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Three weeks out from the show, the list of IFA Berlin 2026 exhibitors in the portable power category has stopped being guesswork. Anker Solix, EcoFlow, Jackery and Bluetti each have their own profile in the official exhibitor directory, hall and booth number included. The show runs 4 to 8...
David Reinhardt
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The 2020 debut was officially declared a failure by the Federal Interior Ministry. Warning apps buckled, plenty of sirens stayed silent or fired late. Nationwide Warning Day 2026 arrives on 10 September with a better scorecard: according to the BBK survey on the 2025 Warntag published 24.04.2026,...
Sophie Ahrend
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A percentage sign proves nothing. Buy a power station in October because it says "minus 40 percent" next to it, and what you've bought is a claim. The Amazon price history is the one number that tells you whether a lower price sits behind that badge. Two minutes of work. On a four-figure device,...
Jonas Keller
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The same date has been circulating in compliance newsletters and retailer bulletins for months: on 18 August 2026 the EU Battery Regulation's labelling rules go live, and power banks will have to print their capacity on a standardised label. The date is real. It sits in Article 13 of Regulation...
Sophie Ahrend
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Germany has had a new battery law since 7 October 2025. The Batterierecht-Durchführungsgesetz (BattDG) replaced the 2009 Batteriegesetz (BattG), and almost every summary of it carries the same line: retailers must now take back waste batteries free of charge, with no purchase required. That line...
David Reinhardt
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Two different lead limits apply to a power bank in the EU, and they sit in two different pieces of law. One covers the cell, the other covers everything around it — the housing, the board, the solder joints, the cable. Know only one of them and you know half the rules.
Sophie Ahrend
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It has been circulating in forums, shop guides and comment threads for months: the 800-watt ceiling for balcony solar has supposedly fallen, you may now feed in 2000 watts, the law has been changed. Anyone who configures a system on that basis is running it outside the very conditions that make...
Jonas Keller
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Anyone who bought a balcony solar device two years ago heard the same line from the electrician: not without a special energy socket. That reason is gone since December 2025, settling the Schuko vs Wieland question.
Jonas Keller
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Search for a power station test this summer and Stiftung Warentest comes up almost every time. The page looks current, mentioning January's Berlin blackout, but nothing on it has been measured in three years.
David Reinhardt
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A power bank rated between 100 Wh and 160 Wh is still allowed on board today, provided your airline signs off on it first. That approval route is exactly what IATA is deleting on 1 January 2027. From then on, 100 Wh becomes a hard ceiling for passenger power banks.
Jonas Keller
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As of 10 June 2026. This page lists every power bank recall from October 2024 onwards and keeps two things apart that most coverage merges: the recalls that reach the German market, and the ones that only ever applied in the US. It is reviewed monthly.
David Reinhardt
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New worldwide rules for power banks on aircraft took effect on 27 March 2026, published by the International Civil Aviation Organization as an addendum to its Technical Instructions. Most of the coverage that followed carries the same mistake: it turns a recommendation into a ban.
David Reinhardt
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