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Anker has a power bank with integrated charger[0], or charger with built in power bank. Don't think it's made to be used as a UPS, but maybe it can be.

> Inline USB ultracapacitor banks seem like a reasonable product too though.

I actually saw just that in a GreatScott Youtube video about Aliexpress gadgets just the other day[1]. Not sold as a UPS, but rather a power filter or buffer.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085CFD3Z9/

[1] https://youtu.be/fUdlfc1nJcY?t=117



The ChugPlug saved my bacon more than once when stuck in the desert at night a hundred miles from power around 2005: https://www.ilounge.com/index.php/mac/entry/lenmar-chugplug

Weighed more than my MacBook, but indispensable. Too bad they don't make them anymore.


Laptops can run off of any USB-C power bank now, so it's no surprise there's no market for something like this. Cool product though!

It's on the line voltage side like any other UPS, so not as efficient as you could be with a solution that didn't have to convert AC to DC then back to AC then to DC again in the brick. But with Apple's proprietary charging connector soldered to the device end of the brick, what else can you do about it?


My MacBook Air will happily draw 5w at 5V from a USB-A power bank from years ago through the laptop’s USB-C connector.

In short, it will take whatever it can get and boost.

Kinda inefficient to run 2x boosts, but it does the job.

Will buy you time during use and slowly charge while closed.




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