[General Accessories] Hawke84:
Hi all

Continuing on my new found hobby of tech reviewing I wanted to share with you my thoughts on a new Lumsing product ive got my hands on.

Unboxing

The powerbank comes in a fairly well packed in a cardboard box with a little handle and minimal product information on the front of the box.

On the back there is a good list of features:

Size 4.88 x 2.64 x 0.51 inches

capacity 6000mAh

Weight 6.49oz

Input Mirco USB 5V / 1.5A

Output 5V / AA & USB 5V / 2.1A

Service life 500 charge cycles

compatible with all 5volt input required devices.

Security protection design

protection for overcharge

protection for overvoltage

protection for overcurrent

protection for short-circuit

And one of the other product features I thought important to point out:

Made with grade A cells and premium microchips.

The fact that this device lists 4 different protection methods is really important to me. I know it basically just a battery but its a lithium product which im planning on plugging my expensive devices into and I dont plan on having it explode or overvolt and break my phone or tablet. Having all 4 listed puts my mind at rest somewhat. I also like the fact that they have pointed out that they are using premium productions and a first for any battery pack I’ve reviewed - they call out the service life! Finally a company that will state how long these things should last. 500 cycles feels like a good bit of usage, I dont tend to use these things a lot and seeing as it can recharge my phone 3 to 4 times I could actually get 2000 phone recharges out of it before it starts to give up. I do a fair amount of travelling and I think it will be a number of years before I use up this product service life.

Hands on

Anyway enough about the box and the outer packaging, lets open it up already and take a look inside. I have to say the box felt a little cheap, being printed basically on brown card so I wasnt holding out high hopes when I opened it up for the quality of the product. How wrong I was!! Inside the battery is really well packed in a solid foam insert and in a little bag. Included under the powerbank is a nice little coiled USB lead. Again not something I’ve seen from the other powerbanks I’ve reviewed, this to me, although a simple little thing makes all the difference, seeing the little coiled lead was a moment of “oh thats good” in my head. I tend to use these powerbanks on the go, usually on holiday or when im out and about on a long day out (shopping with the girlfriend!), so i tend to have the powerbank in my pocket and as my phone starts getting lo I just plug it in to my powerbank and have the whole thing charging in my pocket while im walking around. Some of the companies seem to think you need a 2m lead with these things! So this for me is a big plus! It is worth noting that no Apple leads are included but these can be purchased separately.

One thing that did let me down with the lead is that it is charge only, there are no pins for syncing so straight away meaning that if you are traveling you need this lead for the powerbank and another lead for syncing with a PC. Feels a little mean…

Ok continuing to unbox, there is also included a lovely feeling little bag for the powerbank with drawstrings and a Lumsing logo. This also impressed me as I havent had any others which included a bag to keep it in. Also included is a simple instruction manual with how to use the product.

The powerbank itself is covered in brushed aluminum and is pretty solid feeling and it looks lovely (it was a pain to take a picture of because its so shiny!!) On the top there is a USB input port for charging and 2 USB output ports labelled 2.1A and 1A. Having a parent who needs reading glasses for everything a potential improvement would be to colour code the ports to prevent you plugging a 1A device into the 2.1A port by mistake and damaging it.

Also looking at the device from top (or bottom) profile shows an apparent bulge in the middle of the device. Im assuming this is just the battery cells but having had a galaxy S4 with bulging battery problems this made me worry slightly about what was going on under the skin! It charged and discharged fine so I wont dwell on this.

The top, side and bottom are a black plastic with a blue trim. Another nice little touch to add to the premium feel of this product was the fact that all the black plastic parts of the device are covered with that peel-away protection which always feels nice to peel and and makes it feel like they really care that this is in beautiful condition when it reaches you.

On the side is a single bottom (left hand side) along with 4 blue lights each of which indicates 25% of the battery capacity. towards the bottom is a dotted design which looks kinda cool. The right hand side is all aluminum (single sheet used to cover front, back and 1 side.

Overall it charged my Galaxy S4 fine. The 2.1A rating slightly confused me as my phone is 2.0A input and most of my other devices are 1.0A. I plugged it in and nothing blew up so I assume 0.1A isnt anything to worry about.

Positive points

+Really really premium feel

+Felt bag

+Coiled charging cable included (USB)

+Premium aluminum body

+stylish looks

+Premium lithium cells and circuitry used

+Well packaged and protected

+Two different charge outputs

Negative points

-Charge only lead included, so cant be used for phone sync

-Slight bulge in unit, not sure if it was just mine or if this is normal

-The aluminum body seems to scratch fairly easily

-Input for charging is only 1.5A so no fastcharge from 2A phone chargers

Conclusions

Feels like the manufacturer really cares about their product and the end user experience. There were a few very minor annoyances but these are easily overcome with the premium feel to the device. Lumsing is my new top choice for power accessories.

Score

My Score out of 5:

:good::good::good::good::good:

5 out of 5 - really premium quality and premium feel to this device.

Bottom Line

Top quality premium device with almost every detail well thought out.

Links

Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KV80WYA

Also available in black and orange

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lumsing-6000mah-Portable-External-Battery/dp/B00KT26W0G

Manufacturer Website

http://www.lumsing.com/product/ultra-slim-lumsing-6000mah-portable-power-bank/