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Nestout's Ruggedized Power Banks with a Bottle Form Factor

By Rain Noe - September 26

in Tech

Aimed at outdoorsfolk, these ruggedized power banks are by Nestout, a subsidiary of Japanese consumer products brand Elecom. Each features USB-A and USB-C ports. They're shock-resistant, dust-proof and waterproof. The bottoms have a threaded insert so you can attach accessories, which makes more sense when they're paired with optional lighting units that can be plugged in.

Shown above is the 5000mAh model, which can be fully charged in 2 hours.

The beefier 10000mAh model below takes 2 hours, 45 minutes to top off:

Their largest offering is the 15000mAh model, which throws in an extra USB-A port and takes 3 hours, 35 minutes to fully charge:

Prices run $34, $42 and $48, respectively.

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Dee An

a month ago

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Okay, it's ruggedised when in its stowed offline configuration (with the cap screwed on) but it shares a flaw with most (all?) other power banks: the inserted cables protrude in such a way to place strain on the cables and ports should it be used to recharge a device whilst it is being carried in a bag.
This could be mitigated by placing the port in a recess such that the cable protrudes parallel to the main body of the power bank.

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  True, but that'd be harder to make work with the bottle design, I think. If the usb-a and usb-c were say 4-5cm deeper into the 'neck' of the bottle plugging them in would be hard, maybe if with a much wider mouth / bigger lid that could still be practical.
  
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Alan Nomoto

a month ago

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Elecom makes great products. I have a bunch of their products. These are well below the
FAA limit : "With airline approval, passengers may also carry up to two spare large lithium ion batteries (101-169 Wh)". Yeah, nobody checks until your carryon bag starts to smoke & your Tokyo - San Francisco flight divert$ to Anchorage.

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Michael DiTullo

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these are kind of awesome!

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