If you travel enough, you’ve been through this rite of passage: you show up to the airport with a low phone battery, but every charging station is occupied. The wiggly outlet you find in the floor only works if you twist your charger sideways. Stringing a cord to the only outlet in the restaurant is like setting up a tripwire for servers.
Your salvation? A portable power bank, which quickly resurrects your phone from a tiny battery pack, no outlet needed. The best portable chargers can quickly recharge your phone and other gadgets multiple times, include a built-in cable so you never need to remember yours, and recharge quickly when you find the next outlet.