Reddit mentions of Anker PowerCore Speed 20000, 20000mAh Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 & PowerIQ Portable Charger, with Quick Charge Recharging, Power Bank for Samsung, iPhone, iPad and More, Black (A1278)

Im confused, did she get drunk alone at a sushi bar with no way home?

If you have a purse buy this: https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-20000mAh-Qualcomm-Recharging/dp/B01N0X3NL5

It can charge a phone like 4 times! So handy. There are smallwr lighter models too

I'm firmly on the side of yes, totally worth it (Vive Pro + wireless).

You do need a beefy CPU to handle it without any issues though -- what do you have? I have a 8700k@5ghz and have had zero issues with it in every game so far (including a heavily modified skyrimVR, and lightly modded Fallout 4 VR). Appearance and performance vs. wired has been the same for me.

The only other consideration is the stock battery only lasts about 1.5 hours. You can buy 3rd party, higher capacity batteries that last way longer. I use this one which lasts about 4 hours. It also fits the little belt clip that comes with the stock battery. You can use any battery like that just so long it is QC 3.0.

Even if you have a small play space, being able to move, turn and twist without the cable being in the way is just amazing. It seems like a small benefit, but it really drives immersion even further.

Anker PowerCore Speed 20000mAh Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 & PowerIQ Portable Charger, with Quick Charge Recharging


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0X3NL5/

A bunch on Amazon from trusted brands. I posted the largest Anker one with QC3 I saw with a quick glance.

This smaller Anker one lasts me just as long as the one HTC shipped with the adapter; around 2.5 hours of continuous use.

This larger Anker one lasts me well over 4 hours. I haven't actually had it die on me yet; my longest playsession since getting the adapter has been around 4 and a half hours. It is decently bulky but it does fit into the included battery clip that the adapter comes with. It's just too large length wise so it will stick out the top of the clip. I wouldn't worry about it falling out of the clip though since it is a snug fit.

Also, this wall charger with QC 3.0 ports works with powering the wireless adapter. I've used it for when I'm doing sim stuff in the corner of my room. Having to plug in the wired Vive Pro cables for sim use is a real hassle so I just keep the wireless adapter on and plug the adapter into the wall charger. Works flawlessly.

This one works no problem, fits in the belt clip caddy(sticks up further, of course): and you get like 5+ hours:

Anker PowerCore Speed 20000, 20000mAh Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 & PowerIQ Portable Charger, with Quick Charge Recharging, Power Bank for Samsung, iPhone, iPad and More

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use this one and it's great. Fits in the wireless unit's battery clip, just sticks out, so I put a rubber band to hold it in.

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-20000mAh-Qualcomm-Recharging/dp/B01N0X3NL5

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5

Buy a portable charger That's my number one travel trip after being on the road for over two years now. You can Quick Charge 2 devices at a time at the airport (without hunting down an unused outlet), on the bus, during your flight, and while sitting down at a restaurant. Depending on the hotel I've even used this exclusively to charge my phone and it will last about a week between charges. I realize this model may be overkill for some, but it will charge your phone from 0%-100% up to six times.

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this company and have no incentive for them to do well. I have also used RavPower chargers in the past, so use whatever brand meets your needs.

The Anker 20000 QC 3.0 can run the wireless for about 5 hours and fits in the waistband holder (its taller but similar in width and thickness).

Just remember the middle port is the QC port, not the outside one.

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-20000mAh-Qualcomm-Recharging/dp/B01N0X3NL5/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1539207714&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=anker+portable+charger+qc+3.0&dpPl=1&dpID=316xYYZKw1L&ref=plSrch


EDIT: The recharge time of the stock battery is about 6-7 hours; The recharge time of the one I linked is about 10-11 hours. You can maximize play time by burning through the 2.5hr one first, recharging it while using the larger battery, the 2.5hr battery should be almost fully charged by the time you burn through the bigger battery.

So intel CPUs only have 16 pcie lanes. Make sure your bios is set to split the lanes 8/4/4. GPU gets 8, wifi card gets 4, and if you have any m.2 drive it gets the other 4. Sometimes it decides to round robin 16 lanes, which kills performance.

