Review: omnicharge 20+ is a multi -use portable battery, but it is very complicated for most

Among the professionals during the mobility, there is a type of sacred cup when it comes to power accessories: one carpet that can power Everything. The transition to USB Type-C helped approach this perfect, but there are still not perfect things, and will always be batteries like 71Wh Omnicharge Omni 20+ always a special place. It can impose fees on USB Type-A, Type-C, 120/230V AC, Wireless Qi, and even DC barrel port, but this flexibility also means that it has a special price: $ 200. With all the features and types of output in which we are crowded, we believe that this battery may be somewhat complicated for most consumers.

Specifications

Goodness

Not very good

Design, devices, what is in the box

OMNI 20+ is a short square post with a scissors corners, to be attached to a soft rubber layer (EW). Inputs and outputs along the external flat edges. The primary face includes a monochromatic display, buttons, USB Type A. The face to the left of this is the AC 100W port, and the face to the right has USB Type-C and Barrel DC input/outputs. The upper flat surface includes a wireless charging pillow, with no indicator of the exact file.

The USB Type-A ports are installed upside down, with the “tongue” on the bottom side, not the upper side. If you have accessories Need To connect it on the right side up in the right direction, you will have to turn the battery and temporarily abandon wireless charging.

It may be a bit difficult to use the screen and the trio of the buttons at times, thanks to this in almost any part to the lack of documents in the guaranteed guide, which describes only how to “calibrate” the battery when you get it and indicates the full guide online. A printed version of that definitely It should have been included with the battery, given the complexity.

There are three buttons on Omni 20+: Power, AC and USB/Wireless Charging. The battery should be run by pressing the power button for a few seconds to save energy. The short pressure only runs the screen and stops it. By default, the battery is run with a USB charging enabled and a wireless charging enabling, as shown by the UsB-Type-A-Cable button, as well as the USB icon and radioactive point code on the screen.

Click on the USB button again will disable USB and wireless charging, stop the lighting behind the button, and remove those indicators from the screen. The button that appears to be the end of the work enables the frequency current rope and sympathizes the outsitant current, with the same lighting and icon on the screen to refer to its condition.

The dual power button opens a list (with eight The elements) for more composition of options such as AC Outlet Voltage (120V AC or 150V HVDC), screen deadline, whether to start with a USB enabling hypothetical, DC output voltage (for the barrel connector, which serves dual service), closing cars, temperature units, buttons light settings, and “information page” about “about”.

It is not very difficult to use it as soon as you play with it, but it is more complicated than the battery should be. I do not think that the benefits provide to love the controls are really worth headache, but it may suit the specific workflow (and it is very likely).

The Barrel DC port can perform inputs (solar energy chargers, etc.), and outputs. Omnicharge sell cables including DC to surface Pro and DC to Magsafe 2, as well as some transformers for laptop connections similar to the barrel. None of them was included with our review unit.

Otherwise, the only USB Type-C port is shipped.

The box comes with an incomplete, safety, warning and warning handbag, and an invitation to request customers to submit a review to Amazon in exchange for free accessories, a USB cable to C, and a USB Type-C cable to C.

Metrology/tests

The results of our bench using the USB Energy Delivery Test, the Satechi USB Type-C scale, the Intek power scale, the ETecCity laser scale, and the AVHZY CT-2 USB Meter, as required.

In our USB tests, the first unit we studied was a lesser warning in our corridor test at 5V 3A (decreased to 4.62 volts). The manufacturer sent us an alternative, and it did not have the same problem. YMMV. Some devices (most likely) will work well in this effort, but the least we want to see and can cause problems in some cases of use. The devices that expect to remove the type of power supply may not be happy.

A graph of the voltage versus amberg in 5V (left) and 20 volts (right). Regardless of that early bump, it is somewhat consistent.

It is worth noting that removing the USB Type-A port did not have the same problem, as it met 3A at 4.94 volts. We have also tested the AC port to provide up to 100 watts of power at 120 volt AC without a problem. If this power exceeds a very long time, the battery will be turned off and restart.

I am not sure how this happens or why, but it seems that the battery “crashed” once while testing it, as the screen runs in black before the deadline occurs while I try to run wireless charging on the Galaxy S10+. The screen was not simply stopped, and I had to start the battery again to work.

The file is located at the top of the middle, if the screen is facing you.

In that observation, wireless charging appears to work well on the Galaxy S10+ and Pixel 3 XL-although the unreliable device standards are only for measurement, and the usual contradictions with the output depending on the position, I can’t make sure of the numbers. Either way, without an indication of the charger itself for the file’s position, of the pain it provokes. Once I knew his whereabouts, I could usually work in the first two attempts, but until then it was annoying and more difficult than it was, because everything he needed to facilitate its use was a little paint or an indicator embossed on its location.

It is difficult to get a good temperature test on the battery with many possible ways of production, but I did not notice that the temperature is formed at any time during testing or narrative use.

Since our readers have now, I tend to put a lot of belief in Google’s Pixelbook writing as a kind of Canary Type-C. Shortly, it is an exceptionally difficult device that adheres to very firmly with PD specifications, and it does not seem to allow much if any behavior is outside the specifications. Unfortunately, OMNI 20+ failed to test Pixelbook, with Chromebook refused to accept energy on USB Type-C. OMNI 20+ He can Providing energy to Pixelbook and other Chromebooks devices, but it requires entering a dialog box to change the power direction of the attached device, unlike some other batteries and shipments that we reviewed that can provide energy immediately. I had no problem less than difficult to satisfy, such as MacBook Pro and recent phones including Pixel 3 XL, OnePlus 7 Pro and Galaxy S10+.

Should you buy one?

maybe. OMNI 20+ has a great mixture of features and appropriate airlines safety (although I hope it is closer to this 100WH), but the lack of a wireless charging indicator is a fixed frustration, the design is very complicated for the use of the public consumer, and I think it is somewhat costly at the price of 0. If the AC port is your primary interest, you can get the same capacity or better for much less. If you still need the Type-C port, but you can settle the output of 5V/15W, RavPore 27,000 may be a better option last year. If you can give up the frequency current, Jackery’s Supercharge 26800 PD spit 45W on Type-C for only $ 120, plus freighter. But almost nothing else is crowded in the same jobs as OMNI 20+.

The exact mixture of the features and specifications in the OMNI 20+ (60 watts of OUSB Type-C, 100W AC, and the actual time display, and unique DC’s introduction/output, and the only direct alternative to recommend it is the most expensive 0-although it also looks much better on paper. Although it is unique in illogical, it is certain that specific use cases are better filling than anything else, OMNI 20+ does not gain it my personal recommendation for public consumers.

Purchase it if:

• You need every type of energy output in one laptop.

• The price is not a source of concern.

• You do not need the greatest possible ability.

Do not buy it if:

• $ 200 exceeds your budget.

• You can do with fewer types of output.

• You need something simpler to use.

Where to buy:

• Amazon