Can You Use a Battery Powerbank to CHARGE a MacBook? (testing M1 MacBook Air & Pro)
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- čas přidán 11. 12. 2020
- If you're a frequent traveler, student who spends hours in the library studying, or simply forget to charge your laptop for the day, have you ever wondered if you could use your battery powerbank to charge your MacBook?
In this video I use an Anker USB-C PD Powerbank and try to power and charge my M1 MacBook Air and Pro. To my surprise, it actually works quite well. It may not necessarily recharge your laptop super fast, but it should significantly increase the life of a single charge allowing you to use your MacBook much longer than you usually would be able to.
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This video was NOT sponsored! I bought this Powerbank with my own money about 6 months ago.
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haha lol. i before thinking same thing on my huawei d15 ryzen when i travel . but the laptop 6 hours so cannot test lol,, wait i will, test now if charging
not charging using usb c .maybe need higher voltage
hi, quick question. im thinking of getting a m1 macbook air and ive looked at jb hifi and that but they dont sell the 16gb models at all. im just about to go into year 11 in Australia and i probably want to have a laptop for school and probably a couple years at uni.. would you say 8gb is enough?
@@lachlancashion3200 not enough... no swap please
It was actually a 6% increase in ¼ of an hour. With the low power consumption of the M1, this will definitely make for a significantly longer up time. Great tip!
Never considered using an external power bank for a laptop! I’m learning so many things from this channel!
Just to add my experience to the pool, I have an older RavPower powerbank. It's model number RP-PB043. It is rated for 20100mAh. The USB-C output is rated for 3A at 5V, which is 15W. There is no PD marking anywhere on it. I can confirm that I can run my M1 MacBook Pro on it and it will charge while in use. Currently seeing 57% right now with 3h 22m until fully charged, and the power bank does get quite warm to the touch.
Thanks for the video; I just wanted to be sure the MacBooks weren't using some other voltage for power delivery that might fry one of my devices, and I found much more useful info here than just that.
Thank you man , literally you have ended my all the questions about this laptop THANKS😊😊😊
Holy crap, just yesterday I was running out of power on my laptop (a Thinkpad) and wondering if there was a way to charge it without having to bring along its whole charger, and I was considering getting some USB wall wart and trying that, but with this video I realized my power back (with a built in wall plug) will be able to revitalize my laptop. Thanks a million!
I’m glad you did this combo. Not much reviews on this
Great points. I can see this being very useful on particularly long trips. Thank you!
I never would have thought to do this, thank you for making this video!
I have seen no one put up a video like this one, great content ❤️
yea it’s been possible since the 2015 12” macbook, just that the M1 models are now more efficient and when the device is running mostly on just the little(efficient) cores, the power consumption is drastically less than any intel processor, thus making this a more viable option with even just an 18w-output battery
Just noticed that MacBooks have such a good feature. Especially when you're running out of battery as you're rushing something very important where you can't find a place to charge your laptop.
Thanks for sharing your thought. It's really helped up.
Exactly what I was thinking about! Charging a MB from a powerbank is so useful 💯
Thanks for this I used a powerbank yesterday whilst recording music and my battery basically died and I was so confused. You cleared it up when you said your battery will drain quicker than it can charge doing extensive tasks. Thank you!
You are insane mate. Whenever I get a question in my mind about the new MacBook, you always upload a video within a few days about it. I don’t even have to google anything about the new M1 Macs 😉 because you have made a video about every topic. 😁. Keep it up 👍🏻👍🏻
Nice to have when a wall socket isn't available. Sometimes I'm racing the internal battery to finish one last thing before it dies.
I like how u upload videos daily with really great contents, keep up the good stuff👍👍
Taking account on how long the battery lasts on itself and being able to use a standard power bank to charge it, is really remarkable.
Using power banks to charge has always been a question of mine just out of pure curiosity! Thanks for the amazing video!
Funny I was just thinking about this for my up coming trip. Opened CZcams and here you are with the video
Never knew I needed this. Thanks for the vid
This channel is the reason for me leaving the Legion 5i and going for the macbook air although I would miss gaming.
Going to be my first ever proper laptop.
Loving your videos man
The first video I saw of yours was “How to clean your Mac”
And of course, I then binged on your M1 content
I never thought about this. New information, thank you
among the few channels that I watch not only for entertainment but actually trust to influence my purchase decisions.
good to know this works!! I’d definitely do this when working in a coffee shop cause I can never find any outlets to plug my chargers into!
I love your m1 MacBook videos so much! You are the reason I’m so excited to get one for college next year :)
Exactly the video that no one was making and that I wanted to see. Thanks a lot?
This video was very helpful! I don’t travel frequently but it’s nice to know I can charge my Mac on the go if I need too.
Dang, didn’t think about this. I’m so glad you did. 🤗🙏🏼
Anker is no doubt, the best powerbank I've owned and would recommend to everyone looking to buy a powerbank.
Yeah same here! I have had nothing but good experiences with their products for years now. I'm not even sponsored by them lol I just love their stuff.
the design is pretty too istg
@@nurinaziz3149 Yeah, not just a cheap plastic brick, not to mention a swallowable price
A quest 2 wall charger wouldn't ruin the Anker 10000 of would it?
Nice video Liam! Very well explained
Congratulations on your success, dear hug from Brazil.
Thanks for the tips man!
Genius 😂 i actually asked myself yesterday abiut this. I bought an 100w 4 usb c power bank. Amazing!
Pretty good achievement. I have never thought of using Battery Powerbank to charge a laptop. Honestly, the more I have watched his videos, the more I would like to get a Macbook for my daily use (with a Battery Powerbank).
