Function 101 BentoStack Charge 8000 review: More than just a quick charge

Battery packs typically don’t offer anything more than, at most, a couple different ways to charge your devices, and that’s it. The BentoStack Charge 8000 has a USB-C port, a USB-A port, and wireless charging—checking all the basic requirements—but it also offers a stack of storage compartments and boxes, the inspiration for its clever name. 

Note: This review is part of our roundup of portable power banks. Go there for details on competing products and our testing methods.

The battery pack itself sits at the top of the stack. In order, from top to bottom, you’ve got the battery pack, a shallow compartment to hold a pen or pencil, a deeper compartment big enough for wireless earbuds or charging cables, another shallow tray with slots to hold watch bands, and finally a bottom compartment that’s deep enough to hold a wall adapter, more cables, or other odds and ends. Small dividers in the two larger compartments let you keep items separated if you want. 

You can rearrange the different layers, removing the two shallow compartments, if you like. All of them line up and sort of just sit in place. Still, Function101 includes a large rubber band you can use to hold the entire stack closed if you’re traveling and don’t want everything to fall out. 

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