529P Rechargeable USB Power Bank Review

Works As Advertised - Just Not A Good Solution For Me

This power bank interested me because I like the idea of not being limited to whatever amount of distance from an outlet. This is usually not a big problem anywhere, but one less cable to trip over is always a good thing. I only needed to power 3 devices, and I like trying new things, so I figured I'd give this a go. Mission Engineering makes great products, and this certainly is… read more no exception. I was able to power a Quad Cortex, Microcosm, and another 9-volt pedal for several hours with just this unit. I can say that this power bank works as advertised. This unit is center positive for polarity, but there is 1 polarity reversal adapter cable included. Since most guitar pedals are center negative, you would need additional polarity adapters (since Most USB ports are center positive) if you were looking to this unit to power all your devices as I was. Ultimately, the reason I sent the unit back is because of the programmable voltage on the DC outlet. I did not like that I needed to set the voltage each time I turned it on. The default setting was 9-volts, but my Quad Cortex requires 12. This meant that each time I wanted to use it, I first had to unplug my QC, plug in the power bank, set the voltage, then plug the QC back in. It just became more to worry about, when I was trying to worry about less in the first place. If there was a way to change the 9-volts default setting, I may have hung on to it. The more I think about it, it just seems like this is something that is not geared towards people looking to power a pedal board with a single solution. So again, it's a reliable unit, just didn't fit my needs.

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