With the holiday season fast approaching and the pandemic over, international travel is back on the agenda once again. However, those long flights across the world’s oceans will inevitably have your phone, tablet, laptop or Nintendo Switch running low on power well before the wheels touch the tarmac once again. And if you have children on the journey with you, it’s going to be even worse. Daddy!!!!
To rescue you from parental distress, you might want to check out Ugreen’s 25,000 mAh power bank. This is about as big a battery as you can take on a plane (do check your specific airline’s requirements) and this power bank has enough juice to recharge multiple devices several times. Most smartphones have batteries around 4,500 mAh and the Nintendo Switch is 4,200 mAh so there’s capacity in the power bank for around five recharges of single device. That’s a long flight taken care of.
Even better though, is that it can charge up to three devices at once using one USB A and two USB C ports. The total power output can’t exceed 145 W but frankly, if you are only charging your family’s portable devices, this is unlikely to be an issue. However, it does mean that if you need to charge a laptop like a MacBook or Dell XPS 13, the Ugreen power bank will still cover your needs.
There’s a small LED display on the side showing the battery level. Depend on the port, the Ugreen power bank supports a variety of charging standards up to QC3.0 and PD3.0, which is handy if you have device which will only charge when supplied with the correct standard (I’m looking at you, Microsoft). The full spec details are here.
If you get off the plane with a flat battery, charging using a 65W PD charger will take about two hours. Obviously if you have a lower powered charger, it’s going to take longer.
The Ugreen power bank isn’t cheap – it will set you back US$149.99 / UK£139.99 on Amazon US and Amazon UK – but what price peace and quiet with the little’uns on your next holiday?