This laptop power bank has served me well for years, and it’s 50% off for Black Friday

What is the deal?

Get 54% off the Baseus Blade HD on this Amazon Black Friday deal, plus an additional 17% with an on-page coupon, slashing the value to $43.

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• The Baseus Blade HD moveable energy financial institution is obtainable on Amazon for $130
• It is skinny, but highly effective, so it matches completely right into a laptop computer bag, and has a transparent, easy-to-read show. 
• As a result of it is massive and flat, it takes up a good bit of desk house.

I get a lot new stuff to check that I typically like revisiting devices that I have been utilizing constantly for a while to see how they’re holding up. In any case, new stuff is cool, however in case you’re spending your chilly, hard-earned money on one thing, you need it to final.  

The opposite day a reader requested if I used to be nonetheless utilizing the Baseus Blade HD energy financial institution, a product that I would initially reviewed near a yr in the past. Certainly I’m. In actual fact, not solely am I utilizing the HD model of this energy financial institution, however I am additionally nonetheless utilizing the original Blade model, which is now two years previous, and each are going robust. 

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So what does HD stand for? Excessive density. Put merely, Baseus used a unique battery know-how to permit the identical cost capability to be crammed right into a smaller house. 

Baseus Blade HD tech specs

• Capability: 20,000mAh silicon-carbon lithium polymer battery
• Ports: 2 x USB-C, 2 x USB-A
• USB-C Output: 5V/3A | 9V/3A | 12V/3A | 15V/3A | 20V/5A (max 100W)
• USB-C Enter: 5V/3.0A | 9V/3.0A | 12V/3.0A | 15V/3.0A | 20V/3.0A (max 60W)
• USB-A Output: 4.5V/5A | 5V/4.5A | 5V/3A | 9V/3A | 12V/2.5A (30W)
• Supported charging protocols: PD 3.0, QC 4+, QC 3.0, SCP, FCP, Samsung AFC
• Dimension: 5.27 x 5.27 x 0.7 inches
• Weight: 0.98 kilos 

First off, I actually like the form. The flat sq. design with rounded corners, texturized mushy coating and mushy silicone ft is ideal for throwing right into a laptop computer bag. 

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On the entrance is an easy-to-read show that reveals the unit’s runtime, together with energy enter/output and the way lengthy till the unit is charged or discharged. I admire that the show is refined, in order that I am not being blinded when utilizing the gadget in low-light or nighttime circumstances.

On the entrance is an on/off button and 4 ports — two USB-A and two USB-C. Easy.

The Baseus Blade HD makes use of silicon-carbon lithium polymer battery know-how, making it 18% lighter and 20% smaller than the earlier model. The capability stays the identical at 20,000mAh, however I am OK with this because it provides ample energy to recharge gadgets. 

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In actual fact, I am glad Baseus centered on making the gadget smaller and never packing extra energy into it.

Here is the Blade HD (which is now a yr previous), subsequent to the unique Blade (which is 2 years previous and suffered some beauty injury once I dripped some nasty solvent on it by chance), and each are going robust and like new.

The USB ports can be utilized in single, twin, triple, or quadruple configurations. When used singly, a USB-A port can output as much as 30W, whereas a USB-C port can push out 100W.

Recharge instances are additionally very acceptable, at 1.2 hours when utilizing the included USB-C to-C cable and a 65W USB-C PD wall charger (at the moment out there for $30, which is a steal). 

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One factor that hasn’t modified from the earlier incarnation is that each floor of the Blade HD, similar to the Blade earlier than it, is a mud magnet, and can decide up and present each little bit of dust that will get on it. However the textured end is sweet in that the ability financial institution is not slippery like loads of them are, so it is much less prone to fall on the ground or into your laptop computer’s keyboard!

ZDNET’s shopping for recommendation

That apart, the Baseus Blade HD is a improbable energy financial institution for laptop computer customers, and whereas the shape issue signifies that that is by no means going to slot in your pocket, it is good for slipping right into a laptop computer bag.