Charge Your Switch On The Go With These Officially-Licensed Portable Power Banks

Although they sound really good, I think they're just too expensive. I also want to hear about how long it takes to fully charge the powerbank.

It would be nice to have a while back, but I got 2 good pocket juice PB's and a stand that allows me to use them in table top mode. Needless to say, I'm ready for my big trip next week.

I don't really need them as I have a car charger and as there are some plug in all the trains and train station.
So there isn't many situation where I don't have some energy on hand.

LOL, just because is "official" I will cost 3 times more. I have been using a normal anker powerbank 20000mah no problem whatsoever and it cost me les than half that price

Now hopefully these don't brick your consoles. Ideally they shouldn't since Nintendo was involved in the process, but you never know these days.

@ryancraddock

Um, power banks are portable by definition...

Don't need these as my Switch is never in portable lol

I have a Ravpower 20100mah USB-C type (not the Power Delivery one), and never had any issues with it, although it doesn't charge as fast while playing, but doesn't decrease the level either. I think the bricking issues were related to Docks mainly and some Power Delivery Powerbanks.

I have gone through a few power banks as I travel for work. Once I got my Switch, I settled on the Anker 26800 USB C PD. It's great. The recharged time with USB C PD is around 4 hours with is much better then my last big power bank.

I have an older RavPower 26800 power bank and it took around 14 hours to charge. Way too long. So far, no issues with my Anker power bank.

I might get one since I'm never mostly at home.

I have Ankers current 20100 USB-C power bank and it's worked marvelously but ever since the 5.0 update I've been more hesitant to use it.

It's a great product for the money and I believe it's a good value, so I'll most definitely be replacing my current power bank from Anker with this one for the Switch.

I use a solar-powered charger. I can play my Switch endlessly while camping in the forest.

I been researching getting a new Power bank for 3 weeks now. Have This and This in my amazon cart debating if I should buy it. I'm not used to spending more than $20 on a Power bank, so this is hard for me.

I literally just received a 10000mAh powerbank with USB A and C output that delivers 5V/3A for £12.

Also I tested with my previous powerbank. 2.4A is enough to charge your switch while playing Zelda or Mariokart or fully charge it overnight.

@ultraraichu I got Power Banks, same mAH capacity for around 20 dollars. Hold out until a sale, you'll probably save 40 or 50 dollars.

@Knuckles Thanks, I wouldn't mind waiting for a sale. You remember which brand you got?

@ultraraichu @Knuckles How often do they have sells? Do I have to wait for cyber Monday? Haha

Why are these so expensive?

Have yet to really need one as the only time is during a long flight which is rare and I have to be playing a charge intensive game. I used up most of my battery playing Doom during a 3 hour flight but had no problem reading for a 3rd of the flight.

Also for long haul flights, most modern aircraft have USB sockets (apart from BA’s old 747s which hopefully retire soon but I aim to travel on a 787 next time).

A year ago I went for the imoto 16750mah as Anker did not produce a small pocket sized pack with a usb C in and out. £27 and can charge my switch 2 and half times. @Saego mine takes 5hrs 30mins to fully charge via usb C to C.

Yeah, we've used the Anker PowerCore+ 20100 and Anker PowerCore 10000 in the past and haven't had any problems.

This looks kind of annoying having a wire attached rather than it clamping onto the console itself so I think I will stick with my switchcharge... or Scharge since Nintendo forced them to remove switch from the name.

Ummm had my Aukey 30,000mah power bank since day one and it is amazing, also got it for £22 in an amazon flash sale all good here

Pay more for the same product because it has the Switch Logo on it! I understand why they do it, and it is a good business strategy to take advantage of people who don't know better. But I have a 30000 mAh power bank, that cost only 50 bucks, and has 3 outputs. Why would I ever consider one that is 2/3 the power with only 1 output for 30 dollars more?

I have their Powercore 20000 PD battery pack and it works fantastic with my switch, It was $79 and it came with a PD wall charger. I contacted Anker yesterday and they confirmed it is the same battery with switch branding and Nintendo seal of approval. Also keep in mind ALL power delivery power banks com at a premium because they can provide that 15vdc the switch normally charges at, and these are in line with the going rate though I think the non Nintendo branded version is a little better deal.

@Heavyarms55 this anker battery has two outputs, the usb-c is used as an input to charge the battery and an output to charge the switch in addition to the usb-a port which can also charge another item and the battery comes with a usb-c to usb-c cable for switch charging.

@thugpipe Okay still, 2 is less than 3 and 2/3 charge overall. Yeah still way inferior. Just not as much as I initially thought.

I've read that Anker is the better brand so this makes sense. I already have the Jackery 20100mAh Thunder X (at only $33 CAD) which, according to one comparison test, provided less power in testing than others but likely still enough to handle the Switch's 4310mAh battery. I use it to play Pokemon GO. The PowerCore 20100 will likely cost 119.99 CAD so I'm good with my budget powerbank.

@Heavyarms55 Inferior, that is a highly subjective conclusion. I am sure the battery you have is serving you well but considering that your battery charges the switch at 5v you only get max of 12w or 15w(2.4A or 3A) while the Anker charges at 24w (15V @ 1.6A) and trust me you notice the difference and so I spend less time with the battery attached. Once dead the battery itself charges at 20v so it will top off in far less time (half-ish) than any of my other equivalent power banks.

@thugpipe While I don't have the exact numbers on hand, my battery pack can simultaneously charge my Switch, my phone and my tablet, while all three devices are on and in use. Not just power the devices, charge them. And reasonably fast. So yes, a battery pack that cannot do that, is indeed inferior.

It's just like with those Nintendo Switch labelled microSD cards. You can buy generic ones, that work just as well, provide the same storage, for less money.

Those powerbank should be sent soon so we'll have reviews during the next weeks.

I'm curious also, owning myself a 26 800 PD from Anker what the difference with the original 20 000 PD.

The thing I dont understand if the way they promote it: on the official website, it's wirrten about the official 20100 PD that it will be able to give "2.5 Nintendo Switch charges"

It's not supposed to be at least 4 lives, considering the Switch battery is 4310mha??

@Nincompoop What power bank did you buy? I'd like to look into it myself