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MacRumors Giveaway: Win a 30,000mAh 90W USB-C Power Bank From RAVPower

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For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with RAVPower to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 30,000mAh 90W USB-C Power Bank for charging Apple devices.

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Priced at $80, the RAVPower USB-C Power Bank's 30,000mAh battery capacity is enough to charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro to full, plus it can charge an iPad Pro two and a half times or an iPhone 12 up to six times.

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At 90W, it can offer enough power to charge all of your devices at the fastest possible speeds provided you have the right cables available. It can charge a MacBook Pro from 0 to 50 percent in 40 minutes, and with a USB-C to Lightning cable, it can charge an iPhone from 0 to 50 percent in 30 minutes.

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There's a Power Delivery USB-C port and a USB-A port. When charging two devices at once, the power is split between 65W for the USB-C port and 18W for the USB-A port, and when recharging the power bank, it charges at 60W so it powers up quick. It can be charged to full in 2.5 hours with a 60W PD power adapter.

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Design wise, the RAVPower USB-C Power Bank has a rectangular shape that measures in at 6 inches long and 3.5 inches wide, plus it's just about an inch thick. It has a series of four LEDs on the side that display the estimated battery life.

RAVPower says that the power bank supports safe charging with over-heat, over-current, over-discharge, over-voltage, and short circuit protection.

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We have 10 RAVPower USB-C Power Banks to give away to MacRumors readers. To enter to win our giveaway, use the Gleam.io widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winners and send the prizes. You can earn additional entries by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on Twitter, following us on Instagram, or visiting the MacRumors Facebook page.

Due to the complexities of international laws regarding giveaways, only U.S. residents who are 18 years or older and Canadian residents (excluding Quebec) who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory are eligible to enter. To offer feedback or get more information on the giveaway restrictions, please refer to our Site Feedback section, as that is where discussion of the rules will be redirected.

The contest will run from today (January 22) at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time through 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on January 29. The winners will be chosen randomly on January 29 and will be contacted by email. The winners will have 48 hours to respond and provide a shipping address before new winners are chosen.

For those who don't want to wait for the end of the giveaway, RAVPower is offering a discount code on the RAVPower USB-C Power Bank. Just use promo code macrumors232 to get an extra $5 off in addition to the coupon available from Amazon to drop the price to $65. The deal will be available through January 25.

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I think one of the pictures might be off. It says 90W but the picture indicates 65W. I'm guessing you can get 90W with the special cable? Pretty cool contest either way.
 
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So, the picture shows a Power Bank connected to a wall socket, and a MacBook pro connected to the Power Bank. I get it. Next time show us a chain of power banks, it will look cool, as also pointless like this one.

Also, very nice trick with copying Apple abut not including chargers! You had to learn from the best, right?

EDIT: Oh no! I actually made a mistake, they're charging the Power Bank FROM the MacBook Pro! Nice mistake during photo session. Or not! Since that thing doesn't come with the charger, it will need to charged somehow...

💩 :apple:💩
 
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They can make it sound even more impressive if they advertise it as 30,000,000 µAh. Or maybe quit the marketing BS and just call it 30 Ah. At least they advertise the power as 90W instead of 90,000mW.
 
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I honestly don't like the way these companies advertise the battery packs. its 65W + 18W. Does it offer true 90W PD for a single USB-C?

This to me is just as annoying a Router companies and how they advertise their bandwidth (i.e. AC1200)
 
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I honestly don't like the way these companies advertise the battery packs. its 65W + 18W. Does it offer true 90W PD for a single USB-C?

This to me is just as annoying a Router companies and how they advertise their bandwidth (i.e. AC1200)
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I expected to see 65W on my MacBook Pro but it does show charging at 90W.
 
"the RAVPower USB-C Power Bank's 30,000mAh battery capacity is enough to charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro to full, plus it can charge an iPad Pro two and a half times or an iPhone 12 up to six times."
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Did you mean "or" instead of "plus"? Or are you saying that it can charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro from 0-100% and charge an iPad Pro 2.5x or an iPhone 12 6x?
 
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Question: How long can I run an M1 MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, if I start with a fully charged Mac and a fully charged power bank?
 
You can't fly with those. I have 6 laptop power banks, that has larger capacity than those ones.
 
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The charger is not included?

This is becoming a bad habit.
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Go on, contrary to popular perceptions, we can blame Apple on an Apple forum. ;)

This is an alarming trend and I do not know if this might be reversed in future. It is not funny how companies are using Apple as a yardstick in this matter.

That said, power banks never came with a charger, so I think.
 
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I was just considering buying one (that's kind of the purpose of these giveaways, right?) but it says this power bank's capacity is too large for carry-on use in an airplane. I didn't realize there was a maximum capacity for this. While COVID has canceled my business travel plans for now, the capacity issue makes this a complete no-go.

Edit: FAA regulations state a limit of 100Wh for a lithium ion battery pack. That puts this pack at 150Wh. That means the biggest pack you can use on an airplane legally is a 20,000mAh battery pack.
 
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I was just considering buying one (that's kind of the purpose of these giveaways, right?) but it says this power bank's capacity is too large for carry-on use in an airplane. I didn't realize there was a maximum capacity for this. While COVID has canceled my business travel plans for now, the capacity issue makes this a complete no-go.

Edit: FAA regulations state a limit of 100Wh for a lithium ion battery pack. That puts this pack at 150Wh. That means the biggest pack you can use on an airplane legally is a 20,000mAh battery pack.
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I think it should be around 26700mAh given that the batteries are 3.7V. I have powerbanks that are around this size and they are 98.8 Wh.

This battery pack is 111Wh, they should have capped it 100Wh and it would sell much more. Not being to fly with it is a dealbreaker.
 
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