preface

In the era of the popularity of smart phones, people find that the power of their mobile phones is increasingly not disabled. Looking back to the days when the 800mAh Nokia feature phone was used for three or four days in a row, it is good that the battery capacity of a mobile phone with a capacity of 3000~4000mAh can be charged once a day. After all, mobile phones today are more than just making calls and sending text messages. So the power bank (mobile power supply) has become a necessary equipment for many people to travel on business and travel. But now most power banks in the market have the disadvantages of large size and slow charging. Even if we take the power bank when we go out, it is necessary to take the charger with us, so that we can quickly and directly charge the mobile phone when there is power, Many power banks also need chargers to charge. Today, we brought you the experience evaluation of Anker Super Charger, which has the dual functions of charger and power bank, to see whether it can solve the pain points of users' needs and make it portable and practical? thank Love to play computer games Provide trial products for this period.

Unpacking

The packaging box of Anker Super Charger adopts the color scheme of "white+blue", which looks clean and simple. ANKER's logo is printed in the middle of the front, and the word FY is printed on the label on the side. The label on the back of the box indicates the parameters, barcode, factory address and other information of Anker Super Charger.

The package of Anker Super Charger is a folding airplane box. When it is lifted from the bottom up, you can see the side with white words on the blue background folded up from the bottom. The English meaning of the above is "Anker, the leading brand of USB charging in the United States, has leading fast charging technology and more than 20 million users". Oh, it is still an "exotic product". The charger is protected by a layer of dust-proof film, and the accessories are separately packed in a blue small box, in addition to the manual, warranty card, certificate of conformity, list of hazardous substances and after-sales support card. There are a lot of printed materials. I think these printed materials can be integrated into a booklet.

There is a charging line and a storage bag in the accessory box. When we need to put the charger and the phone in the bag or pocket together, put Anker in the storage bag in advance to effectively avoid scratching the phone screen by friction.

appearance

Anker is 72 * 70 * 31mm in size and weighs about 190g, which is a little heavier than ordinary mobile phone charging heads. In particular, its 31mm thickness can almost equal the thickness of four mobile phones. However, because the four edges are designed with a large arc, it does not hurt your hand when holding it. The black frosted surface can effectively prevent your hand from slipping and falling, and it is not easy to leave sweat stains. The front is polished and engraved with the trademark of ANKER. Next to it are three power indicators and a round button. After pressing, the indicator shows the real-time remaining power in blue (when one light is on, the remaining power is 33%, two 66%, and three 100%). The indicator will go out automatically after about two seconds without charging.

The interface and plug of Anker Super Charger are designed at both ends, and the left end is a folded up plug with some parameter information and precautions printed; At the right end are two USB output interfaces and one Micro USB input interface. The IQ Charge quick charge logo below the interface is clearly visible.

user's experience

When Anker Super Charger is used as a charger, it can be connected to an external power supply to charge two mobile phones (or other USB interface electric devices) at the same time. According to the product manual, the output of the AC charger is 5V2.1A. The charging speed of an old mobile phone with a 2000mAh battery (the mobile phone itself does not support fast charging) is tested as shown in the following figure, which takes 105 minutes to fully charge from 1% to 100%, Fairly fast. Note that the charging mode shown in the figure below is not charging while discharging. Anker Super Charger will give priority to charging the mobile phone in the charger mode, and will automatically switch to the mode of charging the mobile power after the mobile phone is fully charged.

The nominal capacity of the mobile power supply of Anker Supercharge is 5000mAh. After charging the 2000mAh mobile phone twice, there is still residual power. The indicator light is off during the third charging. It seems that the actual capacity should be about the same as that marked. When used as a mobile power supply, the output is 5V3A. Theoretically, the charging power is greater than the power when used as a charger for direct charging. Theoretically, the charging speed should be faster. Even if the mobile phone does not support fast charging, it should be at least the same, but the actual time consumption is 161 minutes. In order to make the results intuitive, I installed an application to display real-time power before the test, Is this application causing the charging speed to slow down?

The above test results confused me. After repeated verification and argumentation, I finally found out the problem - in the second test of using mobile power to charge, I did not use Anker's standard charging line due to my negligence. Later, the same original charging line was used to retest the function of Anker's power bank, and the charging speed was normal. It actually took 94 minutes, which was faster than the direct charging when plugged in. I didn't expect that one line could have such a big impact on the charging speed. Here we remind you that in order to ensure charging safety and charging speed, please try to use Anker's original charging cable. However, because Anker is only equipped with a standard charging line, it can only be used with other lines to charge two mobile phones at the same time.

Next, I tested the time consumption of Anker as a power bank to recharge itself. First, completely drain the battery (press the button, only one indicator light will light up and flash quickly, indicating that the battery is low and needs to be charged), and then plug it into the power socket to start charging. At this time, one indicator light will light up and flash slowly (the flashing frequency is slower than the low battery prompt). After nearly one hour, the first indicator light is always on, and the second indicator light starts to flash, which means that one third of the battery has been fully charged. Sure enough, it takes three hours until the three indicators are all on and the mobile power supply is fully charged. This charging speed is not really fast.

Anker Super Charger also supports the Micro USB charging input of 5V2.1A. What is the charging speed if this interface is used? Because I didn't have a socket with a USB interface on hand, I first tested it on the USB interface of the computer. Unexpectedly, it took me nearly two hours to fill one grid. Then I tried to charge it with another power bank (5V2A output) on hand, which was about the same speed as the computer USB port. I had to give up. Unless in extreme cases, there was really no AC socket in use, otherwise I could not find the reason to use the Micro USB input interface at such a speed.

summary

Anker Super Charger is both a charger and a power bank. This two in one product is positioned to save space and focus on portability. It can well complete the emergency charging tasks when traveling on business and out of town. Its solid workmanship and relatively simple and low-key appearance are very suitable for business people to carry, but for fashion, sports For tourists, this shape and volume is too big and stupid. I hope designers can further reduce its size without shrinking its capacity. I also hope to make some changes in the shape design. If it is fashionable and thin, I believe more people will like it. At the same time, in the fast-paced modern life, people have a relatively high pursuit of charging speed. Many mobile phone chargers have already supported 18W or even 24W fast charging, while Anker only supports 10W when it is used as a charger, and only 15W when it is used as a charger (both are theoretical values), which is obviously not ideal. As a mobile power supply, it takes up to 3 hours to fully charge itself, which is also a slot. Nowadays, many thousand yuan mobile phones are equipped with large batteries of 4000~5000mAh, and people's fast charging technology can fully charge in more than one hour, so Anker super charging is not commendable in terms of charging time. In a word, it is very convenient to charge when there is AC power supply or when there is no AC power supply with only one equipment when travelling on business. However, the name "super charge" is still a bit wrong in terms of charging speed.

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