In 2024, nothing is more common than charging cables, power banks, and power strips. Lately, a new trend has emerged, where companies attempt to re-invent these products to make them more exciting and fun to engage with. Recently, I stumbled across another company that is doing precisely this!
In particular, the 30W, 10000mAh Trozk Punk E-Power Beeper Power Bank is a cell phone power bank, retailing for USD $59, that looks exactly like a pager straight out of the ’90s! Remember these? They were the desire of every teenager.
Kids, beepers were small devices worn on the hip or carried in a purse or pocket that would beep when someone called your beeper and left a message or call-back number. Early beepers or pagers would only beep, and the owner would go to a landline phone, call the pager service, playback the message, or write down the number so they could return the call. Later, pagers had a small screen displaying commonly understood cryptic messages. In 1997, The Los Angeles Times did an article listing some of the most common Beeper codes.
The power bank came in a very thick, branded presentation box. Sliding open the outer cardboard sleeve reveals the product itself protected by surrounding foam and cardboard packaging. Also included with the Power Bank is a short, 3-inch USB-C to USB-C charging cable and a small instruction manual.
Currently available in White, black, pink, and purple colors. The Beeper Power Bank’s shell is a super thick, transparent plastic, enabling you to see its interior components like the batteries, resistors, and capacitors that make up its mainboard.
Weighing in at 0.5lbs and measuring 3.27 inches long and 2.32 inches tall with a thickness of 1.3 inches, the power bank’s capacity is decent at 10000mAh. Trozk’s website states that the Beeper Power Bank can charge your iPhone 15 twice to full capacity. In my testing, I was able to charge 1.8x before the power bank needed recharging.
The Beeper Power Bank also features PD30W Fast Charging, which automatically adjusts the input/output current to match whatever device you connect. So, it instantly changes things to efficiently and quickly charge any device you connect to one of the two USB ports (USB-C, USB-A).
It’s worth noting that Trozk also offers a fast 240W charging cable for USD $19.99 with a carrying case. The cable is a good idea as it ensures a quick charge as not all USB-C cables are the same!
Charging the Beeper Power Bank itself is accomplished by connecting the included USB-C cable (or any fast-charging USB-C cable) to the 2-way USB-C charging port. Charging the device takes about two hours.
The Trozk Beeper Power Bank is hiding a secret along with its primary function as a power bank. When two Beeper Power Banks are within range, preset messages can be sent using its unique microwave transmission function. While this functionality isn’t easy to work out, a quick read of the included manual allowed me to beam a few fun messages to another nearby Beeper Power Bank across the room. It’s definitely not a function that serves any practical purpose; it’s just a fun bonus.
It’s also worth pointing out that the Trozk Beeper Power Bank comes with a 2-year warranty. My communications with their customer service have all been quick and painless!
At the end of the day, Most Power Banks are pretty dull, utilitarian devices that we depend on to keep our devices powered up when we’re on the go. So whenever a company like Trozk thinks outside of the box and releases an interesting product like the Beeper Power Bank, I’m all in!
The Trozk Punk E-Power Beeper Power Bank will make a great gift with a healthy dose of nostalgia for the gadget lover in your life!