Power Banks

[Curious123]

Hello All,
I am travelling abroad soon for about a month and looking to purchase a power bank for use with our phones but something possibly capable of powering a pc in emergency situations. Any recommnedations?

 

[chookey]

If you're taking or hiring a car then an inverter would be the solution if you want to power a pc. No way are you doing it from a power bank

 

[kegnkiwi]

If you are going camping of something and have a car then you can get those jump start packs from halfords that have a battery and a inverter built in. They will do what you want to do but they are not something you can put in your hand luggage.

Streetwize 5 in 1 Portable Power Station & 12v Emergency Jumpstart

 

[turner brown]

how about a raspberry pi this could be powered from a power bank inverters are crap
for powering pc in car situations going from 12v to 240 back to 12v is iinefficient

 

[trevortron]

I've seen after-market 'universal' laptop supplies that can step 12V up to 19V without going the 12V~240V~19V route.
But if it's a power bank you are really after, check out Big Clive on YT, he rips some apart, some of the cheap ones are actually not that bad.

 

[turner brown]

there are plenty of 12 options for pc power supplies for cars
check out the carnetix for laptops , or the dsatx for any other system but these are more for in car computer systems

 

[Curious123]

Hello Guys,
Thanks for all your replies. The last time I was on a plane the girl sitting next to me used a power bank to power what I thought was her pc which was what made me ask about using one for my pc. Looking back it could have been a Mac or an Ipad pro so perhaps those behave differently when it comes to power. Thanks again.

 

[kegnkiwi]

Maybe something like a tablet with a keyboard they can run at 5v.