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Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Obviously that'll be true with battery packs too. They're also significantly cheaper, so it's usually fairly reasonable to have multiple and them being at 50% capacity doesn't matter nearly as much.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That's correct, I agree with you.

That requires this knowledge of how batteries work. Saying keep a battery pack and your phone at 100% could leave people in a situation worse than if they just used the battery manager to stop their phone at 85%. 99% of people will plug their battery pack in until it's full, stash it wherever they decide for emergencies, and will find a dead pack when they need it.