Anker Black Friday Early Access Sale Includes Mystery Boxes With Hundreds in Savings

[DavesMac]

Got the $60 box since I was looking to buy those mini power strip for travel anyway.

 

[Applɘ Aꙅylum]

Fedex ruined the excitment. It showed the shipping weight of the $19 "mystery box".




Only one pound.






NNNnnnooooooo!!!!!

 

[EsssBeee]

I bought the £20 mystery box. received a USB C / USB C 6 foot cable that Anker sells for a lot less than £20.....

 

[HDFan]

My $60 box had the Anker Prime 12000 mAh Power bank. Amazon and Anker list it for $90.

 

[CarAnalogy]

OK officially feel like Peter Griffin. I was hoping for at least a battery bank with USB-C ports. Nope. They sent me exactly what I was afraid of. The cheap discontinued junk they're trying to get rid of.

The "mystery box" contained the Anker 325 Power Bank PowerCore 20K.

Two USB-A outputs (apparently only one at a time for up to a whole 15 watts). One micro-usb input.

One USB-C port for charging only. 10W max input. Takes ten hours to charge up.

This thing was cutting edge in about 2017. Even then it was junk. WTF did they even make this. And all the Amazon reviews are clearly fake.

Never falling for that one again.

 

[CarAnalogy]

It is hardly gambling. In gambling you risk money for potentially (usually) nothing in return.

Here, you'll get stuff. My guess is the minimum it'll be will be the price you paid. So the $20 box will contain at least $20 in cables/chargers.

What they sent me was worse than useless. I can't even think of someone to give this to who wouldn't have the exact same "what the **** even is this" reaction that I did.