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RAVPower 20100mAh External Battery Pack review: Charger sports a versatile set of ports

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The following review is part of our USB-C battery pack roundup. Click a link below to read the following:</p><ul><li>Overview: USB-C battery packs (http://www.macworld.com/article/3028132/usb-c-battery-pack-review-portable-batteries-for-the-macbook-and-ios-devices-come-of-age.html)</li>
<li>How we tested (http://www.macworld.com/article/3028132/usb-c-battery-pack-review-portable-batteries-for-the-macbook-and-ios-devices-come-of-age.html?page=2)</li>
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While the RAVPower 20100mAh External Battery Pack (http://www.ravpower.com/20100mah-external-battery-charger-QC2.0-type-c.html) has the same six-cell structure as the best in this class from Anker, it performs significantly worse. In testing, we found it delivered much less power to the MacBook overall, charging it only to about 90 percent before it was exhausted. Different cell suppliers and different circuitry designed to protect those cells certainly has an impact. The RAVPower also notably heated up during charging and recharging, despite its metal case, though not uncomfortably. (Testing of other RAVPower units at other sites showed a poor rated capacity to available power ratio for similarly high mAh models.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3034533/hardware/ravpower-20100mah-external-battery-pack-review-charger-sports-a-versatile-set-of-ports.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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