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BLAVOR Solar Power Bank Review: Fall Camping

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The weather is turning cooler, and it’s time for camping and football tailgates. BLAVOR’s 20000mAh Solar Power Bank is built for this time of year. It has four built-in cables, a solar panel for recharging, and a wireless pad on top for your iPhone and Apple Watch.

This is what sold me: four cables built directly into the housing (two USB-C, one Lightning, one USB-A) plus three separate ports, so you can charge six devices at once without carrying a standalone cable. The USB-C port supports 20-watt fast charging, which BLAVOR says gets a typical iPhone to full in around 50 minutes. 20000mAh works out to roughly 4 charges for an iPhone 17, 2.7 for an iPad mini, and 37 for an Apple Watch.

There’s a wireless charging area on top that works with both the iPhone and the Apple Watch, but it has no magnets. This is plain old-school Qi, not MagSafe or Qi2, so your iPhone sits on the surface rather than snapping to it. BLAVOR only advertises the 20-watt figure for the wired USB-C port, so treat the wireless pad as a convenience charger. Solar charging won’t let you charge the battery from empty to full; it’s more of a backup option.

BLAVOR packed seven extras: a flashlight with three modes, a camping light with three brightness levels, a compass, a thermometer, a carabiner, and rope. It’s rated IPX5, which means splash and rain-resistant. This is not the battery you will use on the plane. This is a great option for camping, tailgating, etc. You can buy the BLAVOR Solar Power Bank from Amazon or directly from BLAVOR.