Power banks are very essential to smartphone owners, when shopping for one in Uganda, you should be wary of fake products which have far less capacity than they claim on their packaging or could have a faulty battery that has potential to explode at anytime. There are many suspicious power banks listed for sale, usually having tags that depict very high capacities and surprisingly very affordable. In the western market, and many other countries, power bank manufacturers are required to print the device’s capacity in watt-hours (Wh) on their packaging in addition to mAh.
Not only power banks, but smartphones and laptops also comply with this standard, listing Wh when stating battery capacity and never just mAh alone.
To put thins in perspective, Watt-hours (Wh) is equal to amp-hours (Ah) multiplied by voltage (V). This figure will not change, no matter the voltage at which the mAh is calculated, as it reflects the number of hours the device can provide 1W of energy.
Whether they have calculated their mAh using a voltage which is lower than the 3.7V or have simply misstated the capacity, it is important to beware of equating these devices with those labelled correctly. An original power bank like those made by Xiaomi called Mi support pass-through charging.
Romoss Powerbank ORIGINAL vs FAKE
Here is the list that you need to take note of when buying Romoss power bank online:
Real vs Fake Xiaomi Power Banks: Here are 10 ways to identify
Nowadays Everyone wants more battery life for their smartphone so that they can enjoy more your favorite movies, comedy videos, Gaming, etc. here we will show 10 points to identify the original Xiaomi Power Bank. In the original Mi power bank, Li-poly batteries are placed securely. but in fake power banks, batteries are quite loosely placed, which allows the circuits to be more open causing short circuits and it can also damage your phone on prolonged usage.
Mi Logo inside the USB Port Many people might not know this, but if you have a keen eye then you can actually, spot the tiny Mi Logo appearing inside the USB ports. but if you look in Fake Mi power banks, the lights appearing are too bright or flashy and if you look at them for a few seconds, they will start to hurt your eyes.
But this feature is not available on the fake Xiaomi Mi Power banks. Now I am sure, you can easily identify the Mi Power banks that which is Real or Fake.
How To Identify Between A Fake & Original Power Bank
It is highly notable that Nigerians knows the actual issues that everyone who owns a Smartphone or any other gadgets/device is currently facing, this is the unstable power voltage, hence, making our device gives us the awful low battery alert warning. Anyways, before we list out the best power bank for all devices which includes your Smartphones, Laptops.
Are you aware that fake power bank can cause a hazard to your phone by damaging it or the battery or even catch fire and in the process destroy your phone, tablet, household, office or even kill you? Am pretty sure, you aren’t looking for designs to boast outfit with any power bank. The first reason is that most power banks from fake or pirated companies have caused a serious issue in Nigeria. Getting to know the capacity of the power bank and the output is taking one bold step at a time.
Any power bank, you are buying must have least, x3 of your current phone battery and 2.1 amp output and at least 2 amperages to charge. So in every case, it is very important, you get a portable power bank as it comes in different sizes and weight. Meanwhile, the Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) had always added pounds in weight and shape when compared with Lithium Polymer (Li-Polymer) which is famously slimmer and lighter and everyone seems to love the sleek, portable stuff.
Lithium-Ion: This gives high energy density, low discharge rate, no priming required before first use and the overall cost is cheap. There is a high risk of explosion if charged too quickly or inappropriately and they suffer from ageing even when not used. But Lithium Polymer seems to be the best, as the manufacturers can make changes to the size and shape of the power banks and can also retain its charge longer.
Note that, all battery types are susceptible to different levels of risk of fire/explosion due to the inherent nature of electric current. So it is advisable to get an in-built Li-Poly battery with double overcharge and discharge protection.
Examples are those from Xiaomi, Anker, Jackberry, iMuto, ice works, MaxOak, Qi-infinity and so on.
You will see a power bank with a 50,000mAh capacity weighing very lite and even fancy looking and easy to put inside pockets.
Original power banks don’t come with many fancy features like too many LED Lights, many display screens, music players and so on Let this article serve as a reference point in identifying the best and original power bank to go for.
