{"id":826,"date":"2025-07-29T23:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/sharge-added-a-rechargeable-battery-to-its-sleek-retractable-charger\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T23:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:22:26","slug":"sharge-added-a-rechargeable-battery-to-its-sleek-retractable-charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/sharge-added-a-rechargeable-battery-to-its-sleek-retractable-charger\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharge added a rechargeable battery to its sleek retractable charger"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A hand holds Sharge\u2019s 3-in-1 power bank charger.\" data-caption=\"Sharge\u2019s retractable wall charger gets more useful with a built-in rechargeable battery. | Image: Sharge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Sharge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/sharge1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tSharge\u2019s retractable wall charger gets more useful with a built-in rechargeable battery. | Image: Sharge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Sharge has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/5\/24336910\/if-you-can-output-300w-from-a-power-bank-why-not-make-it-an-rgb-light-show-too\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonstrated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/675072\/sharge-usb-c-wall-charger-pixelated-led-display\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">again<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/654590\/shargeek-170-power-bank-elder-scrolls-oblivion-remastered-deal-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">again<\/a> that the chargers and power banks you use to keep your devices running don\u2019t need to look like boring gray bricks. The company has updated its transparent Retractable 65 wall charger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/22\/24349420\/sharge-retractable-65-charger-gan-65w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released earlier this year<\/a>, with a 10,000mAh battery so it\u2019s no longer completely dependent on an outlet. The only tradeoff is that its power output has dropped from 65W to just 30W, making it mostly useful for charging smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Retractable 3-in-1 Power Bank is <a href=\"https:\/\/sharge.com\/products\/retractable-3-in-1-power-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now available through Sharge\u2019s online store<\/a> for $49.99, but is currently discounted to $44.99. That\u2019s the same price as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anker.com\/products\/a1657-maggo-10000mah-power-bank?variant=44058151485590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anker\u2019s $45 10,000mAh power bank and charger<\/a> that includes a built-in USB-C cable, but Anker\u2019s power cord doesn\u2019t retract and is relatively short. Sharge\u2019s is over 27 inches long, and according to the company, has been tested to survive over 30,000 cycles of being retracted and extended. The retraction mechanism will potentially long outlive the battery\u2019s ability to hold a charge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/sharge2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"A look at the front and back of Sharge\u2019s 3-in-1 power bank charger.\" title=\"A look at the front and back of Sharge\u2019s 3-in-1 power bank charger.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;The power bank\u2019s retractable USB-C cable extends to over 27 inches.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: Sharge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Sharge\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Although the Retractable 65 delivers enough power to charge laptops and handheld gaming devices like the Switch 2 which requires at least 54W, the output of Sharge\u2019s new 3-in-1 falls well below that, even while plugged into an outlet. That limits its usefulness, but it does include an additional USB-C port so you can charge two smaller devices simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The power bank\u2019s design is an homage to <a href=\"https:\/\/mid-century-friends.com\/en\/BRAUN-Audio-300-L-60-L530-Compact-Audio-system-Dieter-Rams\/A0034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braun\u2019s iconic Audio 300 stereo<\/a>, designed by Dieter Rams. On one side the 300 featured a record player, represented by the power bank\u2019s retractable cable mechanism, while the other side featured a radio and various tubing knobs. Sharge\u2019s device skips those features but includes a bright white LED dot matrix display on the front showing the battery\u2019s remaining charge level. It also features a matching wrist strap, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/6\/24332255\/ankers-new-power-bank-has-two-charging-cables-youll-never-lose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unlike Anker has done<\/a>, it doesn\u2019t double as an additional USB-C charging cable which feels like a missed opportunity to cram a bit more functionality in.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharge\u2019s retractable wall charger gets more useful with a built-in rechargeable battery. | Image: Sharge Sharge has demonstrated again and [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}