Semi-solid state MagSafe power banks arrive from the founder of Hyper

Dec 19, 2025 07:46 PM - 5 months ago 152912

Thomas Ricker

is a lawman editor and Verge co-founder pinch a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life arsenic a integer nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years.

A caller institution called BMX, founded by accessory royalty, has emerged from Kickstarter to make its SolidSafe semi-solid authorities powerfulness banks disposable to the wide public.

Like the Kuxiu semi-solid authorities powerfulness banks I’ve precocious reviewed, BMX’s committedness to person doubly the longevity and beryllium safer than accepted powerfulness banks, which person been the taxable of recall after recall in 2025, attracting the attraction of the FAA and airlines.

BMX, which stands for Better Mobile Xperience, is lead by Daniel Chin, the man who founded Sanho, the institution down those Hyper-branded batteries and accessories agelong adored by Apple users. Targus bought Sanho successful 2021, freeing Chin up for caller adventures.

Both BMX and Kuxiu insist connected calling their batteries “solid state,” but they’re not — alternatively they usage a solid-liquid mixed electrolyte. Nevertheless, they still person advantages complete accepted batteries and tin beryllium wide produced utilizing existing manufacturing processes to thief support costs down. The powerfulness banks costs astir doubly arsenic overmuch to acquisition but past complete doubly arsenic agelong truthful you’ll apt travel retired up successful the end, and without immoderate burns aliases spot damage.

Just look astatine really good these semi-solid authorities batteries clasp up to drilling, bending, and cutting:

Now spot really accepted Lithium-ion batteries utilizing all-liquid electrolytes compare:

The SolidSafe scope is disposable successful 5,000mAh and 10,000mAh capacities pinch prices starting astatine $79. There’s besides a 10,000mAh exemplary pinch a microSD slot (max 512GB) that lists for $129. Unfortunately, they’re each stuck connected older 15W Qi2 MagSafe-compatible wireless charging, alternatively of the newer Qi2.2 that tin handled 25W. Otherwise, you get 30W USB-C in/out and a USB-C cablegram integrated into the lanyard, which is handy.

Right now they show sold retired connected the BMX site, but they should look connected Amazon successful the US successful January.

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