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How To Detect A Fake Power Bank By Any Manufacture
This tutorial is about how to detect, tell, analyze, distinguish between and determine a fake power bank from the different manufactures. A friend asked me how he would make a difference between the fake and genuine power bank, for he wanted to buy one for his device. Like him, there are so many people out there who would want to know and tell whether the power bank they bought is fake or original and, its for the above reason one needs to know some simple information which can help in determining whether your Anker PowerCore II Slim 10000 Ultra Slim power bank, etc is fake or original (genuine or legitimate).
Most Genuine power banks bare serial numbers on the pack and many can be queried of their legitimacy from the supplier or manufacture website.
Note: ven the original power bank may bare some errors which might make it look like a fake one.
How to Identify a Fake Xiaomi (Mi) Power Bank
Owing to its quality built, better specifications and cheaper prices, Xiaomi has gained a lot of attention. Depending on the company manufacturing the fakes, there can be some cases where it works similarly to the genuine one, but it will surely fail most of the following tests. Entering the code on the Xiaomi website (link below) would confirm the genuine product.
However, the power banks sold outside of China via official channels will not carry this sticker.
Even if it carries one, the ‘times queried‘ on the Xiaomi website will show a very high number because the fake guys want to save costs by printing the code on multiple stickers. For 20000mAh Power Bank – The length of USB cable is longer at around 13-inches with a lightning icon printed on the MicroUSB end.
Many of us would take this as a sign of genuine product and apparently that’s what these fake sellers want to achieve by printing Mi on the USB cable. Genuine: The original Mi power bank supports pass-through charging. Only necessity is that the input charger must supply enough power and as such, charging via a PC’s USB Port will not help.
If you are still not able to determine the originality, open up the power bank and check the inbuilt batteries: Fake – Locally produced or counterfeit batteries which are generally of pink color. So if you see a retailer from China or on eBay selling a Mi power bank of such capacity, you know it is a fake one.
The first place to check is your regional mi.com website and chances are that the store will have power banks in stock for anybody to purchase. Check DX.com (a lot of readers mentioned they received genuine Mi products from DX.com) If you’ve purchased a Mi power bank from somewhere else and it is found to be genuine, do drop a mention in the comments section and we’ll add the seller here.
Romoss vs fake power banks – Tested
Last year, MyBroadband uncovered a number of fake capacity claims on power banks available from local retailers. There are a number of suspicious power banks listed for sale in South Africa, usually boasting very high capacities and surprisingly cheap price tags. In some cases, we needed to drain unlabelled 18650 lithium-ion cells found in the power banks to determine their capacity. In Europe, the United States, and many other countries, power bank manufacturers are required to print the device’s capacity in watt-hours (Wh) on their packaging in addition to mAh.
Power banks in South Africa and a number of other countries prefer to use mAh, however, operating under the assumption of compliance to an industry standard of 3.7V for calculating capacity.
Beware Of Fakes
1) Check the verification label at the back side of the packaging. 2) Scratch the verification label grey color side.
4) Fake if the verification code incomplete or less than 16 digits number. Verification code start from ‘9’ totally is fake. 3) Fake if the result shows that the code has been checked many times. Fake QR Code verification result
– Genuine PINENG power bank body cover are made with high quality PC+ABS material. – Fake PINENG power bank cover made with poor plastic.
The cover is rough, bad hand feeling and power bank may hot while charging. – Genuine PINENG power bank provide 1 year warranty. Beware of the PINENG power bank seller which unable to provide 1 year warranty. Original PINENG power bank build with intelligent IC protection.
1) Overcharge Protection – Automatically cut off when device fully charge. 2) Overvoltage Protection – Automatically detects different device voltage. 3) Overdischarge Protection – Automatically control battery discharge.
6) Temperature Protection – Avoid power bank hot when charging.
Fake PINENG power bank used poor material, unsafe battery and built without any IC protection. 1) Fake power bank don’t have overcharge, overdischarge and overvoltage protection.
3) Fake power bank no battery lock protection, power bank will loss all battery in few days or few weeks. You will unable to reach them for warranty claim if the power bank faulty.
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