“While traveling, I’m lost (sometimes literally) without my phone, so a portable charger has become an essential. I even bring it to family gatherings because I hate missing photo ops or hunting down outlets at other people’s houses,” says travel writer Maria Adelmann. And after borrowing this Belkin powerbank from her mom — our top pick for charging phones, tablets, and other small, handheld devices — Maria is thinking of buying one of her own, especially now that it’s on sale.

Maria likes that it can “slip in a pocket, powers devices fast, and has blessedly unlosable built-in cables.” We also recommend it because of the rugged build quality, two-year warranty, and responsive customer support. But more than anything else, according to Maria, “It’s the kind of no-brainer device I need when I’ve got 10 other things on my mind.”