The tech they keep putting in these thing is amazing.
Hi, what software is that show the temperature?
A video I was really waiting for
Wow... Good point to be sharing with us.
Wow, congratulations, so happy for you🥲
abolutely love this m1 macbook series
Thanks!
Never think of that. Nice video!
Good video that helps a lot.
You're making MacBook more convenient to use.
We had a big wind event yesterday and they were predicting outages. I made sure my powerbanks were charged. Quite handy little gadgets even for a phone but it’s great they will work on the MBA as well.
where did u get office suite? Do you know a good place to get it without paying the full price? I need it but it cost too much. Wasn't sure if the crack ones on youtube are safe.
Such an interesting video for me thanks
I literally wanted to know this from a long time ago but forgot to search. Nice!
Good question and awesome video to answer that!
Didnt expect it will work at all cool idea
Great review man!
Great video.. I stumbled upon this when my question arose.. thanks for answer and best part is live example. Pure practical no Gyan (knowledge) only
love the videos super informative and helpful topics
Man if I weren’t a gamer and a guy who doesn’t like small screens, I’d prob get this. It’s an absolute technological marvel.
@Cyan Is Sus I think you missed the “gamer” part of that statement
Great video. Thank you
Whenever Liam posts a video ,guys who had just bought intel Macs before M1 be like - Here we go for another intel Roast 😂😂
😂😂
I was actually abiut to buy a 16” macbook pro. Soooooo glad I’ve waited
I was about to order MacBook, then I saw Apple M1 ad, I waited and got a good deal for M1, I am just amazed how Apple is able to do so much with little M1 Chip. It feels like Magic amazing performance and that too without much battery.
@@rahulelectra yes it's quite revolutionary 😀
😭😭😭
I’m in shock!!! how good it is just wow!
Great content thank you :) USB is amazing, it can also power a screen monitor. I remember the days when USB "Type C" had several specifications to decide whether or not it had to allow more than 220v or not.
Just entered to your competition btw :) (subscribed both channel)
I've always hated Apple/Mac without having one because i thought It wasn't fair that it's so expensive and so inaccessible for the large audience in the past.
My brother tell me everyday how good is a Macbook and How I would love it with those native Linux commands/compatibilities, so I'm just giving my try on this competition haha
Great tip, thanks!
i love that this dudes channel is getting more popular, we need more aussie tech youtubers
Its actually pretty cool that it can do that
love your videos
Opened youtube to learn how to write a 4000-word essay. Saw the notification and was like; the essay can wait 😁
Keep up your good works bro!
Omg, i also used Aukey with PD... and some wires and adaptor from Anker. These two products are the best
Outstanding review
Mainly the quality
Good to know! Powerbanks are very useful nowadays
Great video Liam 😊.
PS - Bring back the cat in the video 😃
Could be very useful because I do study abroad especially for when I have to fly home. Thank you!
Impressed that it charges from an 18W output battery. Most laptops won't do anything below 30W. Nice!
I bought a similar power bank for my MacBook pr 15 since it wouldn’t make a full day of charge. It can charge up to 45 watts from the usb-c port!! There very good
Sweet. I will be adding one to my traveling bag!!
You answered a question I did not know I had
That two minute wait thing...
I was thinking that my usb dock's power delivery feature was broken. This was the same thing that was happening there.
You saved me a big hassle for the whole return and reordering
Yeah I've noticed it takes a while, even when plugged into the wall charger.
You’ll need that much power to keep the Ankor dongle going, it’s a handwarmer even with just a USB plugged in. 4K 60 rocks though.
I just got a nitecore nb10000 power bank. I was panicking and thought it wouldn’t be powerful enough to charge at all. My device is an iPad Pro 12.9. But I think if it can partially charge your devices then it should have a similar effect on the iPad.
I wanted to avoid a 20000 mah charger because I am trying to pack super light and they are more bulky than I would like. The nb10000 is the lightest battery pack you can buy at 10000 mah. It’s amazing.
Your vid helped me a ton, now I feel better about my purchase. Although if I wanted to go on a longer trip I might invest in the 20k depending on how long I’d be away from an outlet.
Cheers!
This video is so helpful for most people who loves traveling to know are the MacBook they want to buy is match for them or not
just by reading the title on my notifs, i knew you were going to use an anker powerbank 😎
Good to know. Good video, keep it up!
Great content my dude!
Thx for the video
This man answering questions we didn't even know we had, awesome video ✌ I can easily see myself just carrying an M1 Air with just that Anker power bank 😀
Yeah the power bank is cool never know it can charge so much faster
Great content mate!
Got my M1 macbook air a day ago 😁 so this channel's gonna help me buy accessories too😍
Thank you for this interesting report!
Greetings from Germany
Now it's a damn nice thing to know that laptops can use power banks now for the power 👌👌👌👍👍👍
Thank u, I think is great, the battery can help us so much
I added to cart this powerbank because of you liam hahahahah i'm tempted
MAC teacher... Thanks for the tips 👍🏻
I was soo curious to know if this was possible
One of my friend has the M1 but I was afraid to ask him to experiment this as it may result in destroying his laptop
Thanks for testing this😃
it suffices pretty well!!
Highly considering buying this battery powerbank
great video! love your videos
this is rad info!
It would be handy in emergency great work brother👍
The Macbook Air comes with a 30W charger, not 60w. But it can charge at a maximum of 60w and there are also several power banks offering 60W PD.
I know... I was just using the Pro charger for the purposes of this video.
Awesome video!!
Nice video as always.
thank u
hey im just tryna get that new macbook but your videos are pretty interesting