Our pick
Anker Powerhouse 100
This compact, lightweight portable charger has an AC outlet, a USB-C PD port, and two USB-A ports, and it can charge even the most power-hungry laptops while they’re in use. Unlike many competitors, it also comes with a 45 W wall charger.
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*At the time of publishing, the price was $160.
The Anker Powerhouse 100 performed well in our testing, offering more than 100 W of power output and enough capacity to bring a dead MacBook Air battery up to 90% charged—even during heavy use with the screen brightness turned up. It has a variety of output ports, including a USB-C Power Delivery (PD) port, two USB-A ports, and an AC outlet. The unit comes with a 45 W wall charger and a USB-C cable that you can use to recharge it at top speed, as well as a USB-A cable and a protective cloth carrying case. It’s small, ruggedly built, and easily packable, weighing just 1.9 pounds. It’s intuitively designed, too, though we could do without the built-in flashlight and wrist strap. It’s backed by Anker’s standard 18-month warranty, which is one of the longest we’ve seen in this product category.
Rated capacity: 27,000 mAh (97.2 Wh)
Max output: 141 W
Weight: 1.9 pounds
Dimensions: 7.9 by 4.7 by 1.2 inches
Runner-up
ChargeTech Portable Power Outlet 27K 4.0
This model has plenty of ports, impressive capacity, and the power to charge most laptops. It’s slim, sleek, and easy to use, and it comes with a wall charger. But it’s heavier than the rest of our picks and not as ruggedly built.
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*At the time of publishing, the price was $150.
The ChargeTech Portable Power Outlet 27K 4.0 has the same port options as the Anker, higher capacity (it was able to charge our test laptop 1.2 times), and a lower price at this writing. This charger is sleek and compact, making it easy to slip into a backpack or briefcase, and it’s just as simple to use as our top pick. But it’s not as ruggedly built as the Anker—its metal exterior shows scratches and dings more easily, it doesn’t have a protective rubber flap over the AC outlet, and it doesn’t come with a carrying case—and at 2.4 pounds, it’s a little heavier. As with our top pick, you don’t have to supply your own wall charger to juice up the ChargeTech since it comes with a USB-C charging cable and a 30 W wall charger. It’s backed by a one-year warranty, which is shorter than Anker’s coverage, but that should still give you plenty of time to make sure it’s not defective.
Rated capacity: 27,000 mAh (97.2 Wh)
Max output: 133 W
Weight: 2.4 pounds
Dimensions: 8.0 by 5.4 by 1.2 inches
Also great
Omnicharge Omni 20+
This compact, lightweight charger supports wireless charging and has an OLED screen that displays battery life and other metrics. It’s not quite as powerful as our other picks, and it doesn’t come with a wall charger, but it recharges with any compatible DC or USB-C charger.
Buying Options
*At the time of publishing, the price was $200.
The Omnicharge Omni 20+ is the most lightweight (1.4 pounds) and compact of our picks. This easy-to-use charger looks sleeker than most models, seems durable, and has rounded corners that make it comfortable to handle. If you have a phone or other device that can charge wirelessly—such as a newer iPhone, Google Pixel, or Samsung Galaxy—this is the only one of our picks that has wireless charging capabilities. It’s also one of the few models we’ve seen with dual input options (you can recharge it with DC or USB-C PD), as well as a screen showing you helpful information such as input/output wattage, charge level, and operating temperature. If you want those extra features and maximum portability, this is your best option, but there are some notable drawbacks. Namely, the Omnicharge has the lowest output (98 W) and capacity (it charged our MacBook Air only to about 80%) of any of our picks, and it’s the most expensive at this writing. And although it comes with USB-A and USB-C cables, the package has neither a case nor a wall charger. Like the ChargeTech, this model is backed by a one-year warranty.
Rated capacity: 20,400 mAh (73.4 Wh)
Max output: 98 W
Weight: 1.4 pounds
Dimensions: 5.0 by 4.8 by 1.1 inches
Budget pick
RAVPower 30000mAh AC Power Bank (RP-PB055)
This unit cranks out 149 W—the most power of any of our picks—and its battery capacity is as high as that of any charger we’ve tested. It’s heavier than most, weighing over 2 pounds, but it performs as well as or better than pricier models.
Buying Options
*At the time of publishing, the price was $150.
The RAVPower 30000mAh AC Power Bank (RP-PB055) may seem expensive for a budget pick, but at this writing we haven’t found anything under $100 that we feel comfortable recommending. It’s not our top pick because it doesn’t come with a wall charger, its rubberized finish collects fingerprints, it’s relatively heavy at 2.2 pounds, and it’s bulkier than the rest of our picks (especially in its protective hard-shell case), but it excels in almost every other way. It’s more powerful than our other picks, capable of pumping out a whopping 149 W to laptops and other power-hungry devices. It charged our test laptop 1.2 times (tying with the ChargeTech for the highest capacity), and like our top pick it has a USB-C PD port, two USB-A ports, and an AC outlet. In addition to the hard-shell case, it comes with a soft mesh pouch and a USB-C charging cable, and its 18-month warranty matches the coverage period on our top pick from Anker. This model is your best bet if you don’t mind some added bulk in exchange for having the most power possible.
Rated capacity: 30,000 mAh (108 Wh)
Max output: 149 W
Weight: 2.2 pounds
Dimensions: 7.0 by 5.4 by 1.8 inches
