Today, gadget become something that people can’t leave without. And all need a power. For people that rarely in office or home, all their gadget will depend on “Power bank”. But did you know that choose wrong power bank will make your gadget in danger?

What is power bank?

Power bank also known as backup battery or portable charger. As portable charger this device have a function to recharge your gadget, every time and everywhere.

There’s many power bank in market, some have a good shape and other may have a good price (cheap). But only a few that can give a safe warranty to your gadget.

7 mistakes when choosing power bank:

1. Cheap price with big capacity

Not all power bank that you knew have a good quality, some of them using refurbish battery just to makes their product cheaper and gain more profits. Pick a good power bank that have warranty or a brand that already known as a good product. Maybe it’s become more expensive but it’s worth to keep your gadget save.

2. Choose power bank by capacity

The main reason we buy power bank because it’s easy to bring everywhere. It became nuisance when to heavy or bulky. Buy power bank that suitable with your daily purpose.

3. Ignore battery cell power bank quality

Some people choose their power bank because brand that already in market or cheap price and does not care about battery cell that used. Battery cell will determine how long your power bank will survive.

4. Using unoriginal connector

This is an important thing that often ignore by power bank user. Many power bank that have many connector but not all connector have good quality, the worst thing that can be happen is short circuit. Using gadet original connector is more safe because the output can be more stable.

5. Choosing power bank without consider the features.

Some user think that power bank is only device for power recharge then though is not necessary to have some additional features. A good power bank have features that can keep your device safe.

• Short circuit protection. Keep your device safe when short circuit problem is occur.
• Over charging protection. Protect your gadget when it’s charge to long. This feature will automatically cut the power when battery is full.
• Temperature protection. A feature that can detect overheat on device when battery charging.

6. Power bank that doesn’t have real output

Some power bank have output that doesn’t match with device (unreal output) usually under that it should be. This makes charge a device took more time. With real output the charging proccess can be faster.

7. Buy power bank that doesn’t have UL certification

UL certification will ensure that power bank have standard quality control and real output that makes your device safe.

This post was originally published by mobilcon.info