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Great little device......

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2017

Love, love this! I bought this one and the larger Anker device for a trip to Israel. Long flights + heavy usage = dead batteries. I had no trouble whatsoever using this. It works, it is compact, it holds a charge for months, and it is easy to use & maintain. It is safe to use (I did my homework and these have been tested). It really is about the size of a lipstick container. Buy a 4" Amazon basics cord to add to this. Don't bother with a case for this one. They throw in a nice little, durable drawstring fabric bag that works perfectly. I have the Iphone 7 and this device, tiny as it may be, is good for several hours of additional usage of your phone.

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Vimal

Stay away - Dead battery, replacements as problematic as original purchase

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2015

*Update* - Stay away!
If there's a way to provide a 0 star, I would do so. Anker shipped me a replacement after I contacted them. One look at it showed they had no quality control at all - the USB connector of the replacement was broken (see picture with first & second batteries). It was clearly someone else's returned battery. They shipped me another replacement. That one also doesn't retain a charge. Flashing green immediately after a full overnight charge. I now have 3 dead Anker batteries and now awaiting a shipping label to send them all back. Hopefully they don't recirculate them around.

Quick note on the Anker mini. After using it for a while, it's stopped working. Starts to flash green as soon as I plug it into a device and then stops. Their test of battery power indicates that it has enough charge. Need to get this returned asap.

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M. M. OCallaghan

Great little device......

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2017

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Nikki B.

Handy Must-Have Gadget

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2015

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I love this little portable charger! I've been out and about and run out of juice in my iPhone on several occasions. Now, I don't have to worry about that any more. I tried it for the first time last week and it worked well. I love the fact that this version came with both an iPhone adapter as well as a mini USB adapter. It is well made and very compact. The charger and both cords fit nicely in the little mesh bag that comes with it so everything stays nice and tidy in my purse - no cords tangled around everything. The only thing I do recommend is to make sure you have it out in the open when you are charging something. It does get pretty warm if you leave it in your purse while charging.

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Skyhawk

Travel essential

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2016

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I recently took a 10-day trip and found this little item to be essential for charging my IPhone when no outlet was available. It worked great although one partial charge pretty much drained it (there's no way to tell how much power is left once some has been used). I removed two stars for 1) slow recharging and 2) no way to know the power level and then put one back because it is so portable and convenient. I will not travel again without it.

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Kayla G

Great for on-the-go energy!

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2017

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Awesome little power bank! So, I'm that person who never remembers to charge her phone. I also don't drive a lot, living near a great public transportation system. Ergo, I had to find a way to charge my phone that didn't involve a car charger. This little guy is great in a pinch. First, as everyone else has mentioned, there is always some juice in this thing to spare. It has a lot of power in it for your phone, which is what we're all most likely to use it as, and some for your tablet (didn't fully charge my Kindle Fire, but that's possibly due to my Fire's age). Secondly, I love how portable this device is. I'm a student with a ton of books and papers in my backpack on the best of days, so it's nice to have something small I can just pop in a pocket for emergencies.

I know the price may seem sort of steep to some people, but it's well worth it. Anker owns the power bank market because their quality is top-notch. I had a really flimsy Walgreen's power bank that was plain not cutting it (the thing barely charged my phone to 25% without dying). It's a one-time payment for a convenient device you will get a lot of mileage out of. If you're on the fence, get one of these little guys, so that your phone is never without power.

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J. Lim

Best. Portable. Battery. Ever.

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2015

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SO CLUTCH.

Believe me, I find the use of "all caps" as obnoxious as you, but this little battery is insanely perfect for what it does. Imagine flying across the country and there is no in-flight entertainment. I usually end up buying the wi-fi access on the plane and end up standing in baggage claim with 1%. Not anymore.

Charge it before you go to bed and when you're ready, just plug in your device (for me an iPhone 6) and turn it on. Here's the cool part...the battery will turn itself off when you unplug it. It takes care of the little things so that it holds a charge for as long as possible within the battery. I have gone from 2% to some 96% using it. I'm sure I would've gone to 100%, but I was impatient and needed to unplug anyways.

