The display when the power bank is in use.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
ZDNET’s key takeaways
- The Anker 737 portable power bank is available on Amazon for $82.
- It’s a powerful, reliable power bank for all your devices, laptops included, and has one of the best color displays I’ve seen on a power bank.
- It’s big and bulky, so it’s definitely not something you’ll slip into a pocket!
Some products are so good that I fall in love with them and they become part of my kit for the long term. The Anker 737 power bank is one of those products. I started using this back in mid-2022 and I still use it regularly. This power bank can output a full 140W of power needed to handle the most demanding workloads, such as the latest MacBook Pro, which needs 140W of power to fast-charge.
The Anker 737 has a very solid, brick-shaped construction, of exactly the sort of high quality I expect from a company like Anker. It has a battery capacity of 24,000 mAh, good for nearly five recharges of an iPhone 15, and more than one charge of the MacBook Pro.
That’s a lot of power!
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With a total power capacity of 86.4Wh, this power bank is fine for taking onto commercial aircraft (the limit there is 99.9Wh).
The kit comes with the Anker 737 power bank, a carrying case, a USB-C-to-USB-C cable, and a small instruction booklet that guides you through the features.
Anker 737 140W power bank tech specs
- Max output: 140W
- Capacity: 24,000 mAh
- Ports: 2 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A
- Weight: 22.22 oz/630 g
- Dimensions: 6.13 × 2.15 × 1.95 in/155.7 × 54.6 × 49.5 mm
- FAA airline compatible: Yes
On one end are three USB ports (two USB-C, one USB-A), and there’s also a small but bright and readable color display. On the side is a button that controls everything.
Anker 737 has three USB display ports (two USB-C and one USB-A ports).
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
On the display you can see information on battery capacity, charge and discharge currents from the various ports, the time needed to recharge or discharge, temperature, battery health, and other info.
This offers a great overview of the overall health of the power bank, as well as the power that’s going into and out of it.