UGREEN's 45W Power Bank is Giving Peak 2000s 'Blobject' Energy - Yanko Design

A 10,000mAh, 45W power bank called PB610 uses a silver aluminum body with aggressively rounded corners and an organic, stone-like feel. A built-in braided USB-C cable loops through the top, acting as both a carrying strap and a dominant visual design element. A 1.47-inch smart display sits in a pill-shaped recess that appears integrated into the form. The screen shows real-time output wattage, battery temperature, remaining charge percentage, and battery health. A companion app connected by Bluetooth allows custom images or personal graphics to be displayed, making the device’s face customizable while maintaining functional charging capabilities.

"The PB610 arrives in a silver-bodied, organically rounded form that feels less like a charging accessory and more like a smooth river stone that happens to have a USB-C port. At 199 yuan (roughly $29), it is making a quiet but confident case that the blobject revival is real, and it is coming for your bag. The PB610 is a 10,000mAh, 45W power bank with a built-in braided USB-C cable, a 1.47-inch smart display, and a design language that Ugreen is calling “Mini” in its marketing materials."

"The red braided cable loops through the top like a vascular element growing out of the device, functioning simultaneously as a carrying strap and the single most visually decisive design choice on the whole product. Ugreen has made charging accessories before, but the PB610 feels like the first time they have treated the object itself as the message. A 1.47-inch screen sits inside a pill-shaped recess that reads as a void pressed into the form rather than a component bolted onto it, and it pulls off the trick of feeling simultaneously purposeful and playful."

"In its default mode it surfaces real-time data: output wattage, battery temperature, remaining charge percentage, and overall battery health. Connect the PB610 to Ugreen’s companion app via Bluetooth and you can push custom images or personal graphics to the screen instead, a minor feature in functional terms but a significant one in design terms. Letting the owner author the face"

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