#portable-power-banks

#portable-power-banks

Last month, my colleague Liz Lopatto explained how a gummy bear battery bank was taking over the ultralight backpacking world. I'm talking full-grown, outdoorsy adults nerding out about gummy bear merch beating the battery pros at their own game! Liz and I quickly agreed: We should put it to the test. Could the gummy bear company truly have the best ultralight battery, and could I bring some hard data to prove it?

Every year at IFA, we see a hundred different takes on the wireless charger, and almost all of them are boring. They're faster, or thinner, or have one more coil than last year's model. It's a category that has felt stuck in a loop of minor iteration, a solution that only halfway solves the problem of cable clutter by creating its own form of desk clutter.