Originally Posted by
SteveF
I just checked my wife's two power banks. Both are Anker (I foolishly thought it would be safer getting a known brand rather than cheap unbranded Chinese junk...). One is OK, but has an almost unreadable label - if I zoom in and take a photo and then zoom in again I can just about read PowerCore 26800) - and the other is a PowerCore 10000 - which is on the list, but is newer than the affected numbers and was purchased in the UK (the Anker website even tells me it was purchased in the UK so it is OK).
So theoretically they should both be OK, but what are the chances that QR will just say that the label on one is unreadable (which it basically is without a bit of faffing around) and the other is a PowerCore 10000 so in the bin it goes irrespective of purchase date, model number and country of origin? And of course it would only need to be one of the agents on the four Qatar flights I'll be checking in for on that trip (LHR-SGN in J) that says computer says no.
That's why I cancelled my Anker power pack order. Because I don't want any airline to assume it's on the list because it doesn't have enough info on the label or can't read it. Anker used to the #1 seller of battery chargers and power packs, but with everything, companies get greedy and outsource to the lowest bidder.