Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank

This is a very poorly researched article. A few things worth considering:

- 20,000 mAh is the rated capacity. Anyone who has tested 18650 batteries (which are the cells typically used in these battery packs) knows the rated capacity != tested capacity.

- Watthours is more important than amp hours

- Tested watt hours as typical loads is more important than amp hours

- It's very normal to see tested capacity to be roughly 70~80% of rated capacity.

- This commenter said they got "At 18W average, I pulled out 55.4Wh" on the Haribo [0]

- The generally considered "gold standard" for ultra light batteries in this range is the Nitecore NB20000 Gen 3, which regularly tests around 56 Wh.

So yes the conclusion is correct - you get roughly the same amount of capacity for a typical load (18W phone) for a cheaper price and slightly less weight. Very curious what battery cells the Haribo uses.

[0] - https://old.reddit.com/r/Ultralight/comments/1li5rxw/20000ma...

>18650 batteries (which are the cells typically used in these battery packs)

Absolutely not. Pouch cells are what most powerbanks have.

"Power bank cells are mainly divided into 18650 cells and polymer cells. The most common one on the market is 18650 lithium-ion batteries, with a market share of 70%."

https://www.benzoenergy.com/blog/post/type-of-cells-used-for...