The Nintendo Switch is a fantastic option for gaming on the go, but playing demanding console games while you’re out and about can seriously drain your battery life. Now, if you need some extra juice while you’re out, Anker has you covered with two new USB-C battery backs that have been specifically designed to quickly recharge Nintendo’s portable console.
Now, the Switch uses a standard USB-C port for charging, so pretty much any USB-C PD battery pack with a high enough power output will work in a pinch. But Anker’s new packs claim to be different: both power banks have been calibrated specifically for fast-charging the Nintendo Switch. Anker claims that players can fast-charge their consoles in less than three hours, even while still playing games.
There are two battery packs to choose from: the larger Anker PowerCore 21000 PD, which is an updated version of the Anker PowerCore 20000 PD, costs $89.99. Anker claims it can extend the Switch’s battery life by up to 15 extra hours (or roughly five full charges). There’s also the Anker PowerCore 13400 PD, which costs $69.99. Anker claims is the “smallest Power Delivery power bank” that can fast-charge the Nintendo Switch. The PowerCore 13400 PD should give players up to nine hours of extra charge (or roughly three full charges).
The two battery packs will be available for preorder later in June from GameStop and Anker’s website.
KnockoffShampoo on June 9th, 2018 at 11:58 UTC »
That company has gone a long way from their, "we'll send you free shit for a good review" days
Skeeter1020 on June 9th, 2018 at 10:14 UTC »
This came up on the Nintendo Switch sub so I did some digging.
These aren't just rebrands, they are actually different to the normal PD products from Anker... They are worse.
Anker have deliberately pegged back the power output compared to normal PD devices (like their 26800 PD). The normal ones output 9V/3A or 15V/2A. The Switch branded ones have been turned down to 9V/2.4A or 15V/1.6A.
The Switch has an issue in that's it's not fully compliant of the USB-C power standards (I don't know the full details but there's loads of info online), the result being that it can, if the charger provides it, pull way to much power and brick itself. So plugging in high powered USB-C chargers like those from Macbooks is a flat out bad idea. Don't do it.
So this isn't just an overpriced rebrand of an existing product (like the SD cards), it's also been deliberately made worse than its base product, presumably to ensure that the maximum power it can ever deliver is well under the safe limits for the Switch and ensure it won't inadvertently damage anyone's console. It means that while this might be the safest PD battery bank for your Switch, it's going to be slower at charging anything else you plug into the PD port.
theoriginguy on June 9th, 2018 at 09:56 UTC »
As reasuring this could seem, this could turn out to be just a regular battery bank with Nintendo branding to give it that Nintendo mark up like the san disk micro sd 64gb and 128gb cards