitely ignored the age rules and signed up with my dad’s name. A+++ experience would buy again
I have Meh on a list of websites that I check daily. So no need to click on an email link by the time I read my emails. The email is a backup in case I somehow didn’t open the website.
@krez56 Don’t tell anyone else but you’re our favorite
Can I sit on this?