I've been traveling with the Pilot-24 medical grade certified battery for camping and sailing with my ResMed Air Mini. The battery is fine, but if you ever tried to use the USB output for say, charging your phone you realized it was kinda lame. I came across an online article about using a standard Anker USB power bank with the Resmed Air Mini. The price is right, especially if you don't mind buying used Like New from Amazon, which cuts 30% off the list price.
I got the powerbank and used it on the Haypress trip. The converter cable has an annoying blue light, easily rectified either with tape or by flipping it blue light down. The power bank reports back more than 75% full after the first night, and I charged my phone from 32% to 72% in less than 30 minutes, and got home and discovered that it took another 30Watts to charge back up to full. Anker specifies a 45W charger with this battery but I discovered that it never charged any faster than 30W no matter how empty it was. This is good enough for sailing. The whole setup is only 10g lighter than my previous setup, but the thing is the AirMini wall-wart is dedicated to only running the AirMini while any powerful USB-C charger can be used for multiple purposes, so net net the whole thing is a win. It's also much cheaper than the Pilot-24, even accounting for the fact that the Pilot-24 can be paid for using FSA money.
Recommended.
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