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Powerbanks . Generic or not? (22 posts / 3,220 views)
Carew Carew
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Post #16 14 Nov 2022 13:43
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In reply to Post #14
I have one that looks identical, made by a firm with an equally unpronounceable name. It came with a little usb fan. On a bright day the solar panel will power the fan but does not seem to recharge the battery very much after several days in sunlight. It performs well otherwise.
Old-Cornishman
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Post #17 14 Nov 2022 13:56
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In reply to Post #14
The panel on your power pack should produce around 1 watt for that area if it's of reasonable quality, so it seems it will take 130 hours of good sun to fully charge your power pack, assuming the ah rating is for the
5v output. No wonder it's not noticeable.
(Red wine could affect calculations though)
carpstar40 carpstar40
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Post #18 14 Nov 2022 14:51
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Might class this as a slight review of a similar product.

With regards to the OP and the Solar heat cushion I see someone has provided a link which states output at 8W which I wouldn't think would offer much warmth outdoors coming through your backside clothing given the following.

For some comparison (call me a wuss I dont care ) I have the Nash SS3 all season bed/sleep system with the heated blanket for the same reason to help with the back pain plus my feet getting cold are my Achilles heel as I've always had poor circulation and the last few winters the diabetes hasn't helped, yes I can use hot water bottle which warms the feet but that is all it warms.

Now I was skeptical if the heated blanket would make a difference, I bought the heated blanket when it came out and never even got it out the bag as we were coming into the better weather but did last week fit it in the bag what with Winter on the way, anyway I fished Saturday night just gone and it did drop off with the clear sky's so I turned it on to see how effective it was and all I can say is what a game changer "instantly", a very good mate who was fishing with me was sat on my guest chair while I was all toasty in the bag was sat by my door making a brew with my kit and commented how cold it had dropped off to which I replied "I wouldn't know what with the heated blanket and all that" giving it the big one, he thought I was exaggerating, now without sounding gay I said "I'll get out you jump in for a minute and tell me I'm exaggerating" he couldn't believe the difference as he has the same bed but no heated blanket once he'd witnessed it for himself he was online looking for the cheapest place to get one but did question the price so looked at other options in the Camping market which when we looked stated a 9w output which we compared to the Nash stats which I've pasted below.

which states the following:-

Mode 1 Timed Heating Fast warm up and then slowly reducing heat over a 2 hour period before automatically switching off.

Mode 2 Rapid Heating Rapid Heating constantly heats the Blanket at 35 Watts Guide Run time 14 hours*

Mode 3 Sleeping Mode High Sleeping Mode High constantly heats the Blanket at 31 Watts Guide run time 16.5 hours*

Mode 4 Sleeping Mode Low Sleeping Mode Low constantly heats the Blanket at 29 Watts Guide run time 17 hours*

* Using a fully charged 77,580mA/h Power Pack

To compare Nash claim 35w to 29w dependent on setting, I would wonder if this is accurate but it was very warm instantly, I left it on for an hour which was more than needed to see what the consumption was like on my RM 76'000mAh charger I then charged my phone and went to sleep, I awoke at about 2 in the morning for a wazz, jumped in the bag with the intention of popping it on for another 10 minutes for a quick warm which turned into a nice sleep until I awoke at 6am checked the charger again and it was still showing 4 blue dots.

I would wonder if the Camping market blankets are on par given their wattage or if it is right and Nash have over egged theirs who knows what I do know is I cannot wait for the first proper hard frost to see if there is any difference.
alemac1 alemac1
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Post #19 14 Nov 2022 16:22
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In reply to Post #2
been using the 20000 mah one for a good few years now and i get 2 nights out of it with a galaxy s20 ultra. but i do watch / listen to a lot of podcasts. used to last 4 night with my old S8, but it could also be getting on now, I've probably had it 6 years. Really rathe them. Would certainly get another.
Canalcarper71 Canalcarper71
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Post #20 14 Nov 2022 18:58
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In reply to Post #17
Spoke to my brother and he's impressed that he left it out in the sun all day yesterday and it's fully charged I will now try mine tomorrow
Old-Cornishman
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Post #21 14 Nov 2022 20:36
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In reply to Post #20
Your capacity should be about 1/4 of Tinheads one so yours should charge from empty to 100% full in 1/4 of the time. That's if the efficiency and size of the panel are the same, also assuming the capacity is rated at the same voltage.
Sounds a good idea for the lower capacity power banks especially if the panel is efficient.
Vanhorne
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Post #22 15 Nov 2022 00:28
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£250 to £500 will sort it.
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