Will do! Anker has always been my go to but I did notice they're always more expense than others which I convinced myself that's good thing. I needed to buy another power bank because my wife is always taking the one that I use for work. She can just keep the old one now. lol

Perfect for pixelart

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/30/23486753/anker-eufy-security-camera-cloud-private-encryption-authentication-storage

If you read in between the fearmongering:

> the way we initially obtained the address required logging in with a username and password before Eufy’s website will cough up the encryption-free stream.

> that address largely consists of your camera’s serial number encoded in Base64

> On the plus side, Eufy’s serial numbers are long at 16 characters and aren’t just an increasing number. “You’re not going to be able to just guess at IDs and begin hitting them,” says Mandiant Red Team consultant Dillon Franke, calling it a possible “saving grace” of this disclosure. “It doesn’t sound quite as bad as if it’s UserID 1000, then you try 1001, 1002, 1003.”

Nice! Let me know how you like it once you have received it and used it!

Out of an ocean of power bank brands, Romoss was one of the firsts I found, and one I ended up sticking with lol.

BestBuy usually has some Anker stuff.

We can make it ourselves according to the article.

And no executives knew anything about the mixup. No one approved this, it just happened.

I provided a source. You can do the same.

Thanks! I'll check them out.

Edit: Just bought one and received 40% off too. Thanks again!

I bought my first powerbank from them in like 2013 and it still works. They were far cheaper and better than everything else on the market. Sad to see the Webcam thing. Fire thing seems par for the course for batteries now a days.

Their banks are real good, but a lot of the bricks now are real expensive, to the point where an Apple USB-C equivalent charger, or cables, are cheaper than anker

They were banned from Amazon for influencing reviews.

Yeah they’ve been pretty mainstream for a while now. I kinda miss when they were up and coming. Bought a lot of bricks and banks for great prices. I’ve still got a powercore 3k that’s flawless, think I paid $12 for. I still use it with my quest 2.

Oh hello samsung, pardon me, anker

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I personally use a Romoss 30k. Dependable, economical, and reportedly uses high quality, sturdy plastic, and has cells sourced from the same plant that supplies iPhones, etc.

Dropped about 5-6 times from the top bunk to tiled floors. No issues, little deformation to the casing.

If you are asking about power banks that is.

I still use Anker cords in nearly all things.

I like my Xtar power bank, because it is actually using replaceable 18650 lithium cells, and is actually also meant as a 18650 battery charger that has a powerbank function.

I'm sure there are powerbanks that take a little less space for the same capacity, but on the other hand you can grab a couple more 5-10$ 18650 cells (from e.g. Samsung, LG, Panasonic) and expand your capacity by just swapping those out. Can't get more compact than the cell itself...

Have you found a good alternative for Anker?

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it’s a big company. this is the most likely case, but people are quick to assume malicious intent.

regardless, i’m not gonna be scared to buy a battery pack because I’m scared they’ll intentionally put spying hardware inside.

Ah ok I didn’t know. I had seen some plugin charger adapters at Target but that was it and that was a while back.

Part of me wonders if it was a disconnect between development and product marketing honestly. Dev had one direction from management and then marketing had to find an angle to push and someone heard they were local only, wires got crossed and here we are.

I've never needed to replace a Monoprice cable, and they are ridiculously inexpensive. I love the 10-ft. braided nylon. I buy all my audio/video cables and adapters from them

I bought a Anker charger at Walmart, so they’ve hit the mainstream