Looking more like a smart speaker than a power bank, the RAVPower stands 5.7 inches tall and weighs around 570g. The airflow grills on the top and base only serve to enhance the speaker-looks, though they are in fact used for passive cooling. The entire body is covered in a sleek, rubberized coating that feels great and doesn’t suck up fingerprints. However, it is strictly only a thin coating – this isn’t a rugged device. The design is split around the midriff by a set of 5 blue LEDs, with band continuing all around the device. There are no sharp corners to speak of anywhere, and minimal branding. It looks great, feels great, and breaks out of the typical battery pack form factor of a large rectangular slab. (RAVPower’s higher capacity model, which we reviewed earlier this year, is indeed a large rectangular slab).
The type-C port goes up to 5V@3A, but the decision to make it a rounded type-C port rather than simply a higher rated standard rectangular USB (type-A) port is curious. Differentiation for the end user could be the reason for this, but coloring the port red would have sufficed. I have a few devices which charge over type-C, but they all start from the standard USB plug and terminate in a USB type-C. In order to make use of this, you may need to purchase a type-C to type-C cable.
