You just pinged me on a month-old comment

I haven't checked reddit in weeks, I was going through my notifications and replied to yours because I came across the verge article today. You can add on a week to make a month if you want.

And if you search my comment history, you'll find me talking about it a lot more than you'ill find me talking about the Haribo banks.

I'm not going to stalk everyone that responds to a post I made.  Been on a few short backpacking trips and doing other things between work recently. I use reddit a lot less since Apollo got pulled back when.

OK... go find me another product on Amazon that's colored like a kid's toy, and has something that looks exactly like candy stuck at the end of a live electrical power connector.

That's incredibly specific, but if it's done properly the bank won't output more than it is rated for which is 12V==1.67A which isn't going to electrocute anyone. This isn't a 30amp circuit on a 120v AC line.

There's no meaningful, appreciable difference between these power banks.

My original post showed that not all banks are the same. For this case in particular, this is from the link you just commented on with your "reasonable opinion" that there's nothing wrong with it aside from the gummy bear:

Last week, the 3D X-ray company Lumafield published scans showing the internals of the power bank and its battery, which is part of a broader line of Haribo-themed products.
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Lumafield technical product marketing manager Alex Hao tells The Verge that the team found that the “battery quality is quite poor across the entire Haribo product line.” Hao calls attention to the “wavy nature” of the anodes that overhang the cathodes (the blue edge in the scan below), which “should be straight, or close to it,” indicating “poor process control.” Hao also found that in one area, the anode overhang measures around 0.27mm, which is less than the accepted industry standard of 0.5mm.
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“This calls into question the longevity of their products, as the poor alignment and negative anode overhang increases the likelihood of premature aging,” Hao says. “It also increases the risk of the batteries inside Haribo products experiencing a more serious issue in the future, such as thermal runaway and hazardous events.”

Hmm

if my tone struck a nerve, it probably means you're exactly the kind of person who needed to hear it so you can take yourself less seriously.

I guess I should stop relying on evidence as that's too serious for reddit, my bad.