What is the real output capacity of a Power bank?
Do you know how many times you can recharge your cell phone with a 10000mAh or a 20000mAh power bank? A very common mistake among those of us who want to know the number of charges we can get on our devices with a power bank is to divide the capacities of both devices, i.e.: Number of Charges = Power Bank Capacity (mAh) / Smartphone Capacity (mAh) For example, if you have a smartphone with a 2500mAh battery capacity and you want to buy a 10000mAh power bank, how many charges could you get? If we apply the above formula we get 4 full charges: Number of Charges = 10000 mAh / 2500 mAh = 4 charges THAT'S A BIG MISTAKE!! We are sorry to tell you that this calculation would be incorrect because the 10000mAh of the power bank refers to the capacity of its internal battery. A result closer to reality would be to use the actual capacity available at the output USB port of the power bank: Number of Charges = Actual Power Bank Capacity / Smartphone Capacity If ...