Are you still looking for a good power bank that is also powerful enough to charge laptops? The Ugreen 145W power bank is a good option. Android planet has tested the power bank for you, these are the findings!
Ugreen 145W power bank review
Power banks are useful if you go away for a day, are on public transport or go on holiday, for example. Matter of your iPhone, tableteReader, smartwatch if you wireless earbuds just plug in and charge. There are dozens of brands that market power banks, each with unique features and prices.
If you also want to be able to charge a laptop, then a ‘simple’ power bank is not enough, you have to look for a more advanced and more powerful model. Android planet has the ‘Ugreen 145W Power Bank for Laptop-3 Ports Power Bank | 25000mAh’ purchased and tested. The device has a maximum output of 145 watts, can charge three devices at the same time and should be powerful enough to also charge laptops.
How do you like this power bank, what stands out and is it recommended or not? You can read that and more in this review of the Chinese power bank.
The review model of the Ugreen power bank has been purchased by Android Planet.
Ugreen 145W power bank review
Price is firm
You already have a power bank with a capacity of 10,000 mAh for three tenners, but for the Ugreen 145W power bank you have to dig deeper into your pockets. The Chinese manufacturer’s website lists a suggested retail price of 119.99 euros, but at the time of writing it is on offer with a 15 percent discount, so you pay 101.99 euros.
The delivery time via Ugreen was very fast. The device was ordered on Saturday and the courier came by on Tuesday to deliver it, with clear communication about the delivery via emails throughout the process. The same applies to a second order of a few separate USB cables.
You can also contact, among others Amazon.com, which is an official seller of the brand. There, the power bank currently costs 97.43 euros. Also with Bol.com is it for sale, but only through a reseller who asks no less than 137.60 euros.
Large, but well finished
The Ugreen 145 Watt power bank is quite a device, as it weighs 505 grams and measures 16 by 8 by 2.7 centimeters. Logical, because it has a capacity of 25000 mAh, but it is certainly something to consider before purchasing it. Compared to other similar models, the power bank is relatively compact.
The power bank is equipped with a small display on which you can see the capacity of the built-in battery. Great, because many power banks work with multiple LEDs, where you always have to guess what the exact battery status is. In addition to the three USB ports, you will also find an on/off button on the external battery. The power bank is finished with high-quality plastic and a metal look, which looks and feels beautiful.
The package contains a short USB-C to USB-C cable and a fabric pouch. During our review period, we used the supplied cable, which has a length of about twenty centimeters. The cable looks cheap and is not too long, but it can handle the maximum charging speed of 100 Watt.
More about the Ugreen 145W power bank
The device is approved to take on the plane and can be taken in your hand luggage. Charging a smartwatch or wireless earbuds, for example, does not require a lot of power and the power bank can also handle that. If you press the power button for three seconds, it switches to a lower wattage of only 200 mAh, so that these devices also charge well.
Some power banks can also charge devices wirelessly, although this is often much slower. However, the Ugreen power bank cannot do this. Charging via a single port is possible with a maximum of 100 Watts, for which the Power Delivery 3.0 protocol is used. Also handy (and fairly unique) is that you can charge it while other devices are connected to it to be charged at the same time.
Important to mention: the power bank cannot handle the fast charging technology developed by Samsung. Charging Samsung smartphones or tablets is still fast, but other power banks and chargers that do support this are a step ahead.
Charging from and with the Ugreen 145W power bank
The power bank has several battery cells on board with a total capacity of no less than 25,000 mAh. The Google Pixel 7 Pro has a 5000 mAh battery and could theoretically be charged five times with the external battery. You can charge the power bank itself via one of the USB-C ports, where the first port is limited to 45 Watt charging speed, the second to 65 Watt.
Ugreen says that the power bank with a special 65 Watt charger is full again within two hours. We do not have a Ugreen charger at our disposal and therefore used a 65 Watt charger from a laptop. Fully charging the power bank therefore took a little longer: 130 minutes. After 10 minutes, the power bank was 15 percent full, after half an hour already 43 percent. After 85 minutes, the battery percentage was about 80 percent, after which it took another 45 minutes to reach 100 percent.
Charge smartphones, tablets or laptops
This Ugreen power bank has three USB connections. Two of them are of the USB-C type, the other is an old-fashioned USB-A connection. One USB-C port can charge devices with a maximum of 100 watts, the other with 45 watts. If you use the USB-A port, you can charge with a maximum of 18 Watts.
It is often useful to charge devices with a USB-C cable, as it is much faster. However, for some devices you don’t have a USB-C cable available, so the USB-A port comes in handy.
You can use each port individually, or use multiple ports at the same time. The maximum wattage with which you can charge at the same time is 145 Watt via both USB-C ports. If you also use the USB-A port at the same time, the total wattage will decrease. The image below shows you exactly which ports you can use at the same time and what output they provide.
We have used the power bank to charge almost everything that we normally charge via the wall socket. We’re talking about our smartphone, e-reader, wireless earbuds, headphones and laptops. As mentioned, the power bank can theoretically charge the Pixel 7 Pro five times, but in practice it got stuck at four times and a bit. Charging an e-reader, watch or earplugs is not worth mentioning and can easily be done dozens of times.
It becomes more interesting when you start powering laptops. The battery of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 has a capacity of 60.7Wh (Watt hours). Via online calculations, this amounts to a small 17,000 mAh, while the power bank has a capacity of 25,000 mAh. The Ugreen 145W power bank should charge the laptop about one and a half times. Time for the test.
That one and a half times did not work out, but a full charge and some percentages for the second charge is no problem. Fully charging the battery of the laptop took about 85 percent of the power bank. While charging, however, we used the laptop’s screen at full brightness and just got to work with it. Charging was just as fast as via the mains and the laptop can charge at a maximum of 65 watts.
Conclusion Ugreen 145W power bank review
The Ugreen 145W is a power bank that you can say to. It is on the large side and has a hefty price tag, but it also offers good performance. However, it is a special power bank, which is not intended for the general public who can get by with a simple one. If you are looking for a powerful external battery that you can also use to charge laptops, then you should definitely consider the Ugreen 145W power bank.
Buy Ugreen 145 Watt power bank
The power bank can be purchased via the Ugreen website, where it costs 101.99 euros at the time of writing. Prefer to order Amazon.com or Bol.comthen you pay more. You will lose between 100 and 140 euros there.
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