The fuck? They’re literally doing a recall due to fires and explosions and your take away is “they still sound more reliable than products from a different e-commerce site.”
My god, the average internet user these days is beyond retarded.
Comment on Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire and burn risks
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
The company has received 19 reports of fires and explosions
The recall covers about 1,158,000 units that were sold online through Amazon, Newegg, and eBay between June 2016 and December 2022.
That still sounds more trustworthy than random power bank from Wish.
I’ve had a power bank with earbuds (yes) from AliExpress that just randomly started to feel quite warm. Not the battery being a problem, some chip (SY7656) on the board was cooking.
I tried to replace it, but I couldn’t do a good job without a heat gun. It broke again after a few weeks. Probably overheated as I couldn’t do anything about solder that was supposed to be below it. But anyway…
Also had a cheap power bank from Tesco that would self-discharge in 3 days.
mesitoispro@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
19/1000000 is not that bad. I mean Tesla didn’t do a recall and I’m certain their cyber trucks have a worse track record.
Saying something is more reliable than ass isn’t bad, it’s more him being surprised anker actually bothering to because plenty of companies have worse products that don’t get recalled.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
Point is, this could probably be buried in the many other blowing up power banks. Years old power bank caught on fire doesn’t make much news. Yet Anker went with a recall (though unfortunately it’s US only). Makes Anker look even better.
mbirth@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I’ve entered the serial number of my Germany-bought model and it said it’s not from the affected batch and safe to use.
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
It’s been super reliable. Perhaps at 10 years old they’re extrapolating the failure curve and worried about many more fires.