CT scans reveal severe battery defects inside Haribo’s 20,000 mAh power bank and earbuds, explaining their quiet removal from Amazon.
  • whaleross@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    8 hours ago

    I think it is fair to assume that if you get electronics branded by a candy manufacturer, you will not get any sort of quality electronics.

    Obviously they shouldn’t be a fire hazard but still.

    • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      Yeah, I would never even have considered those if I just encountered them with no other info.

      I can get branding things that are maybe even tangentially related to their main activity, and then there’s a chance they’d want something at least decent. Possibly.

      That one is so random I couldn’t imagine more thought went into it than tacking their logo on the cheapest thing they could buy.

  • _wizard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    7 hours ago

    Bought one of these for my partner for Xmas. Hearing they’re a hazard is news to me. Should I seek a return?

    Edit: was well outside the return window, but contacted Amazon regardless. They’ll credit my account when I purchase a new power bank. Appreciate OP sharing this. Otherwise I could have had some problems.

      • _wizard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        7 hours ago

        Ha! She scratches that part of my back I can’t reach. She also doesn’t mind (and even requests) seeing me nude sometimes. So yeah, I kinda wanna keep her.

        Thanks for the early morning grammar lesson.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    411·
    11 hours ago

    That’s hilarious and sad. They outsourced their brand to the cheapest Chinese shit they could find. Stick to making candy, ja?

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    10·
    9 hours ago

    It seems like they were on the path to a really great product, but failed due to choosing a poor quality supplier.

    Pricing wasn’t the issue, the power bank’s lightness compared to its power capacity was the big attraction. The crappy version may be crappy, but it also demonstrates proof-of-concept that Backpackers really want it, and would probably be willing to pay a higher price for a reliable, high-quality version. Haribo needs to find a better quality supplier, get the product made correctly, and charge a reasonable price for it.

    • Munkisquisher@lemmy.nzEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Why are they so light? Do they way less than high rated 18650 cells would be for the rated capacity? If so they are probably inflating the rating. As is shockingly common for no name powerbanks. There are very minimal usb boards you can load 18650s into, or attach quad copter cells to, 3d print your own minimal case that suits your needs with the highest capacity and quality cells you can afford.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Lots of companies have wide product lines. The hard part of building a successful corporation is establishing a well-known brand, and once that is accomplished, many companies decide to use that popularity to promote more products that can increase revenue and profits.

        It makes the most sense if the new products are within the same market sector, but it doesn’t have to. Samsung is a perfect example. In Korea, it is possible to work for a Samsung company, live in a Samsung apartment complex, drive a Samsung vehicle, use a Samsung phone, and probably a lot more other stuff.

  • GhostlyPixel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    8 hours ago

    It was very funny that haribo of all companies had the lightest battery for the capacity, but all good things must come to an end

  • bonenode@piefed.socialEnglish
    35·
    7 hours ago

    Wasn’t the Haribo power bank popular among hardcore hikers, since it had the best weight to capacity ratio? Remember reading about that somewhere.