For the disconnects, replace the wireless battery and cable. This worked for me:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P2L51SD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Also funny enough I have the exact same hardware you have except I'm using 3200Mhz RAM. The video encoding for the wireless adapter does consistently consume an entire CPU core, but Skyrim wasn't using it anyways so I haven't noticed much performance difference. I do notice that in some dark scenes I get jpg-like compression artifacts. On the other hand VRChat performance really shit the bed and I get constant compression artifacts in crowded instances.

I've got myself a tiny backpack. It's just big enough for the Anker 20000

Ok it's got a Teddy Bear embroidered on it, but I like to think it adds to the style.

Adding to the comments.

This battery (and some like it) not only last >5 hours, but also fit snugly into the stock belt clip! Also, you can use one battery to charge another, so you could chain that into the stock battery for 7.5hrs (I've done this before by keeping one battery in each pocket).

The chaining thing also works for using a non-QC3 charger to charge the stock battery! It'd be interesting to see if you could get the full life out of the stock battery this way... most non-QC3 power blocks output about 2.4A for about 15watts, the stock charger puts about 24 watts into the headset I believe, so a 20000mA battery like that could potentially keep the stock battery lasting over 6 hours as well.

I got the wireless adapter day one and I'm still using the original battery and this Anker QC3 powerbank

While the adapters are pricey, they are totally worth it IMO. So I don't think you made a mistake here.

I have the wireless adapter as well and its how VR should be, un-tethered.

Regarding your 20K capacity battery, make sure it has a quick charge 3.0 port. It will only work if your adapter is plugged into that.

Here is the Anker battery bank I use (I get about 6 hours of play from it)

You could use the big bank while having the smaller one as a back up. Or go for two and when you swap, plug the other in to charge.

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-20000mAh-Qualcomm-Recharging/dp/B01N0X3NL5/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Anker+Battery+Pack+Quick+Charge&qid=1571149687&sr=8-4

I am an avid traveler, and I use this anker as it has Quick Charge 3.0 as well as another outlet for charging my actual camera. QC3.0 allows me to charge my phone from 20% to 80% in 30-40 mins usually since I am a heavy camera phone users also. I would go days without an outlet sometimes so this usually last me 3 days without a charge from an outlet, before it goes dead.

I'm 90% sure it was this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-20000mAh-Qualcomm-Recharging/dp/B01N0X3NL5/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=QC3+battery&qid=1565640876&s=gateway&sr=8-5

It fits into the holder, but it juts out of it. lasts for about twice the length of the HTC battery.

just ordered an upgraded version of my charger ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) will that seen reports that it does work on the tpcast (figured mine is the older one) so should work on the official one too.
Just had a brief 17 minute game of blade & sourcery, recorded it and may upload it though man I came off psychotic!


lack of cable is a huge difference when playing though because I was recording it caused the system to stress out, near the end it was a tad jolty and the device got very hot.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01N0X3NL5?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

I ordered 2 of them, if you do get one, use the USB port in the middle.

You can use the headset with wireless adapter in what I call "wired wireless mode" by plugging USB power into a QC 3.0 capable charger - I have a 5 meter USB cable for that and it works fine. Here's the charger I use to charge controllers, trackers and battery after VR sessions. The QuickCharge port can also power the wireless adapter. You may want to check your phone charger for support of QC 3 too - some phones support it.

As for power banks, HTC ones are trash. They give around 2 hours of play and then charge for like 7 hours because they don't support QC input at all. They are that bad. On the upside, they can charge from any USB port.
Luckily, you can use any QC 3.0 capable power bank. I personally use Anker PowerCore Speed 20000, gives around 5 hours of playtime, fits into HTC clip (although it sticks out as it is much longer), and has QC support for its own charging, so it charges in around 6 hours too. Having two of these, you can theoretically swap them for unlimited wireless playtime. You can also charge one controller at a time from its second USB port.

Anker has quite some loading Power.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B01N0X3NL5/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1510759326&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=anker+powerbank+fast+charge&dpPl=1&dpID=31I3TO3q-9L&ref=plSrch

This one is fast but nothing Close to Dash Charge.

I''m in the UK and got THIS ONE from Amazon.

It's like it was made to fit the official battery holder it's just longer.

EDIT: Looks like it's available where you are - Anker PowerCore Speed 20000, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

All that matters is it's Anker and says Quick Charge 3 right? Like this one would work?

