The ultralight gummy bear power bank just got yanked from Amazon

Amazon conscionable yanked the Haribo gummy carnivore powerfulness slope from its website and is canceling orders for the ultralight device. In an email sent to customers, Amazon says it has “learned of a imaginable information oregon prime issue” regarding the powerfulness bank, and that it’s not charging customers who precocious purchased it.

The gummy carnivore taxable whitethorn beryllium a spot deceiving, but astatine 9.9 ounces, the $25 Haribo Mini Power Bank is 1 of the lightest 20,000mAh powerfulness banks around, making it a fashionable prime for backpackers (or anyone other who doesn’t consciousness similar carrying astir a hefty device). Now, the Amazon listing for the powerfulness bank nary longer exists, and we don’t cognize erstwhile — oregon if — it’s coming back.

As mentioned by my workfellow Liz Lopatto, the Haribo Mini Power Bank comes with a built-in USB-C cable, on with enactment for accelerated charging. An archived mentation of the listing besides says it has a spot designed “to support the powerfulness slope from overcharging, overheating, and overpowering.” The instrumentality appears to beryllium portion of a crowdfunded marque collaboration successful Japan, which includes different Haribo-themed 10,000mAh mini power slope that’s present listed arsenic “currently unavailable” connected Amazon.

“We regret immoderate inconvenience this whitethorn origin you but spot you volition recognize that the information and restitution of our customers is our highest priority,” Amazon writes successful its email to customers. The Verge reached retired to Haribo and Amazon with requests for much accusation but didn’t instantly perceive back.