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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024
UPDATE - Anker reached out to me and refunded my purchase on this item, which was an incredibly kind gesture. I have increased the star rating due to their incredible customer support. The rest of the original review is below.
I use the Anker MagGo Power Bank for two purposes. First, it sits beside my bed and acts as my over-night charger for my iPhone 14 Pro. For this, I keep the MagGo Power Bank plugged in. Second, I use it as an "on the go" battery when travelling or away from home. The Anker MagGo Power Bank was clearly designed for these two purposes. After all, it does have a little kickstand.
Here is the major issue - the wireless charging is super flakey. When coming to bed at night, I drop my phone on the magnetic charger and it does nothing. So I try again, and nothing happens. Now I have to start messing with the charger to get it to "align" poperly. Still nothing happens. Finally, I unplug the charger and start really messing with it. Eventually it starts to charge. I then plug it back in and try to go to sleep, but my wife is now yelling at me for waking her up.
This repeats every single night. You might be thinking "but your iPhone case is too thick." Nope, I use a slim case made by Apple themselves. Frankly I think this is some sort of bug in the magnetic charging system. When it works right, it works really well. Unfortunately, that is really rare. Once you do get it working, it seems to work just fine, like nothing is wrong. It's completely bizarre.
I can say that when it does charge, it charges very quickly. The battery also has a nice, large capacity. The MagGo Power Bank is heavy though. It's much heavier than my older Anker 10,000 mAh battery.
I use the Anker MagGo Power Bank for two purposes. First, it sits beside my bed and acts as my over-night charger for my iPhone 14 Pro. For this, I keep the MagGo Power Bank plugged in. Second, I use it as an "on the go" battery when travelling or away from home. The Anker MagGo Power Bank was clearly designed for these two purposes. After all, it does have a little kickstand.
Here is the major issue - the wireless charging is super flakey. When coming to bed at night, I drop my phone on the magnetic charger and it does nothing. So I try again, and nothing happens. Now I have to start messing with the charger to get it to "align" poperly. Still nothing happens. Finally, I unplug the charger and start really messing with it. Eventually it starts to charge. I then plug it back in and try to go to sleep, but my wife is now yelling at me for waking her up.
This repeats every single night. You might be thinking "but your iPhone case is too thick." Nope, I use a slim case made by Apple themselves. Frankly I think this is some sort of bug in the magnetic charging system. When it works right, it works really well. Unfortunately, that is really rare. Once you do get it working, it seems to work just fine, like nothing is wrong. It's completely bizarre.
I can say that when it does charge, it charges very quickly. The battery also has a nice, large capacity. The MagGo Power Bank is heavy though. It's much heavier than my older Anker 10,000 mAh battery.
