Choose a portable power bank

The Nimble Champ is our top recommendation for most folks, but we have all sorts of alternatives here. Read our Best MagSafe Power Banks guide for Apple-specific portable chargers, and our Best Portable Power Stations guide if you need more power. Updated June 2025: We've added power banks from Redmagic and Statik, and added a new FAQ.

Connection types vary across all portable power banks, cell phones, computers, headphones, tablets, and electronics brands. So, make sure to choose a power bank with ports that are compatible with the devices you need charged most often.

Watching your phone or tablet steadily run out of power when you're nowhere near an outlet is stressful. But there's an easy solution: a portable battery or power bank. They are available in many sizes and capacities and can include handy features like fast charging and multiple ports.

When it comes to portability you'll need to consider two aspects: weight and volume. They are both generally directly proportional to the device's capacity. Thus, the more mAh a power bank has, the heavier and bulkier it tends to be.

Iniu Power Bank BaI-B64 for $72: Offering relatively low prices, Iniu is a power bank brand on the rise. This portable charger packs a 27,000-mAh capacity, can put out up to 140 W, and charges three devices at once via two USB-C ports and a single USB-A port.

Capacity is arguably the most important feature of a power bank. This is where most people look first and this is also why it's very common for the capacity to be listed in the actual name of the power bank. The unit of measure for capacity is mAh, which stands for milliampere-hour.