The Slimmest Qi2 Batteries for iPhone

My wife has used Apple’s original MagSafe Battery Pack on work trips since the iPhone 12 and loves how compact it is. After five years it doesn’t charge as well as it used to, and it’s time to ditch Lightning. I wanted to find her its spiritual successor: slim, with a good charge, and Qi2 for faster wireless charging. There are surprisingly few slim Qi2 options, but I found four from two brands and charged my iPhone 17 Pro Max with each, starting at 10%.

The baseline: Apple MagSafe Battery Pack

About 3,000 mAh effective, a Lightning port and status light, 7.5 W normally, up to 15 W pass-through when plugged in. It sold for $99. My five-year-old one got the phone from 10% to 38% in 54 minutes before it died.

Baseus PicoGo Mini (5,000 mAh)

The closest in size to the MagSafe pack: smaller in height and width, a tad deeper, and it feels very much like it on the phone. A soft-touch back keeps it from sliding, there’s a 20 W USB-C port, a power button, four status lights, and a built-in kickstand. Around $37 on sale. 10% → 40% in 69 minutes, and up to 70% in 2 hours 27 minutes before it died.

Anker MagGo Nano Ultra Slim (5,000 mAh)

Comes in sand, teal, white, and black. No soft-touch coating, but a 20 W USB-C port, power button and status lights. It’s so thin it almost disappears on the iPhone. Slightly bigger than the MagSafe pack, but it feels smaller. $55, not on sale. 10% → 40% in 52 minutes, 17 minutes faster than the Baseus, and up to 72% in two hours.

Baseus PicoGo Ultra Slim (10,000 mAh)

Soft-touch back, black, natural titanium, pink, or space gray, 27 W USB-C, and status lights. You feel it more, but it’s not much bigger than the MagSafe pack. Around $43 on sale. 10% → 40% in 41 minutes, up to 80% in 1 hour 49 minutes, with about 50% left over.

Anker MagGo Ultra Slim 10K (10,000 mAh)

What I think is the older one here: green, pink, black, or white. I like its look better than the Baseus, with a bigger band on the side, a soft-touch back, and 30 W USB-C. About $55 on sale. 10% → 40% in 36 minutes, up to 80% in 1 hour 39 minutes, ten minutes faster than the Baseus, with about 50% left over.

Which one?

• Fastest: the Anker MagGo Ultra Slim 10K.
• Save $12–13: the Baseus PicoGo Ultra Slim isn’t much slower, with a more utilitarian look that’s fine.
• Small and slim: I really wanted to love the Baseus PicoGo Mini, but 69 minutes to add 30% was underwhelming. The Anker Nano Ultra Slim was faster and feels the best of all of them, adding almost no weight. I think it’s the perfect MagSafe Battery replacement for my wife’s work trips, and for me when I need a little extra during the day.

Links

• Anker MagGo Nano
• Anker MagGo 10K
• Baseus Picogo mini
• Baseus Picogo 10K
• The Tech Woven case after 2 weeks

In this video

• 00:00 Intro: replacing Apple MagSafe Battery Pack
• 00:00:45 Baseline: Apple MagSafe Battery Pack test
• 00:01:24 Baseus PicoGo Mini (5,000 mAh) – overview + test
• 00:02:33 Anker MagGo Nano Ultra Slim (5,000 mAh) – overview + test
• 00:03:34 Baseus PicoGo Ultra Slim (10,000 mAh) – overview + test
• 00:04:35 Anker MagGo Ultra Slim 10K – overview + test
• 00:05:29 Speed vs Size vs Price vs Feel
• 00:06:14 The Best MagSafe Battery replacement