That’s hilarious and sad. They outsourced their brand to the cheapest Chinese shit they could find. Stick to making candy, ja?
What’s Hiding Inside Haribo’s Power Bank and Headphones?
Submitted 13 hours ago by JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.lumafield.com/first-article/posts/whats-hiding-inside-haribos-power-bank-and-headphones
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aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
phaedrus@piefed.world 4 hours ago
Except their candy also creates explosions...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/samlemonick/2016/10/28/that-time-gummy-bears-gave-everyone-diarrhea/
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 4 hours ago
I prefer the time weed made it into them theguardian.com/…/haribo-recalls-sweets-in-the-ne…
Quazatron@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Just another reason not to buy earbuds. You are sticking a fairly large amount of power inside your ear.
artyom@piefed.social 12 hours ago
I mean they were wildly successful and made a bunch of money so if you ask them, mission accomplished.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
We’ll see in a couple of months when these things start failing/catching fire just like every other cheaply-made battery.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Gummi-power?
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Exactly!
_wizard@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Bought one of these for my partner for Xmas. Hearing they’re a hazard is news to me. Should I seek a return?
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Do you have any reason to keep your partner?
_wizard@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Ha! She scratches that part of my back I can’t reach. She also doesn’t mind (and even requests) seeing me nude sometimes. So yeah, I kinda wanna keep her.
Cattail@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Looks like 2 brick of cocaine
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 hours ago
It seems like they were on the path to a really great product, but failed due to choosing a poor quality supplier.
Pricing wasn’t the issue, the power bank’s lightness compared to its power capacity was the big attraction. The crappy version may be crappy, but it also demonstrates proof-of-concept that Backpackers really want it, and would probably be willing to pay a higher price for a reliable, high-quality version. Haribo needs to find a better quality supplier, get the product made correctly, and charge a reasonable price for it.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 hour ago
I’ve just been looking into this and I’m not sure that’s the case.
It’s seems that this was light compared to others because of the poor design and execution. They cut corners to and used lighter materials which in turn leads to the things found under the CT scans making them more at risk of fire or breaking down over time. It doesn’t seem like they made a revolutionary battery more a cheap one.
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 3 hours ago
Why are they so light? Do they way less than high rated 18650 cells would be for the rated capacity? If so they are probably inflating the rating. As is shockingly common for no name powerbanks. There are very minimal usb boards you can load 18650s into, or attach quad copter cells to, 3d print your own minimal case that suits your needs with the highest capacity and quality cells you can afford.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 10 hours ago
Why are Haribo even doing this don’t they make sweets (candy)?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
Lots of companies have wide product lines. The hard part of building a successful corporation is establishing a well-known brand, and once that is accomplished, many companies decide to use that popularity to promote more products that can increase revenue and profits.
It makes the most sense if the new products are within the same market sector, but it doesn’t have to. Samsung is a perfect example. In Korea, it is possible to work for a Samsung company, live in a Samsung apartment complex, drive a Samsung vehicle, use a Samsung phone, and probably a lot more other stuff.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
This is just vendor swag that someone realized could be a whole product line
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Gummy bears are also flammable, so this all tracks.
GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It was very fun that haribo of all companies had the lightest battery for the capacity, but all good things must come to an end
bonenode@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Wasn’t the Haribo power bank popular among hardcore hikers, since it had the best weight to capacity ratio? Remember reading about that somewhere.
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You clearly didn’t even look at the article. It’s literally the first point they made.
db2@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
But what if, and hear me out in this one, what if the Haribo power bank was popular among hardcore hikers, since it had the best weight to capacity ratio?
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 hours ago
Cursed headline, I love it.
whaleross@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I think it is fair to assume that if you get electronics branded by a candy manufacturer, you will not get any sort of quality electronics.
Obviously they shouldn’t be a fire hazard but still.
brsrklf@jlai.lu 7 hours ago
Yeah, I would never even have considered those if I just encountered them with no other info.
I can get branding things that are maybe even tangentially related to their main activity, and then there’s a chance they’d want something at least decent. Possibly.
That one is so random I couldn’t imagine more thought went into it than tacking their logo on the cheapest thing they could buy.