Why do investors choose to enter the market with fast-charging shared power banks?

Shared power banks are a convenient mobile charging rental service that can meet users’ charging needs in daily life and travel, providing portable charging solutions for various mobile devices. Users can easily rent a shared power bank in public places such as shopping malls and airports through QR code scanning or card swiping.

As people spend more time on their phones, the high speed of 5G networks leads to faster battery consumption. Regular charging efficiency cannot meet people’s demand for fast charging.

Based on market demand, fast-charging shared power banks have been introduced. With the feature of fast charging, they shorten charging time, allowing users to quickly restore sufficient power in a short period of time, avoiding the impact of charging efficiency on schedules or social activities.

In order to help investors clearly understand the differences between regular shared power banks and fast-charging shared power banks, we will explain their product features, market positioning, and business advantages, so you can quickly understand this new type of product.

1. What are the differences between regular shared power banks and fast-charging shared power banks?

Regular shared power banks generally adopt standard USB charging protocols, with a charging voltage of 5V and a maximum current of 2A. Charging speed is relatively slow but has good compatibility, supporting charging for 90% of mainstream phone models. A smartphone with a 5000mAh battery may take 2 to 3 hours or even longer to be fully charged with a regular shared power bank.

Regular shared power banks generally have a capacity of 5000 to 6000mAh, and are usually equipped with multiple charging interfaces such as Type-C, Micro USB, and Lightning to meet the charging needs of different models of phones and electronic devices.

Fast-charging shared power banks support higher power and fast charging, with a maximum output of 22.5W, adopting PD protocols with richer output combinations (such as 5V/3.1A, 9V/2.2A, 12V/1.67A), intelligently adapting to different devices.

Fast charging can charge a phone to 60% in 30 minutes, improving charging efficiency by 30% compared to regular shared power banks. For users who need emergency charging, fast charging can quickly replenish power to easily meet urgent needs

In addition, fast-charging shared power banks have larger capacities, reaching 7000 to 8000mAh. They are usually equipped with Type-C and Lightning, supporting mainstream phone models and electronic devices. Users who value experience and efficiency prefer fast charging and are also willing to pay for higher-capacity fast charging.

2. What are the differences in market positioning between regular shared power banks and fast-charging shared power banks?

Regular shared power banks have the characteristics of wide adoption and strong applicability. The product design is simple and portable, able to meet users’ charging needs in daily life or short trips, with less demand for charging speed, mainly solving temporary emergency charging.

The product covers a wide range of consumption scenarios such as shopping malls, restaurants, and cinemas, meeting the general charging needs of the public. The market positioning is as a popular, widely adopted convenient charging service. With a fast market coverage strategy, a wide network of shared power bank service outlets is established.

Fast-charging shared power banks can be deployed in areas with frequent business travel, transportation hubs, and large event venues, targeting consumer groups with higher demand for charging efficiency.

Business people who need to handle urgent emails or attend video conferences during business trips can restore their phones to working condition in the shortest time with fast-charging shared power banks. Travelers in unfamiliar cities who use navigation or search for guides quickly consume power, and fast charging can rapidly replenish power to avoid getting lost or missing important information.

Fast-charging shared power banks are suitable for users who value efficiency and are willing to pay to save time. With differentiated, high-experience market positioning, they provide users with efficient emergency charging services.

Regular shared power banks cover a wider user base with high-frequency demand, extensive outlet layout, and low-price strategies, while fast-charging shared power banks better meet the needs of users pursuing efficiency and high experience, and can cooperate with mid-to-high-end business venues to build efficient channel networks.

3. What are the business advantages of regular shared power banks and fast-charging shared power banks?

The main profit model of regular shared power banks is rental income, advertising income, and value-added income. The single rental price is relatively low, and profitability depends on economies of scale and high usage frequency. Users are highly price-sensitive, and investors need to expand coverage and increase equipment utilization to improve profitability.

Fast-charging shared power banks improve device turnover and usage efficiency, shortening the time from rental to reuse, meeting users’ instant charging needs, and driving service upgrades. Fast charging can relieve rental pressure during peak hours, providing users with timely charging support, and improving investors’ operational efficiency and economic benefits.

User experience: Fast charging solves battery anxiety, enhances user stickiness and usage frequency, and promotes word-of-mouth communication.

Profitability: Higher revenue per rental, high turnover rate, and attracting quality business partners.

Market competitiveness: Fast charging provides differentiated competitive advantages, forms technological barriers, and adapts to future trends.

Operational efficiency: Reduces user waiting time, improves device turnover, and achieves stronger profitability.

Summary

Fast-charging shared power banks have the advantages of high-quality experience, high profitability, strong competitiveness, and alignment with future trends, making their long-term commercial value high.

In the early stage of the market, most investors deployed regular shared power banks, but now fast-charging shared power banks with advanced technology are gradually occupying the market. Investors can gain more market advantages through differentiated services.

In the early market, simple outlet coverage and pricing strategies had advantages, but to win lasting competitiveness in the future, investors need to deploy fast-charging solutions in advance, quickly acquire and consolidate user bases, and expand the shared power bank market.

August 20, 2025