Ozbargainers rave about how good these are when they buy them from Meritline.
My concern is that the box says:
Sense 4
If you look at Romoss.com, they have never made a product called Sense 4….
Of further concern, some vendors say the input amps is maximum 1 amp, others say 3 amps…
So this is cheaper than the last time. I got mine for $26.40 from meritline. It's still in the box…
quoting a comment by Rakddon from the last deal on this charger (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/136347?page=1#comment):
US$17.80 Delivered here:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Romoss-Sense-4-10400mah-exter…
Yep the Sense 4 again
You can be sure it is a fake if it says Sense 4 on the box because Romoss have never made anything called SENSE or SENSE 4
I only found this. Not sure if it's Romoss official site or not
http://romossmalaysia.com/products/romoss-10400mah-sense-4
Someone more Internet literate than a "dude" like me should be able to tell you with a decent whois lookup that http://romossmalaysia.com/ has nothing to do with the real Romoss.
Note http://romossmalaysia.com/ basically is just a shopfront selling these fakes - a nice shopfront, but its all BS…
Also their Sense 4 is rated at 10,000 mAh, not 10,400 - curious…
Bought mine from meritline and it's a sense 4. Not sure if it's real or fake but it has been working well for the past 2 weeks, fingers crossed
So can this one from tmart be trusted?
as much as any other random untrustworthy seller can be trusted..
http://www.amazon.com/10400mah-External-Portable-Emergency-s…
Identifies it as ROMOSS Sense 4 and supplied by ROMOSS. You would HOPE that Amazon would not be selling fakes ??
Amazon isn't selling it, MobilePal is - it is fake.
Yeah I thought about that after I posted..doh ! And +1 for u
all the concerns you already outlined? plus no guarantee this is actually genuine?
dude, you fail as smart buying…… you cant trust anything sold out of asia without some sort of genuine review etc. in fact id resist buying any batteries without some sort of outside genuine review…
(MOD remove personal attack)
I haven't bought it.
I am just pointing out it is cheaper than the Meritline one that got rave reviews.
At the same time I am pointing out that this product is most clearly a fake and I'd bet a fair bit the Meritline ones are fake too…
Excellent find and great price! $3 cheaper than the last post. I bought one from meritline and the max input is indeed 1 amp, unlike the one from kogan which allows a max of 1.5 amp. Having said that, this has a much better build than the kogan 11,000 power bank. Oh, and I can't seem to charge two devices simultaneously with the romoss.
I just took mine out of the box as soon as I read your comment. Tested it charging my tablet and my mobile simultaneously and it works fine. Charges both devices.
I just tried charging an iPad and iPhone simultaneously and you are right it works! Didn't work the first time I took it out of the box. The romoss unit would just switch off every time I connected the same two devices at the same time. Oh well, good that it now works.
What type ( draw current ) of devices. I hoop not two tablets.
An iphone and ipad
There are copies of copies on Aliexpress.
They will say whatever words or print whatever pretty decals on the side to make you part with your money.
In the electronics component world, they regularly go to the trouble of faking and sanding/rebranding transistors. Yes, individual transistors!(jfets and germaniums mostly) I have come across them many times.
Its a world where even bullshit will bullshit you.
amen
bmen
xmen
as a pastafarian… it should have been ramen… sorry for the typo
bought one from previous post.
Charger works great, but I found it a little heavy when I carry it around in my bag.
10,000 mAh is great if you really need THAT much charge in 1 day, otherwise I think just go for a smaller 3000mAh portable charger should be sufficient. Lighter to carry too and normal daily usage wouldn't or shouldn't exceed 2 full battery charge. if you use more than 6000mAh of battery on your mobile, then you probably play too much game!
Using 3G and the phone as a GPS whilst driving can drain the batt really fast too.
psssst, car charger. But I know you really meant using it as a GPS on a push bike…
still havent received mine from the last post…….. zzzzzzzzzzzz
me too, and I totally forgot that till I read this post.
i think this one is fake, compared to the pics of the products official website, buttons on this one seam cheap and generic, everything is one colored.
I'm after some good (and cheap if possible) power bank now.
What can you say about
POWER BANK Q20B 12000MAH Portable Universal Mobile Power Bank Black?
Or
Solar Power USB Battery Charger for MP3 MP4 Camera GPS iPhone iPad iPod Android Mobile Cell Phone?
btw
how long shipping from tmart takes?
Missed out on the earlier deal so will give this a try
Hope the included batteries arent HouseFire brand.
do you guys know that you guys are getting ripped off? in chinese taobao they sell it for 69 RMB. http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.1.As2BzR&id=…
$23 here so around 110 RMB.
but good price for australia. will upvote
yea, but shipping to overseas via EMS is 60RMB so 110 RMB with air mail seems about right.
What are the risks of charging this battery while it is charging other devices?
And leave this set up to charge over night?
why not just charge them separately…
yeh lol this makes no sense if you have access to nonportable power alreafu
I believe this is fake. See below link (bottom of page)
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/1594738389.html?tracelog=stored…
Item is out of stock and cannot be delivered!
Item arrived today and works but is fake according to a link in the more recent tmart bargain listing.
Why would you buy it when you knew before purchase it was almost certainly fake??
What?
I saw the details (the comparison picture) about it being fake AFTER it was delivered to me.
got mine yesterday.
fake. didn't work either.
tmart mail blocked.
Why would you buy it when you knew before purchase it was almost certainly fake??
got it from a previous post, same item same supplier, thinking it was real before i saw the comparison pics.
don't mind fakes, but at least it needs to work.
10400mAh … does it work on tv with usb port?