Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:03AM
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Yah, you're right. Quoting from the review: "we’ve yet to find a battery / cable that can charge the console faster than it drains." So it's possible and likely that someone will make a capable pack at some point.
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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential
by phonon on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:22AM
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On the positive side, plugging a powerbank into the Switch causes the console to recharge faster than it depletes its own battery even in a stress test scenario with brightness and volume maxed. [1]
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-ninten...
Looks like it won't take much. A lot of USB-C power banks on Amazon max out at 3A/5V; at 15W, that's just about the top power consumption measured on the Switch (16W), so it ought to be enough to at least keep the battery constant as power use fluctuates during regular gameplay.
I expect we'll see 5A+ power packs in the future which will handle it easily.
Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential
by voltagex_ on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @10:45PM
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I can highly recommend http://www.banggood.com/ZMI-QB820-20000mAh-Quick-Charge-2_0-..., although I'm hoping someone with a thermal camera can do a proper teardown and review at some point - it gets a little warm at ~40W output.
It charges my XPS 9350 just fine, so it should do the Switch no worries.