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Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet
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There’s two things you should know about me, your intrepid reviewer: I hate the feature creep associated with modern power banks, and I love shaving grams off the gear I carry when backpacking, bikepacking, and trail running. So imagine my delight when Nitecore released a new generation of its ultralight NB10000 battery. After a few weeks with it I can confidently say: Haribo be damned!
The $83.95 NB10000 Gen 4 weighs just 146 grams, according to my scale, and measures 1.45 x 11.6 x 4.68cm (0.57 x 4.57 x 1.84 inches), according to Nitecore’s spec sheet. That makes it the lightest and most compact 10,000mAh power bank I can find. Even when factoring in the extra 6 grams added by the included USB-C lanyard, it still beats the previous ultralight champ: Nitecore’s NB10000 Gen 3. The secret to the Gen 4’s impressive weight is a silicon-carbon anode, the same battery tech increasingly appearing in flagship smartphones, including Samsung’s.
As small as it is, the Gen 4’s 39Wh battery still fully recharged my aging iPhone 15 Pro twice, with a few watt-hours left in the tank. And with up to 22.5W of output, it can even top-up my 14-inch MacBook Pro when needed. It also supports pass-through to charge your gadgets as the power bank itself charges.