We have already reviewed a few multi-functional car jump starters made by 1byone and they worked perfectly. Make sure to check out the video reviews and scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the details of how to get a significant discount.

1byone Car Jump Starter Video Reviews:

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UNBOXING

The device comes in a compact luggage style case, which is made out of quality plastic material. Also, it is very light and portable. 

Once you open it up, you can find all the contents, which are stored very neatly. In addition, the inner side of the case is covered by a soft foam material for a better protection of all the contents. 

The star of the show is the battery, which is made out of rubberised plastic material. It is very compact considering that it has the capacity of 9000mAh.

It has 3 key features that include a power bank to charge any device, which can be charged via USB port, car jump starter and the flashlight.

The great thing about this battery is that it has a little screen on the front side, which shows the amount of juice left and some other info like the output of amps when charging a smartphone. 

The backside of the power bank is where you can find a triple LED flash, which can serve either as a flashlight or SOS light for emergency situations. Three LED lights are bright enough to light up a dark area, but would not replace your Maglight. 

On the top side you can find a port to connect jump start cable and it is covered by a flap. Also, there is a proprietary charging port, which is I think a bit of a let down since you have to carry a supplied charger and not your regular micro USB charger. On the other hand, you are getting both a wall and car charger with to make sure it is powered up all the time. But you may not even need these chargers at all and I will explain why a bit later in this review. 

Last but not least you can charge your smartphone via USB port at the speed of over 2A. 

On the left side there is a power key, which has a great tactile response. 

All right, we have to check out the selling point of this device as the battery is said to be able to jump start your car even if the battery is completely dead. 

The charging clips feel like a high quality material and would not break after a few times. In addition, the attached brick has a display to show you if you connected it to your car’s battery correctly or not.  

IS IT REALLY ABLE TO JUMP START YOUR CAR?

The ability to jump start your car, which has a dead battery sounds amazing on paper… and a bit unrealistic if you consider how tiny the 1byone power bank is. 

In order to make the test as fair as possible I tried to jump start my good ol’ 1993 Toyota Corolla since it has been left to die almost a year ago and it has quite a bit of rust and dust.

Literally, nobody has even touched it for about a year and I’m not even sure if I will able to wake it up from a death. Well, let’s call it a deep sleep and hope we can do something here. 

Please watch the video to see how it works! 

HOW IT WORKS

What we have to do here is to connect a red colour positive clamp to the positive terminal and the black clamp to the negative terminal of the car’s battery.

Then you have to connect the other end of the cable to the power bank and press a little start button on the adapter. 

At this point, the jump starter has entered into the working stage for 30 seconds countdown and right now you have to go ahead and start your car. 

It works!!! It is actually quite impressive that this tiny power bank can jump start a completely dead car’s battery in a matter of seconds.  In addition, I’ve tested it a few more times on this car and on 2008 Honda Civic and it works as advertised. 

CONCLUSIONS

So there you have it, a neat little gadget, which can easily jump start your car or charge any USB powered device on the go. The amazing thing is that if your car’s battery dies in the middle of nowhere, you don’t need to call your friend to help you out. 

What is more, a great feature of this jump starter is that once you jump start your car, the vehicle’s battery fully recharges this power bank automatically in a matter of seconds. That’s why you don’t even need to bring any proprietary chargers. 

In addition, this device has all kinds of security tricks like spark-proof technology and reverse polarity protection, so you won’t harm neither yourself nor the battery in any case. 

Finally, the 1byone car jump starter is an amazing piece of hardware and I don’t see any shortcomings. Well, the micro USB charging port would have been a nice addition, but hey, you are getting both a wall and car chargers, and sometimes you don’t even need to bother about charging the power bank up at all. 

All in all, you are getting a multi-functional, lightweight and portable solution that, in my opinion, is worth every penny. 

A great thing that the 1byone has a great deal for this car jump starter at Amazon as you can easily get $15 off the regular $76.99 price with the coupon code 3OPOFOJY.