20,000mAh: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0X3NL5

Mine does. It's the quick charge 3 one with power iq. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Upgraded-PowerCore-Backwards-Compatible-black/dp/B01N0X3NL5

I went with a recommended Anker 20000 as it fits perfect in the included battery clip. It's a monster and lasts for hours. But as it's heavier than the stock battery it doesn't easily clip directly to the headband like with the stock battery, so smaller batteries could be a better choice for that.

Supposedly any battery with Quick Charge 3.0 output will work, probably some black friday deals going on.

Plan for the cold. Buy a good sleeping bag and don't scrimp on it. This link recommends Kelty brand sleeping bags. I own Kelty brand and its good. A mummy style fits closer for warmth, but can feel claustrophobic. a rectangular style fits looser for movement, but at a cost of less warmth.

Plan for warm layers for yourself. buying a good baselayer can help keep you warm when you're not in your sleeping bag. Merino wool is a good choice, but it costs. its worth the cost. there are synthetic styles that are cheaper.

Buy a good headlamp, because making your way to the public restrooms in the dark sucks muchly and you'd hate it if you dropped and lost your flashlight. plus carrying a flashlight in your hand means you can't carry much else.

Buy something that will help you cook your food and heat water. If that's going to be handled for you, then you might not need it. Me, I like to be self-sufficient and I really like my tea. Be sure to ask your group how food is going to be handled. I like GSI Outdoors brand because its nice and compact and its a nice size for a Vargo titanium alcohol stove. If you go this route, you'll need Denatured Alcohol which is hard to be shipped. Call around local hardware stores or hiking stores around you to see if anyone carries it. You'll also need flip top plastic squeeze bottles to carry the alcohol around in. Keep it in its own leak-proof bag. If you have a store close to you like Cabela's or REI, they carry this stuff too.

buy a travel mug with a cover. Me, I like Hydroflask brand because its flip-top cap is leak proof, but YMMV.

Here's a bunch of hacks that look interesting. You don't have to go all-out on these, but if you find yourself doing this type of car-camping again, you'll find them useful. Here's some more tips for first-time campers

WEAR STURDY SHOES. Boots are a great idea, but they also make hiking shoes that are lighter in weight. Buy merino wool socks. Merino wool is like ovens for your feet. I like Smartwool or Darn Tough

For food: I've done an entire camping trip on nothing but unrefrigerated foods. I bought a good crusty bread, squeeze peanut butter and squeeze jam. there are also pre-packaged hiking foods that are tasty. Make sure you bring several gallons of water and be sure to keep hydrated.

also BUG SPRAY! Don't mess around with "all natural" bug spray. You want DEET. I went camping in an area that was close to the water table and was basically mosquito breeding central. from the time when I arrived and the time I finally broke down and bought a DEET-based repellant, I was bitten 47 times.

edited to add: PHONE CHARGERS! This is mega important because power is going to be a premium at a festival. I own this Anker Power Core and it will re-charge your phone up to 7 times. Its kind of heavy, but its worth it. Anker also sells smaller ones that will recharge a phone twice to three times.

edited again to add: Anything you buy, test it before the trip happens. Sleep a night in your new sleeping bag. test your new camp-stove (outside preferably). cook something in your new camp pot. see how it works so that if there's something that doesn't happen the way you want it, you know about it before the big day. especially if you've never used a campstove before: you want to learn how to operate it without burning yourself or others or setting fire to things that shouldn't be on fire.

I would recommend this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5


I bought it to use with the wireless adapter and it's working perfectly.
The best thing is that it fits securely and firmly in the belt case that comes with the wireless adapter's original power bank and it has 2 output ports.
It has a quick charge 3.0 port (which I use to power the wireless adapter) and a PowerIQ port which I use to charge the controllers when their battery is low.
I first start with the HTC power bank and when it discharges, I use the Anker and start charging the HTC. By doing that and using the PowerIQ ports to charge the controllers (alternating them while using Anker Power Bank), I managed to get 18h+ of playtime on a gaming party with my friends.

Here was my shopping list,

-PCIe eGPU enclosure for the WiGig card

-Thunderbolt3 (active) cable

-Vive Wireless Adapter with Vive Pro addon

-Spare battery with 20000mAh Qualcomm QC 3.0


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077YCR5LC

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H5QF1GO

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GKHNBCT

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GY7JZP4



I read about 2 dozen posts around the internet covering the topic of using the wireless adapter with external configurations for laptops. Many people had mixed results and I was hesitant to try it myself but I needed to figure out if it was possible regardless since there wasn't any clear answers.


