621 Magnetic Portable Charger (MagGo), 5,000mAh Wireless Power Bank with USB-C Cable, Magsafe-Compatible Battery Pack for iPhone 16/15/14/13/12 Series

This was my first Magsafe battery. I had some older Qi wireless chargers and was familiar with heating issues. But these were older and lower power. Without the Magsafe feature, they were finicky and fussy and didn't properly fit around camera lens protrusions. I barely used these devices. This Anker 621 has a lot of promise. The Magsafe feature locks tight and the dimensions do not interfere with the camera protrusions, even with a case on the phone. It's compact and slim, and most importantly, does not require wires. It can be easily carried in a backpack or pocket without an accessory bag for wires and cables. When I first unpacked the battery, I fully charged with with a USB-C PD charger. It charged at 1A/5V. I used it to inductively charge my iPhone 14 Pro intermittently over the next few days. After about 10% charge, I determined the heat buildup to be intolerable. Therefore, I only used the pack intermittently. That worked fine for me over several days. When the battery was empty, it took 20Wh to fully charge. The battery was advertised for 5000mAh, which is impossible to measure without disassembling the unit. However, we can calculate 20Wh / 5V / 0.9 = 4400mAh (where 0.9 is the efficiency of the voltage converter for USB). This is below advertised capacity, but there’s a lot of assumptions in the conversion. Then I used a USB-C cable to charge my iPad Mini. It transferred 14.8Wh at about 9 Watts before exhausting. The round-trip efficiency was high, because recharging took 14.8Wh to fully recharge. I suspect I didn’t get the full 20Wh capacity with the iPad because the higher charge demand choked the battery before it could get fully empty. Using the inductive charge mode, both devices get hot relatively quickly. The switching power electronics get particularly hot. I can easily feel where the transistor is located beneath the plastic shell. The inductive transmitter loop gets warm on the battery and the receiver loop gets warm on the phone. Lithium-ion batteries degrade proportionally to temperature (the Arrhenius relationship), accelerating +25% degradation rate for every 10C, this is bad for the phone. In summary, • The battery delivers 20Wh of energy. If using inductive (Qi and Magsafe), much of the energy is converted to heat, so perhaps only 10-15Wh is actually delivered to the battery. • If using high-current devices using a charge cable, such as an iPad, the high current chokes the battery a bit early, stopping at 15Wh. • My back-of-the-envelope calculation shows 4400mAh vs. rated 5000mAh. I suspect the battery is not delivering rated capacity. Anker should be rating these batteries in Joules (watt-hours) instead of Coulombs (ampere-hours). • Inductive charging is inefficient, losing a quarter to half of energy to heat. This is not Anker’s fault but a result of real-world physics. With my iPhone 14 Pro, I saw about 10C rise per 10% of battery charge. I never let it progress beyond this point. • Lithium-ion batteries accelerate aging degradation due to the Arrhenius relationship about +25% per 10C temperature rise. Therefore, prolonged use of inductive charging will ultimately age your battery prematurely. • This battery is very worthwhile because I don’t have to carry an accessory kit with wires to use. Just slap it on the back of the phone and go. Plus, if frees the connector to use with wired headsets when using.

Worked well for a year. Liked it because it was relatively thin and portable. Was used occasionally along with other chargers maybe 25 times, then stopped taking charges. Wasn't dropped or mistreated, just defective. Anker replaced the item the day after I let them know due to an 18 month warranty. Great customer service

