The latest addition to the team, back in 2017, Yoni Marchal-Laporte is also one of its most active writers. A traffic manager by training, he handles audience acquisition and search optimization, but it is above all as a writer that he has made his mark: he authors a good share of the blog's in-depth features and comparisons. His dual profile, technical and editorial, makes him a writer apart, able to grasp both what a search engine is looking for and what a reader hesitating between two products expects.
His real strength is synthesis: taking a tangled subject (a new battery chemistry, a European regulation, a feud between brands) and drawing from it a clear, well-ordered, immediately useful answer. He is not an engineer, and makes no secret of it: he is a researcher at heart, cross-checks the data, hunts down false marketing promises and always puts himself in the buyer's shoes. It is his articles, such as "What are the advertised mAh really worth?" or "Anker vs Ugreen", that most concretely help visitors decide.
A young dad and keen cyclist, he devours the roads of Lozère at the weekend, a solar charger tucked into his jersey pocket. His colleagues tease him about his mania for archiving his comparison tables with obsessive rigor, but no one complains the day they need to dig up a three-year-old benchmark in thirty seconds.
One last detail, which he insists on pointing out himself and without the slightest embarrassment: he is the one who writes the profiles for the whole team, his own included. You have therefore just read a portrait written by its own subject, which no doubt explains the "as talented as he is modest" that still, mysteriously, lingers in his original bio.
This small GaN wall charger puts everything behind a single USB-C port: the protocol compatibility and compactness promises hold up, and the single-port simplicity costs something elsewhere.
Published on September 30, 2026 by Yoni
On 17 September 2026, KLM flight KL735 turned back over the Atlantic after a power bank caught fire in business class. It belonged to the airline's own former CEO, who was charging it at his seat, a practice explicitly banned by KLM's own rules: a real case worth learning from.
Published on September 25, 2026 by Yoni
From 27 September 2026, the European Union bans generic, unproven environmental claims on products sold to consumers, batteries, power banks, power stations and solar panels included. Claims like 'climate neutral' based on carbon offsetting, or 'eco-friendly' without proof, become illegal. Here is what actually changes, and what remains allowed.
Published on September 23, 2026 by Yoni
From 4 to 8 September 2026, at IFA Berlin, Bluetti unveiled its biggest product announcement of the year: the Elite mini series, the Balco 500 (5,024 Wh of home solar storage), the Pioneer 5000 generator and the BlueBot AI assistant. Only the Elite 100 mini is available so far, and only in the US.
Published on September 7, 2026 by Yoni
DJI turns its Power 2000 power station into a plug-in balcony solar kit, unveiled at IFA 2026 in Berlin. Germany launches first, with France and Spain lined up next. Here's how it works, what DJI claims, and what's still unclear.
Published on September 15, 2026 by Yoni
154Wh of real capacity, a main port that delivers 100W as long as it's the only one in use, a four-mode torch and an IP64 shell: the Xtorm XR204 delivers on its promise of a big outdoor power reserve. How it splits power across its three ports, though, is tighter than the box lets on.
Published on September 6, 2026 by Yoni
On one side, Anker, the pioneer turned benchmark. On the other, Ugreen, the challenger shaking up the market with fast charging and aggressive pricing. We tested 19 power banks from the two brands: here is what the measurements really say, backed by the figures and by model-by-model head-to-heads.
Published on July 5, 2026 by Yoni
The US CPSC and Goal Zero have recalled about 46,200 YETI 3000X power stations after several overheating reports. A free firmware fix is available: here's how to check your unit and install it before using it again.
Published on August 26, 2026 by Yoni
This summer’s alarming headlines are aiming at the wrong target: your power bank is not banned from aircraft. What changed is that, since 27 March 2026, an ICAO rule forbids using it or recharging it in flight, and caps you at two per passenger.
Published on August 8, 2026 by Yoni
From 18 August 2026, every battery placed on the EU market must carry a standardised label: chemistry, capacity, weight, place and date of manufacture, critical raw materials. One short line of regulation that will change a great deal when you stand in front of two power banks, or two packs of AA cells.
Published on August 5, 2026 by Yoni
20,000 mAh on the label, but barely two smartphone charges: normal, or a scam? The capacity advertised on a power bank and the energy you actually get back are two different things. This feature explains why, how to read the real figures, and above all how to spot inflated capacities.
Published on July 4, 2026 by Yoni
It is the advice everyone repeats: never charge your battery to 100 %, stay between 20 and 80 %. Sensible reflex or urban legend that complicates your life for nothing? We dug into the chemistry behind the rule to sort what really matters from what is just overkill.
Published on July 16, 2026 by Yoni
Updated on July 29, 2026