I ordered the items that made the most sense to me in terms of price and quality. The eGPU enclosure I got was the most attractive and had a carry handle which I liked considering my intended use for this setup was going to be mobile. I went with an active Thunderbolt 3 cable due to the fact that it "should" in theory provide a better signal from the eGPU to the laptop. Finally, I got a spare battery based on the reviews that said the included HTC battery didn't last long and took forever to recharge. The battery I got was recommended by others in the reviews who said they had a Vive Wireless kit.


Once I got all the items I did the setup and fired up the Vive. Right off the bat it worked perfectly. With that said, some of the mixed reviews I was seeing from others trying the eGPU setup had commented on FPS stuttering/lag when moving your head and I did experience this slightly although it was intermittent at times. I also had a brief random moment where everything pixelated pretty bad as if the graphics suddenly got toggled to 1990 Nintendo mode.


In the end I was able to determine the following,

1. It is possible to run the Vive Wireless Adapter on a laptop.
   
   
2. The hardware of the laptop is an important factor in having a smooth experience with this setup.
   
   
3. Some tweaking and configuration work will need to be done to get a smooth FPS. Still a WIP for me to get the level I'm happy with.
   
   
4. Some games may not be optimized enough to offer crisp visuals.
   
   
   My testing of this setup was with an Alienware M15 and M17 both with i9 CPU, 2080 RTX, 32GB RAM, and x2 NVME M.2 SSD. I have an older Alienware 17 R5 I plan to test with soon to compare results.
   
   
   Most importantly, what I noticed in my testing was that there's some graphical loads that will bog down the FPS and cause slight stuttering and it's not yet fully clear why. For example, while in SteamVR home room area there was a few key spots that when I looked directly at them it would cause stutter if I moved my head left and right slowly but if I opened the Steam menu which added a transparent overlay on top of what I was looking at the stutter would go away completely even though I could still see the same thing behind the overlay. I read a lot of people tweaking SteamVR settings to smooth out the FPS and I have yet to get the time to fully dive into that part but I suspect it will likely work out to resolve the issue.
   
   
   The alternative setup I was wanting to test was getting the Alienware AGA enclosure and testing to see if that provided a better out of the box solution without tweaking settings. I found some people saying it didn't work at all and others saying it did. Considering the cable connection is different it still has me curious, as I believe the cable connection over the AGA is using an identical pipeline/bandwidth as Dell docking stations.

I've used this one on my Vive Pro since the wireless option came out. Zero problems and long play time. Slow recharge without a quickcharger tho

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Batteria da 20000 mAh, come la cercava /u/sempiternum credo. Non è comunque un po' cara?

dam. I wish I saw this a week ago. I needed a general battery pack for all my electronics but one that was strong enough to charge my switch too and I went with this one. (its still a great product so far but it seems to be more money for something extremely similar):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yup, I think a lot of people overlook a Quickcharge input. They have a charger the size of a fucking cinderblock but it takes about 20 hours to charge the charger. I got this one. Has Quickcharge input and 2 QC outputs. The only way it could be better is if it had 2 QC inputs as I've seen on some models.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Until there is a blackvue deal or the 4k version goes on massdrop, I bought a couple DDPai Mini dash cams and theyve been working well.

Since they are powered by the typical microusb input, I was actually thinking about using the Anker Powercore 20000 as they have it rated from -40F to 158F, which should be fine. Wiring both to the center console where this battery would charge via QC3.0 from the 12V.

I just need to find time to wire them neatly

If you get the Anker 20,000mah powerbank it fits straight into the normal holder, ok it's slightly longer but it doesn't fall out (even mounted sideways on the DAS) and it's a nice snug fit, easy to swap over.

https://www.anker.com/products/variant/powercore-speed-20000-[upgraded]/A1278011

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Upgraded-PowerCore-Backwards-Compatible-Black/dp/B01N0X3NL5

I've had similar problems. I ended up replacing the power banks and cables. For anyone else looking - the power banks have to be QC3 aka Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 (or presumably above).

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I found the power bank connection had broken the port the charging cable goes in just from a bit of general usage!