Just received this to replace another same type battery but that one would go on then just shut off for no apparent reason. I do have an IP-12 and i use a pretty heavy case so i wasn't sure how these type of batteries were going to work. I installed the metal ring on back of case and as it held battery ok it just wouldn't charge. So i bought this Anker to try it as i do like Anker batteries. Well right away it stuck right to my case and immediately started to charge. I was still skeptical. I just waiting to see if it shuts off and it never really did. Yes it gets warm just like the other battery, but that's the characteristic of this type of charging. But I have to tell you this thing grips much better than the other battery I had, maybe it has something to do with being a MagSafe battery I don't know that's why I wanted to try the Anker as its not a Magsafe but a Maggo and boast that it has a much stronger magnet, and I can Contest to that. It's not the fastest charger but it does charge. It is probably taking me an hour and a half hour to go from 60% to 95% for me that's OK. It's meant to be more of a rescue battery to basically get you through the rest of your day, my phone that has relatively small battery. This battery probably would charge it fully but The newer phones have larger batteries. This probably will maybe get you 80% which is just enough to get you through the rest of your day. Yes, heat is a factor and some people complain about it and some people understand It's a necessary phenomenon in this kind of charging, this case with the heat temperature gun i saw 134 degrees at its peak but it does go thru cycles of heat and cool as internal thermostat kicks in. To me thats a minor inconvenience, but it does not heat up your phone. The heat stays within the battery itself and it does not radiate to your phone. So far so good i using it now to write this and as the charge percent is not rising as fast as it did when I wasn't using the phone. It's basically holding the percent at one particular spot right now. So in closing, if you have a heavy duty case, try it, it might work get the rings and put them on the back of your case and see what happens. My rings came with a template which is not easy to use with a heavier case so what I did is I attach the ring to the actual battery And I moved the battery on the back of the case where I found a nice spot where the phone always went on charge every time I hit that spot and then I remove the plastic on the ring went back to push the battery down on that spot removed it push the ring down by hand make sure it was good And that's it, sometimes that's more accurate than using a template. I do agree that the thickness of the case plays a big roll in whether this will work or not, but what do you got to lose if it doesn't work you can return the battery or buy a new case that's thinner and will work better.

A small, lightweight and portable charger that works equally well with Apple and Samsung devices. The wireless charging is a much slower than using the rapid cable which is expected. Also we noted the device slipping as the device powers up. Do not expect multiple charges between use, which is disappointing but it does recharge fairly quickly.

Great device. Will charge a pro to full. It charges slowly but it’s better than cords. It’s thin and doesn’t add too much weight or bulk.

Great charger, even on a phone that needs a magnetic case (non-MagSafe / QI2/PixelSnap). However, it does make the phone warm after a while, but that's its nature.

You get what you pay for. This portable charger is not only slow; it's also unreliable. It's not bulky, making it highly portable and fitting securely in your pocket. Still, it can't fully charge your phone, which becomes the little engine that could, struggling up that hill to take your phone from 30% to barely 70%, depending on whether you're using it. I don't believe it's versatile at all, and even charging it takes time. Overall, don't expect too much from this charger, and you'll be fine. Because if you're looking for something that will fully charge your phone in minutes, this ain't it. I can recommend it if you need something right away or for an outing, but I cannot recommend it as a regular way to ensure you always have battery life. Also make sure you have a phone case thats compatible with it that allows you to charge phone just having those rings will not charge your phone at all.

