Here’s how much value you would get if you decide to get this $10 powerbank. The Itel Star 200 Powerbank comes with a variety of intriguing features.
Here’s how much value you would get if you decide to get this $10 powerbank. The Itel Star 200 Powerbank comes with a variety of intriguing features.
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The product comes in a red and black box, which I love. And inside the box, the power bank itself and a single micro-USB cable. That’s all. Not even a user manual.
At the bottom are the specifications of the Star 200 Powerbank. Up top are the led, micro-USB and type C input port for charging the power bank, and 2 other USB type A output ports for charging other devices. On the left is the power button for initiating charging and for turning on the torch. Then finally, on the left are the battery indicator lights. There are also these 2 tiny holes up here at the corner for hooking up wrist wraps.
Design-wise, this looks a lot like the other Itel power bank. The IPP-81 itel power bank was designed by Oraimo. They both come with 20,000mAh of battery, and both have dual charge input and dual outputs. To me, they’re basically the same exact product with a slight design change in the orientation of the ports.
It’s made of plastic but has some great matte finishing on the sides, making it slip-proof. This same texture makes it a bit resistant to stains and scratches. A bit, but not entirely.
The 4 LEDs on the side have a 25% battery life with each light. With 1 light meaning a 25% battery life and 3 meaning, 75%. And oh, for some reason, it comes with an LED flashlight. Which I believe may come in handy someday.
It weighs in at 0.5 kg and even though I don’t have the exact dimensions, you can see how similar it is to my 6-inch Samsung A02s phone
SPECIFICATIONS
The built-in battery is Lithium-ion and has a capacity of 20,000mAh (74Wh) as I said earlier. Universally compatible with the USB charging interface. Charges via 5.0V Direct Current, and outputs 5.0V and 2.1A worth of power for directly charging two devices simultaneously.
With 2 input slots, micro-USB and type C, you don’t have to worry about finding a cable. As long as it is a cable for an Android device, you should be just fine. Kindly note that if you have a USB type C to type C charging cable, you would need an additional adapter to pair it with this, because both of the output ports are USB type A alone
SECURITY
Dare I say, it claims to come with 10 Layers of security protection, Input/output over-voltage protection and Battery over-discharge protection. These features help protect your devices and the power bank itself during these cycle charges, which is great. Cos we wouldn’t want any form of spontaneous combustion on our hands now, would we?
The 20,000mAh battery is rated to charge fully charges the iPhone 11 and Samsung S10 up to 4 times and 2.4 times for iPad mini 5. Well, it was able to fully charge my 4000maH Samsung A02s, twice with no issue and still had some battery left so, I’m tempted to believe them on their word.
In comparison to the Stan Power power bank that I’ve been using for about 3 months now, the itel is much larger and slightly heavier even though it’s 10,000mAh short in battery capacity. And unlike the Stan Power, which can charge up to 4 devices at a time, using these included charging cables but with this can only do 2 at a time.