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Japan to ban in-flight use of power banks starting in April
(www.asahi.com)
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What flights are you on that you need a powerbank? Any decently modern phone will last for 24h on flight mode playing video. I've done 12-13h flights (Germany to Singapore) with 60% of battery remaining.
As @SpeedRunner@europe.pub said in another post, it's not necessarily just about the time on the flight, but when you might need them after. Later this year, for example, I'm planning on heading to Europe and will attend a music festival while I'm there. I'll be out all day, and would like to be able to use my phone to stay in touch with my travelling buddies, take pictures, maybe get a cab back to the hotel, or whatever else. It would be pretty nice to have a powerbank to keep my phone charged then, as well as for other days where I'm planning on being out sightseeing all day. If you're already forbidden from storing them in your checked bag, and now you'll be banned from bringing them in your carry-on, what exactly are you meant to do, then? Buy a new powerbank every time you travel? Just for my trip and travel group, we'd need to purchase and discard 4 of them on this trip, as we'll be staying a few days in one country for sightseeing before hopping on a plane to the opposite corner of Europe for the remainder of the vacation. That's a lot of added e-waste and expense.
If you need them after: you can take two powerbanks on you, just not use them in the air.
Older phones, game boy advance, faulty batteries don't last as long.. noisecancellation headphones don't last 12 hours.. What if I didn't charge my phone to 100 before getting to the plane.. Are you dense?
Noise canceling headphones don't last 12h? My 5 year old Microsoft Surface last 12h easy. Nowadays some cheap Anker ANC last 40h. Use a realistic argument at least...
What if you didn't charge your phone? What if you didn't bring your passport? What if you bought the wrong ticket? What if my grandma had wheels?
Muh airpord pros
Good news: Those you don't need a powerbank to charge!
"It's not the corporations' fault for producing and selling fire hazards under lax regulations -
it's the consumer's fault for not spending money on brand-name products every three financial quarters!"
Of course it's the corporations fault, but once they are sold we cannot just rely on thoughts and prayers, we need to regulate the world we have and prevent people from using them on planes. The world is not America.