I’ve seen a lot of power banks, from the chunky rectangular bricks, round puck-shaped ones, and the flat ones that sit awkwardly next to a laptop in a bag, but none of them has ever looked like this.
The Krafted Edge is a 20,000 mAh power bank built into an aluminum slab measuring 27 x 19 x 1.28 cm, which is almost exactly the footprint of a closed laptop, and that’s intentional.
What does Krafted Edge 20,000 mAh power bank do differently?
You can slide the power bank under your notebook while you work, connect it via USB-C, and it charges your laptop while sitting flush beneath it. In addition, it fits perfectly in a slim laptop bag without taking up extra space, because it’s in the shape of a laptop after all.
The power bank sports two USB-C ports, up to 65W each, along with a relatively slower 18W USB-A port. Recharging the device takes around two hours with 45W input.
Coming back to the 20,000 mAh total capacity, it’s divided into four 5,000 mAh cells that are user-replaceable. So, when the batteries degrade after a few years, you can replace the cells instead of throwing away the entire unit. That puts it ahead of most competitors on repairability.
The power bank seems too good to be true
Krafted claims three to four full laptop charges with the power bank, but that’s what I’m skeptical about. Even with a nominal voltage of 3.6V or 3.7V, the power bank should hold around 72Wh or 74Wh, which surely isn’t enough to charge four full laptops.
In fact, the capacity is barely enough to charge a 14-inch MacBook Pro once, while the cheaper MacBook Neo could roughly charge twice, assuming that the power bank works at 100% efficiency.
Similarly, the claim for four full smartphone battery charges could only be true for phones with a tiny battery, like the iPhone 17e, and certainly not phones like the OnePlus 15R. While Krafted seems to have nailed the design, marketing could use a hand or two in coming up with more realistic claims.
For now, the Krafted Edge is listed on Kickstarter for pre-orders at $139, with delivery expected in July 2026. It has already raised $45,701 from 295 backers. While Krafted is an established accessories maker, and the power bank’s design is brilliant, the battery life claims aren’t, and that’s something that the brand should work on before launching the product.