I was between buying this and a mophie charging case. If I was going to buy this one, I was going to have to get a MagSafe case as I don’t have any. And with the new iPhone 17s out and my needing an upgrade on my phone. This portable charger seemed very promising with the amount of reviews it had and a 4+ star rating. And was cheaper than the mophie case, too! With all that being said, I decided purchasing this charger would be the best option. It was definitely the cheaper route even if I did have to buy a MagSafe case. No matter, I got an Anker case for about $20. And I would still be able to use the charger on my next phone. Now, I was in search of a portable phone charger/charging case as I was going to be going to Louder Than Life. For those that don’t know what that is, it’s a 4 day rock festival usually the last or second to last weekend of September in Louisville Kentucky. And as I mentioned, my phone needs an upgrade because on any regular day, I need to charge my phone by 1pm in the day. My phones battery life SUCKS. I purchase the charger about 5 days before I leave for the fest. It arrives the next day. I took it out, made sure everything was in there and went ahead and plugged it up so it could be fully charged. Charged it over night and the next day, around 1pm when I needed to charge my phone back up, I decided to use it. I was greatly disappointed to find that I had it charging for about an hour and it had barely powered my phone 10%. And at this point, I couldn’t really buy another charger for fear of it arriving after I left for the show. So instead, decided to put up and just go ahead and try and make do at the fest. Well, I get even more disappointed when using it at the fest. In kentucky, the weather can’t make its mind up to save its life. During the fest, the highs were 87-90 out. Pretty hot. But, I had gotten the top shelf vip and was able to have shaded areas and also very AC’d areas. Mind you, I only used the charger while outside in the shaded area. With nice wind flow and fans. On the first day of the 2 my husband and I went, I began using the charger at about 5pm. I had it on for an hour to two hours. And in those 1-2 hours, it had only charged my phone MAYBE 15% and had used over half of the portable batteries charge. I even had my phone on low battery mode. And not only that, it did cause my phone to be VERY hot. On the second day of the two me and my husband was there, I used the charger again about the same time but this time for only about 30-45 minutes. Still the same issue with how much the charger was actually charging my phone, but this time it caused my phone to pause charging till my phone cooled down. I was in literally the same spot I was in the previous day. So, it ended up turning it off and just taking it off my phone. Didn’t use it again till about 7:30 and used it when I wouldn’t be using my phone at all to record anything and charged it till the next band came on around 8:30. During that hour, I got a 10% charge. Also keep in mind, during the WHOLE time I was at the fest, my phone was in low battery mode. Idk if that makes a difference, but thought I’d add that. While it isn’t able to really charge your phone without over heating it, it does have a very strong magnetic grip. The one thing I didn’t like about the magnetic thing, and this just might be where I’ve never used a MagSafe portable charger and didn’t know that they do this, is that it kinda just swung around on the magnet. While using it, the charger would get crooked and I’d have to straighten it up. Or I’d put it in my purse and it’d be sideways on my phone. Again, that might be just a thing of MagSafe portable chargers and they all do it and not be something specific to this one. I be dumb sometimes lol. But I will say, I do like how slim it is. Not bulky and taking up a lot of room. I will also say that it’s quite durable. When we got home, my husband was trying to help get stuff out of the truck and it dropped out of my purse and was still good to go! Barely even scuffed up! Overall, I’m not quite sure this charger was worth it. Especially if it’s only providing 10-15% charge in 2 hours. I didn’t like chilling with my phone on 20% for hours all day. Especially in a big crowd like that when there’s chances of my husband and I getting separated and not being able to get back to him. And I also don’t like how hot it made my phone.. it can’t be good for the phone. So, just be weary! Heed the warnings! The AI generated review overview was correct!

Quality, functionality and portability.

Product is light weight and slimmest powerbank in the market. material feels very premium. Magnet has good power to hold the mobile.

J’ai acheté ce produit pour mon iphone 16 et je regrette pas il est vraiment top, l’aimant est puissant, la charge est bonne et ça ne chauffe pas!

Amazing and I love the colour. I can even use it as a wire charger for my AirPods and not worry about it sliding off the patch it has magnets

I already have the Anker Magsafe Go UltraFast Powerbank that's available here (the one with the display on the side). The problem with that is that it's the same weight as a brick, and takes up twice the amount of space in my lunch bag (I use one of those Husky ones, the ones you see construction workers use), so that lead me to look for something a bit slimmer. I do have the Apple MagSafe power bank that I got when it first came out, but with the purchase of my 16 Pro Max, using that was out of the question since I wanted to shed myself of using anything that's Lightning related (since all my devices are now USB-C. It does however remain on standby in case it needs to be used, and all I carry are USB plug ins and cords). So far with the Anker 621, it's living up to my expectations. They say you can only use this on an iPhone 12, 13, 14 or 15 series, but I haven't had an issue using it on a 16 Pro Max. With this, there is a power button on the bottom to turn off the charger when the iPhone throws up temperature warnings, which is absent on the UltraFast Powerbank (you have to remove it, let it cool and then put it back on, with the 621, you can just hold the button on the bottom to turn it off, then when it's cool, turn it back on again). Since it only delivers 7.5w of charging via Magsafe (vs 15w with the UltraFast), unless you're using your phone, this will provide a boost but I haven't found out what kind of one since at the time I wrote this, I am on vacation from work. I will update this accordingly after it gets put through it's paces.