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Been using the following with good results:

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07GJ4BTVR/ - Spiral Coil USB Cable USB 3.0 Male to Female Extension Cord 1.5 m/3.3 Feet - I bought thinking it might mean the cable drags around the female part of the extension when moving around instead of drag being created on the power bank itself

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079Z3XJ9S/ - wall charger - for charging and also as an experimental pass through for a mains connection, though not sure how much that's safe as such as there's no auto-off!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FF151SZ/ 20000 mAh power bank (don't fit in the clip)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076YBGLHV/ 25000mAh power bank - (seem to be unavailable atm unfortunately)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N0X3NL5/ - 20000mAh power bank - these fit in the clip that comes with the kit but poke a lot out as they're much longer and higher capacity

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JIYWUBA/ - 10000 mAh power bank - these fit perfectly in the clips

I second the Anker recommendation. I use this and it's AMAZING

Anker [Upgraded] PowerCore... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N0X3NL5?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

So this anker 20000 should work right?

How long does this anker battery last using the Vive Wireless? Should I just be using these as the battery rather than the battery that comes with the Wireless?

Might be a silly question, but the Anker 20000 battery pack I've found on Amazon Canada is listed as a "Anker PowerCore Speed 20000" (https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01N0X3NL5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_pETQBb1TM90PN) which appears to be QC 3.0 compatible, would this work OK?
Also have you tried charging the included battery with a USB-C to USB-C cable as opposed to the A-C one supplied? My included battery seems to be charging super slowly, wondering if my speed charger for my Android would play nice.

Personally I wouldn't use that power bank. We've seen 3rd party docks brick switch consoles already, due to the switch's incompatible usb-c drivers. Plus, Anker has a battery pack that is licensed by Nintendo to work w/ the switch for not much more, so you'd probably be better off with them.

Battery packs are here:

https://www.amazon.com/PowerCore-Nintendo-Official-13400mAh-Portable-MacBooks/dp/B07FP4N96G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1538751895&sr=8-2&keywords=anker+switch

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-20000mAh-Qualcomm-Recharging/dp/B01N0X3NL5/ref=sr_1_5?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1538747674&sr=1-5&keywords=anker+20000

Also here's a video on why 3rd party chargers don't work (if you're interested):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Tc0DP7IGA

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This is the one I use. Where I've drained the HTC supplied battery in 1.5 hours, I've yet to unexpectedly end a gaming session due to power loss.

I got this one for about 20 bucks less than the one you have posted. THe only major difference is that mine doesn't support USB-C like the one you chose seems to.

Still, generally they're great products. You can't go too wrong with most of them.

This one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Upgraded-PowerCore-Backwards-Compatible-black/dp/B01N0X3NL5/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1538986799&sr=8-3&keywords=qc+3.0+power+bank

Any battery with QC3.0 output works. People seem to like https://www.amazon.ca/Anker-PowerCore-20000mAh-Qualcomm-Recharging/dp/B01N0X3NL5 if you want double the power with a reputable brand. Apparently it fits in the holder but sticks up. I picked up https://www.amazon.ca/Hercules-Z1-Qualcomm-intelligent-protection/dp/B01MTYAKAF/ and it's the exact size and shape as the original, just with micro-usb input instead of C and it works just fine.

This is what I'm bringing

Sucks to have buy more things for an already expensive setup but I bought this as a backup for the power bank that came with the Vive wireless. It's a solid power bank and I probably get 5 hours of play on a full charge. You could try using this instead of the one that came with your wireless.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0X3NL5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_db-nDbZPHYP72

Oh, you're right.

Here: https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Anker-PowerCore-Qualcomm-Portable/dp/B01JIYWUBA/

Not USB-C, but same capacity, and QC3.0. That's also just its normal price, not a sale price like the Samsung. The Samsung is a great deal, but this is what I'd recommend if you miss the sale or something.

EDIT: and here's the 20k version for ~$15 more: https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Anker-PowerCore-Backwards-Compatible/dp/B01N0X3NL5/

Most agree it is 2.5 hours on the included battery and 5 hours on a 20,000 mah anker battery. That is the one people use for the vive usually. You plug it into the middle usb port. I've used it maybe 12 times now discharging it at least 60% each time. I have two of them for endless play time. I did pay $50 though last week and not the current price of $60.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5