Deal summary:

Start Date: 2/17/2016 12:01 AM  PST
End Date: 3/10/2016 11:59 PM  PST

Coupon Code: 3OPOFOJY

Original price: $76.99
Discounted price: $61.99
You Save:  $15.00

Buy 1byone Multi-Functional Smart Portable Car Jump Starter for $61.99 using a coupon code 3OPOFOJY

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We all have smartphones and all sorts of different gadgets, and most of them are pretty power-hungry. Vinsic has a power bank that may help keep the lights on for a long time as it has 20000mAh cell inside. Find out more in our full review.

The Vinsic power bank comes in a simple packaging and all you are getting is the USB cable and some documentation.

Naturally, it is not that easy to produce such a big capacity external battery in a small footprint and the solution by Vinsic is a clear example. I would say it is about 3 times larger than the popular Xiaomi power bank, which has the capacity of 10400mAh.

On the other hand, one of the selling points of this device is it thinness of 12mm. On the top side we have two USB ports – one capable of 2.1A of output and another of just 1.0A of output.

On of the key features is that there is an LCD display with the integrated touch panel and it shows the the amount of power left in power bank.

As far as design, we have all-metal unibody aluminium shell, which makes this external battery look and feel premium. Also, the device is very well constructed.

The Vinsic power bank performed well during our testings as any other high quality external battery. It charges other devices quite fast but we wished both ports were capable of at least 2A of output.

CONCLUSIONS

So here it is, the Vinsic Alien 20000mAh Ultra-slim Power Bank. First of all, it has a great design, a premium all-metal shell and top-notch build quality. Also, it performed well during our testing period with different gadgets, which included smartphones, mp3 player and another power bank.

However, one of the key disadvantages is the size. We indeed appreciate that the power bank is slim but we would actually prefer it to be thicker but smaller.

Also, the addition of two USB ports is great but only one if capable of providing decent speeds of 2.0A while another is stuck at 1.0A.

Finally, although you are getting a premium packaging, the Vinsic Alien 20000mAh ultra-slim power bank is not exactly cheap as it retails just below $50. Well, it is not the most expensive external battery out there but we’ve seen some cheaper alternatives made by Chinese competitors.

Please visit the official Vinsic website.

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Power bank is an accessory, which is getting more and more popularity since it has proved its usefulness in the times, when the majority of manufacturers have non-user replaceable batteries. There is a variety of them and it may be quite hard to choose. As usual, Chinese companies have something to offer at a crazy low price.

After Xiaomi announced their own power banks, which included 5200,10400,16000mAh respectively, they were sold at some crazy low prices in China. However, it turns out that it is possible to make an external battery, which costs only 99 Yuan, which is made to compete against another cheap power bank, which was recently announced by the OnePlus company.

The ZMI may not be that widely known brand as Xiaomi, but they sell some of their products on the Official MI online store in China. One of those products is 10000mAh power bank.

This power bank carries a model number PB810, it has quite a thin body, which is 10.5 mm and it is said to be a thinnest product in this category. Also, it comes in white colour and has a wave pattern on its exterior, which is supposed to help for the good grip. Also, it has a capacity of 10000mAh (voltage 3.6V) , uses ATL lithium-ion polymer batteries, it has a USB and micro USB ports, it supports 5.1V / 2.1A output  and 5V / 2A input.

The product is said to charge the Xiaomi Mi4 twice, Xiaomi Red Rice 1S 3 times and the iPhone 6 3.5 times. Also, there are four LED power indicators, showing the juice left in the power bank.

In addition, it uses a Texas Instruments chip and seventh master protection circuit , board ends highest conversion rate of 93%, and more than ordinary mobile power output of about 1000mAh.

All in all, it seems to be a great power bank to buy, which has a huge capacity, great build quality and internals used at a very low price. It seems that it could be quite a threat for power bank makers like OnePlus or Xiaomi.

Any buyers?

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