Anker PowerLine III Flow USB-C to USB-C 100W Cable 6ft vs Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack is ₹1,500 dearer.
Anker PowerLine III Flow USB-C to USB-C 100W Cable 6ft vs Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack
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Anker PowerLine III Flow USB-C to USB-C 100W Cable 6ft
₹1,799
The specification people get caught by is data, not power.
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Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack
₹3,299
20000 mAh is measured at the cell's 3.7 V; your phone charges at 5 V, and the conversion loses 30 to 35 percent, so what actually reaches the phone is closer to 13000 mAh -- about three and a half charges rather than five.
Full details →Who the Anker PowerLine III Flow USB-C to USB-C 100W Cable 6ft is for
Buy it if: Anyone wanting a reliable, genuinely soft 100 W charging cable.
Avoid it if: Anyone needing video output or fast file transfer -- this is USB 2.0 data.
Who the Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack is for
Buy it if: Travellers wanting several days of phone charging in something airline-legal.
Avoid it if: Anyone charging a laptop or wanting fast recharge -- 15 W in and out is slow at this capacity.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Anker PowerLine III Flow USB-C to USB-C 100W Cable 6ft | Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,799 | ₹3,299 |
| Weight | 52 g | 435 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Actual deliverable | not published | Roughly 13000 mAh at 5 V after conversion losses of 30 to 35 percent. This is normal and almost never stated |
| Aircraft | not published | 74 Wh is under the 100 Wh cabin baggage limit, so it may be carried on board |
| Bend rating | 25,000 bends | not published |
| Data speed | USB 2.0, 480 Mbps only. This is a charging cable, not a data cable | not published |
| E-marker | Yes -- without one a cable is limited to 60 W regardless of the charger | not published |
| Input | not published | USB-C, 15 W -- so it takes roughly 10 hours to recharge itself |
| Length | 1.8 metres | not published |
| Material | Silicone, which stays soft and does not hold coils | not published |
| Output | not published | 15 W maximum across two USB-A and one USB-C |
| Passthrough | not published | No -- it will not charge a device while itself charging |
| Phone charges | not published | About 3.5 full charges of a 4000 mAh phone, not the 5 the rated figure implies |
| Power rating | 100 W, 5 A, which requires an E-marker chip -- present in this cable | not published |
| Rated capacity | not published | 20000 mAh at the cell voltage of 3.7 V, which is 74 Wh |
| Why that matters | A 100 W cable and a 40 Gbps cable look identical. This one will not carry video or fast file transfer | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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