Monday, 22 December 2014

Xiaomi Powerbank... Worth every penny... :) :D

Hi.... Welcome to my 2nd blog. Today I will review the all new Xiaomi Powerbank. Powerbank is a much needed gadget in nowadays life. So this powerbank is the best available in market till.

Xiaomi partnered with e-retailer Flipkart in the country to exclusively retail its products.

Mi3 was the smartphone launched in the country in July and received overwhelming response from the people in India. After this, Xiaomi promised to launch a number of products, including the Mi Power Banks in 2 variants - 5200mAh and 10400mAh. These devices are selling like hot cakes as they are offering high capacity with modest pricing. Here we have the complete review.

Xiaomi Power Bank
The Mi Power bank is wrapped in soft-touch anodised aluminum casing that make the device feel premium and impressive looks for sure. The build quality is just great and is claimed to be water and corrosion resistant. The surface is smooth and doesn't get scratched. These power banks are designed by Texas instruments and the cell is manufactured by LG or Samsung.



LED Light
There are 4 LED light which indicated the battery level, standard USB slot, micro USB slot and a button on the top. You don't need to power on the device, just connect the data cable to the power bank  and your phone and it will start charging. Pressing the power button indicates the remaining power left in the power bank.

The power bank has a 2.0A input and 2.1A output. Xiaomi claims that the Mi power bank is capable of charging the MI3 for about 2.5 times, an iPhone for 4.5 times and Moto G five times to full capacity which is really impressive. You need a separate wall charger to charge the power bank as it is not included in retail package. Most of the power banks is only 70 to 80 % efficient of the real value but the Mi power bank has 93% charging conversion rate. It is also said to have a life cycle of 1500 removal cycles, and the MicroUSB port have faced 5000 removal cycles. It takes 5.5 hours to charge this device with charge having output 2.1A and 11 hours with 1A output charger.

We have used a lot of power banks and one them was having so called capacity of 20000mAh and it used to get heat within a use of an hour. The Mi power bank doesn't get heated with a bit with hours of usage. The 20000mAh used to charge my Canvas Magnus only 5 times and this Mi power bank charged my Canvas Magnus 3 times and 56% the fourth time. We wished if there was a second usb port which would have let us use its power to charge couple of devices in one time.




The device cost Rs 999 at Flipkart and is out of stock while writing this review.
So, Is it worth ? Well, we recommend you to GO GET ONE. Purchase it from following link: (will update the link soon keep visiting)




PROS:
Cheap enough
Impressive build quality
Premium Looks
Compact size

CONS:
Only one USB Out port
Not easily available
On your fate(many customers recieved a duplicate one) 
I will post How to recognise original Xiaomi powerbank after some time.

My rating out of 10: 8.5/10

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