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Re:Anker launches sister brand for home automation by davb on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @07:56PM (#12502302)
Interestingly, I had exactly the same thing happen with an EasyAcc five port USB charger.

I wonder if Anker and EasyAcc use a common component on those products, one which is prone to this sort of failure.

Re:Anker launches sister brand for home automation by ZoFreX on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:05PM (#12502824)
One of the EasyAcc 5 port chargers looks literally identical to the Anker one. I suspect at least one of them is re-badging?
Re:Anker launches sister brand for home automation by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @11:36PM (#12503219)
One of the things I noted recently is that I have purchased RAVPower, Aukey, Anker, and OMAKER products which all came in nearly an identical packaging style. I suspect many of them use the same products or same distribution vendor which whitelabels the products for them.
Re:Anker launches sister brand for home automation by eropple on Thursday September 15, 2016 @09:19AM (#12505843)
I used to notice this a lot more often for Anker, but their stuff seems to be diverging. I wonder if they bootstrapped from some of that stuff but have been moving more towards their own products.