I’ve been using power banks for years, and they’ve saved me countless times from being stranded in the middle of a new city without being able to call my Uber. Baseus has the Blade 100W, which is designed for people who work on the go, for $53.99 (originally $129.99) after a 54% discount and an additional 10% on-page coupon. This is the lowest price it has been, according to price-tracking tools.
The Baseus Blade 100W works for laptops and anything less powerful, including phones and handheld video game consoles. The 100W is the watt power it spits out to charge your devices, which is a decent amount, but ZDNET’s review says it rarely gets up to that power when charging devices.
The power bank has a 20,000 Milliamp Hours battery capacity, which can charge a MacBook 0.58 times, a Steam Deck 1.5 times, or an iPhone 13 2.8 times, according to Baseus. As far as speed, it can charge a MacBook Pro 16-inch up to 36% in only 30 minutes. The speed will vary depending if you use one of the two USB-As or one of the two USB-Cs.
The Blade 100W has a helpful display that tells you how much juice is left in the power bank with a percentage, as well as how long it will take to fully charge the device it’s hooked up to. The downside is that it can only tell you that information about one of the up to four devices it can charge. It also tells you the charging power it is using to charge the device. Although it is long, it’s skinny, measuring 6.37 in by 5.26 in by 0.7 in, making it easy to slide into a purse or backpack. This power bank got a newer model last year (which you can get for $75, originally for $99.99, with the 25% on-page discount), which explains its current generous discount.
