This is a bit of an oddity. It's a single 18650 USB power bank that is themed on a banana, and I bought it to see how well they had managed to incorporate the holder for the cell into the curved body. It turns out that the holder is actually big enough to accommodate a protected cell.
But it turned out to be more interesting than that, since it uses a different style of power bank charge/boost chip than normal.
It's also very comfortable to hold in a pistol-grip style if using with a USB flashlight head.
But it turned out to be more interesting than that, since it uses a different style of power bank charge/boost chip than normal.
It's also very comfortable to hold in a pistol-grip style if using with a USB flashlight head.
NO NO NO NO…. I was fine with the intro, but you stuck a flashlight in the tip and I lost it! I had visuals of you in a dark allie holding that and my brain made windows shutdown noises! this is by far the most shall we say unique power supplies. I find it quite appealing! back to you destroying stuff for my pleasure!
Hmmm Something sensible like matching the color to the product that doesn't make any sense.
Great. Another item I have now bought on Ebay I dont really need. Big Clive, I blame you for so many things I have bought
I've heard that the minions go crazy for Big Clive's banana!
such a tease…
Hahahahaha! Excellent start to the video.
there was no way to resist the bananayness so I sent for one of these and it came today and mines got one of those FM9833E chips inside the same as the one in that video about the new poundland one and also it has two leds now a red one and a blue one
You forgot to put the test lead back to volts/ohms
i recently got a single cell power bank and strangely it has a chip labelled VD4308 and functions similar to this except it has both the blue and red LED. Blue for discharge and red blinking for charging and red stable on when done charging. Standby current when booster is off is 18.8 microamps
well, I just checked, and they come in green and yellow. I want one of these to bring to school because… reasons. I guess I can use pink spraypaint
I got one of those some time ago and noticed, that you have to be really careful when using recycled 18650 cells, which doesn't have the plastic cover. I gave one of those to my girlfriend and her backpack nearly got up in flames, because that banana thing doesn't hold the cell completely in place so that it can jump up a little and short itself out at that positive connector plate. luckily i noticed that because i wanted to carry the backpack and noticed that it was realy hot. the banana already got soft and the 18650 was insanely hot.
I fixed that (at my own unit, I got 2 of those) with a piece of foam placed over the cell to press it down tight.
Mine came with a keychain lanyard thing that keeps the top captive after it is snapped off; friggin awesome! Somehow it also seemed a bit hard to assemble and I gave it a wee bit o knife work to trap the metal tabs as seemed appropriate, so "crape diem emptor" or whatever
Got one of those as well, they also come in some light green, apart from yellow. Mine actually has the additional blue LED, when the battery is charged, the red and blue LEDs blink alternating. But with the top closed you can't actually see the blue light under Day light. Doesn't really work too well as a usb Power Bank, at least not with my Sony Devices, so I just use it as Backup charger for my 18650 cells.