Over the time, since I have known about the thing called Power Bank. I have been wanting to get one for myself. This is because my phone is always on the mobile network or WiFi, which would cause my mobile's phone battery to discharge extremely quickly.
With that, I started to survey on prices and reviews online. I ever thought of buying from either online shopping website or getting one from the shop. I found a new brand name that appears a lot in my survey, which is Yoobao. I read a lot of reviews, there were good and bad ones. Accident happens during the charging process. This is due to fake and pirated power banks. Hence, I was so worried that I would bought a power bank that is going to explode in accidents I've seen online.
--- Stopped the Thought of Buying one ---
When I decided to go to New Zealand during the winter holiday and join the Australia and New Zealand Buddhist Youth Conference 2013 in Auckland, I was started to worried that I might to charge my phone in the middle of the way around the trips. Over the long flights and waiting time during transit, I guess other than just taking photos, I would play my phone most of the time and causes my phone to discharge. During the road trip, if I didn't get to have my phone charged earlier or all day didn't get a place of power source for me to charge my phone. Ain't a good thing.
Moreover, I would use my phone nearly the whole day, other than study time or time when I have things to be done. Sometimes, phone will be dead when I am urgently in need and couldn't find a place to charge my phone. After thinking of what the reasons or excuses are, I decided to research on buying from the Yoobao company themselves.
To avoid getting a fake or problematic power bank, I tried my best to find the way to contact the Yoobao supplier. Hence, I found this official website, http://www.yoobao.com. There are links on the webpage, there are English version, Taobao, Alibaba and other websites. I used to search for suppliers on Alibaba website, hence, I contact them via the contact that is available in the website.
They replied me via email and very sincerely. They replied me pretty fast. As what they have mentioned is that, they do not have any dealer selling in Australia. Hence, they could do little amount of orders instead of requiring to buy a large bulk amount of the Power Bank which is affordable or needed. Felt overwhelmed.
However, I will still need to look for friends who are interested in buying. Gladly, found people to get 8 pcs of it. The price of the postage is very expensive because they use only DHL which I don't understand why. What I found out next thing is that I will need to pay more for Telegraphic Transfer service, which I am unwilling to pay for it. I am still not working, I earn nothing. So I requested to pay with PayPal. In addition, the exchange rates from Australian Dollar to USDollar is so low that I will have to pay even more; but, PayPal's exchange rate is reasonable as it is similar to the value that we can find online exchange rates.
Once payment is made, the sales assistant from Yoobao confirm with me about the delivery information by sending me the form that she filled in and I made some amendment on the address. That is done, I received the tracking number the next day. =) That was Saturday and I already can check the status of the parcel every single status, which is definite clear what is going on.
Paid on Friday, received on Monday. I am very satisfied with the services and t's price worthy service. Here are some photos of the Parcel that I received.
First, checking bumps around and the Yoobao tap is not tempered.
There is a small bump though. After opening up, inside looks definitely okay. There are 8 of them.
Just one is belonged to me.
I have been using since the first day. The sales assistant who help me throughout the process said we can directly use it and doesn't have to actually overcharge it first.
Nonetheless, I did research on Google to make safe of use. Many mentioned that we should over-charge it for the first 3 times. Of cause, only charge when there's no more battery or the battery is low.
For the model I am using, is 13000 mAh and it takes up 12 hours to be fully charge. So I overcharge it for an hour only instead of 3 hours. It's nearly a week since I receive it. I only charge it once. I used it to charge a lot over the week. It's still full and still can continue to charge more. This makes me feel more comfortable and doesn't have to be worried all the time. With this Power Bank in hand, I don't have to worried that I forgotten to charge my phone and so forth.
After all, I will post up more reviews if anything happens and of cause the reviews from my friends who bought this with me.
Links to the websites are as follows:-
www.yoobao.com/en
This website is specially for overseas customers. They differentiate the local and overseas.
Before I forgotten, they have this sealed code on the packaging, which you can verify whether your item is original or not.
The original website www.yoobao.com, the verification is specifically for the locals. So must go with the /en.
Cheers...
**Would be glad to receive reviews from Power Bank users, not only from Yoobao but other brand too. If you need a hand in buying, let me know too via comments. Thanks~!
However, I will still need to look for friends who are interested in buying. Gladly, found people to get 8 pcs of it. The price of the postage is very expensive because they use only DHL which I don't understand why. What I found out next thing is that I will need to pay more for Telegraphic Transfer service, which I am unwilling to pay for it. I am still not working, I earn nothing. So I requested to pay with PayPal. In addition, the exchange rates from Australian Dollar to USDollar is so low that I will have to pay even more; but, PayPal's exchange rate is reasonable as it is similar to the value that we can find online exchange rates.
Once payment is made, the sales assistant from Yoobao confirm with me about the delivery information by sending me the form that she filled in and I made some amendment on the address. That is done, I received the tracking number the next day. =) That was Saturday and I already can check the status of the parcel every single status, which is definite clear what is going on.
Paid on Friday, received on Monday. I am very satisfied with the services and t's price worthy service. Here are some photos of the Parcel that I received.
First, checking bumps around and the Yoobao tap is not tempered.
Just one is belonged to me.
Here are the views when you open up the box. There are connectors for different phones A user manual included with the warranty form. Warranty starts from the day you receive your parcel from the supplier.
They only gives a 6 month warranty, which is better than nothing. But it's a little bit too short.
Nonetheless, I did research on Google to make safe of use. Many mentioned that we should over-charge it for the first 3 times. Of cause, only charge when there's no more battery or the battery is low.
For the model I am using, is 13000 mAh and it takes up 12 hours to be fully charge. So I overcharge it for an hour only instead of 3 hours. It's nearly a week since I receive it. I only charge it once. I used it to charge a lot over the week. It's still full and still can continue to charge more. This makes me feel more comfortable and doesn't have to be worried all the time. With this Power Bank in hand, I don't have to worried that I forgotten to charge my phone and so forth.
After all, I will post up more reviews if anything happens and of cause the reviews from my friends who bought this with me.
Links to the websites are as follows:-
www.yoobao.com/en
This website is specially for overseas customers. They differentiate the local and overseas.
Before I forgotten, they have this sealed code on the packaging, which you can verify whether your item is original or not.
The original website www.yoobao.com, the verification is specifically for the locals. So must go with the /en.
Cheers...
**Would be glad to receive reviews from Power Bank users, not only from Yoobao but other brand too. If you need a hand in buying, let me know too via comments. Thanks~!