Anker makes phenomenal products. I'm happy to contribute another stellar review to their already well-stock-piled bales of glowing reviews.

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Vimal

Stay away - Dead battery, replacements as problematic as original purchase

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2015

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Island Tractor

Got a defective one, good customer service by phone but got eyestrain trying to read manual to find customer service number

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015

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I wanted to like it but had problems.

First, cute device. Appears well made. MUCH larger than the "lipstick" look seems.

Two issues:
1) I got an apparently defective battery or controller. After charging it overnight, I tried to charge my iphone. It does start to charge but after ten minutes or so simply stops charging. I can restart it but then the interval of charging starts decreasing until it only will charge for a few seconds before cutting out. I recharged the Anker, again overnight on a different 1amp charger and the same thing happened. Called customer service at Anker...very helpful...agreed it was defective and suggested return to Amazon as it was new.

2) Second issue: I don't know who the packaging design genius is at Anker but I was amazed, when I needed to find the customer service number on the cute cards in the package, to find that the phone number is printed in something like size 3 or 4 font. So small that when I tried to print something similar using Microsoft Word, they didn't even offer such an option. See photo below comparing font sizes. There is PLENTY of space on the little card to use a normal font size. They are not trying to hide the number, it is centrally placed, but someone obviously thought it was WAY TRENDY to use lots of white space and a teensie weensie font size. Heads up to the Anker marketing dept: not everyone who buys your product is under age 40.

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Kelly

The perfect stocking stuffer, travel life saver!

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018

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I bought two of these for my husband and I for Christmas this year. I owned one of these years ago but lost it on a bus in Belgium and failed to replace it. It is just the perfect size, weight and amount of juice to re-charge an iPhone during a busy day of travel, photo and video taking and using maps. I don't like to travel without it! This newest version is even better than the old one I had because this one comes with a small USB lightning cable to charge your device, whereas I had to buy my own to keep in the little pouch with it. It charges my device really quickly and itself charges quickly as well and holds its charge for a long time! Seriously, anyone with a smart phone should have one of these. It has been a real life saver on many occasions and I'm so happy to have another one back in my life! Buy it now and thank me later. And yes I paid full price!

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solocanoe

seems ok - maybe a little slower than expected - but works well

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2015

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well...it works. iphone 5c and I was happy to have the extra lightning cable as they seem to only last about 8ish months before they get all twisted up no matter how careful I try to be.

This charger works - It's going in the bag on the Harley. It's a lot better idea (to me) than trying to bleed off my bikes battery.
My phone was at 53% when I decided to try this - about a day after it arrived. It took about 2 hours to charge it to 95%....and then it took another 2 hours to recharge it from my work laptop. (might be faster in the wall...I'm not sure yet)

It seems like it should be able to charge faster and recharge itself faster...but hey...as long as it HOLDS a charge for a few weeks at a time, I'm happy to have it in the bike to use when needed. The instructions say to re-charge it at least once a month or so....and I can live with that.

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Cross

Nice and portable and there when needed

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2015

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I got one for the wife's purse as she transitions from a flip phone to an iPhone and also got one for myself as a more portable alternative to a larger Anker external battery (which is also a great product used primarily for my iPad and still going strong!). Christmas Day was my first opportunity to try out my new toy. Two family members had a weird iPhone iMessage issue going on that they asked me to help resolve. One of the phone batteries was just about dead, but no prob since I just plugged it into the Anker 2nd Gen Astro mini. The supplied cable is the perfect length to be able to work with the phone while the battery stays in the pocket. Took a bit over an hour to resolve their issue, but I finally nailed it! Upon returning the phone, the charge was back into the 70's % - plenty for the remainder of the day and evening. That night I used the same battery to recharge my iPhone in lieu of hunting down a wall outlet at the Brother-in-Laws house. Phone charged up just fine overnight! The mesh bag is also nice to keep the battery and cable together. Good product!

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