NeoPow X25: 285W Solid-State Power Bank

Quick Verdict

As of July 27, 2026, the NeoPow X25 carries a BackerGuardian Trust Meter score of 77/100, rated Medium-Low ("Moderate risk - due diligence recommended"), last computed July 21, 2026. That stored score predates the delivery record now documented on the campaign itself: seven months past the January 2026 reward estimate, no shipment has been confirmed, the creator has posted nothing publicly since January 16, 2026, and the brand's website is offline.

The campaign raised £46,600 from 256 backers (932% of a £5,000 goal) on Kickstarter, closing December 21, 2025. Every reward tier promised January 2026 delivery. Nothing in the public record as of this writing shows that any backer has received a unit.

Campaign Facts (verified 2026-07-27)

Delivery Status: Not Delivered, Creator Silent

The campaign ended December 21, 2025 with all reward tiers promising January 2026 delivery. What followed, in order:

• December 31, 2025 (Update #3): creator said the backer survey was "coming soon" and mould solutions were still being finalised. No shipping date given.
• January 16, 2026 (Update #4): creator apologised for the delay, said tooling had gone through three rounds of refinement, projected tooling fabrication for late February to early March, and stated that for fully paid orders "shipping is expected to begin around March 10."
• January 17 – July 27, 2026: no further public updates. The project page's own header reads "Last updated January 16, 2026" as of our check.

The comment board tells the rest. Backers identifying themselves by backer number (#29, #122, #147, #159, #176, among others) report, as of June–July 2026, that no rewards have arrived, that direct messages to the creator have gone unanswered for months, and that amounts of £137–£319 were collected from their cards. Multiple backers state they have filed formal reports with Kickstarter's Trust & Safety team and opened goods-not-received disputes with their card issuers. Several describe the project outright as a scam; one backer's proposed acronym for it has become a running refrain in the thread. We found no comment, update, or press item indicating that any unit has shipped.

Independently, we checked the brand's own web presence on July 27, 2026: neopow.com returns HTTP 404 on its homepage, its X25 product page, and its blog — the storefront that existed during the campaign is gone.

BackerGuardian classifies this delivery state as: funded, past estimated delivery, no confirmed shipments, creator silent for over six months, brand site offline.

Trust Dimension Breakdown

Stored scores, computed July 21, 2026 by the BackerGuardian scoring machinery (Trust Meter v2.0). Scores change only through that machinery; the dimension notes on file predate full documentation of the post-campaign record above.

No kill switches are recorded in the stored score. The facts in this report — a missed delivery window, six-plus months of creator silence, and an offline brand site — are exactly the class of events the scoring machinery weighs on its next pass; this report documents them so that pass has sources to work from.

Product Claims in Context

The X25's engineering claims were never the implausible part. Dual 140W USB-C ports use the ratified USB PD 3.1 standard; 25,500mAh at 98Wh sits deliberately under the 100Wh airline carry-on limit; solid-state cells with 2,000+ cycle claims are consistent with the technology's published characteristics. Pre-launch coverage from NotebookCheck and iPhoneness relayed the spec sheet (285W total output, IP54, 4-foot drop rating, -20C to 60C, 1.4 lbs), with NotebookCheck noting a $169 reservation price. None of that coverage was an independent bench test, and no production unit is known to have reached reviewers or backers.

The lesson this record carries: technical feasibility and execution are different risks. Every claimed spec could be true and the product can still never ship.

Who This Report Is For

• Anyone considering a late pledge or preorder: there is no functioning NeoPow storefront and no evidence of fulfillment. Nothing in the current record supports an expectation of delivery.
• Existing backers: the comment board shows the paths other backers are taking — reports to Kickstarter Trust & Safety and goods-not-received disputes with card issuers. Kickstarter's own accountability policy places fulfillment responsibility on the creator; backers in the thread report that Kickstarter itself does not issue refunds.
• Researchers of solid-state power banks: treat the X25's spec sheet as unverified marketing claims from a campaign that did not deliver, not as data points about the technology.

Sources

• Kickstarter campaign page — funding totals, creator, funding period (accessed 2026-07-27)
• Campaign updates — Updates #1–#4, closing milestone (accessed 2026-07-27)
• Campaign comments — backer non-delivery reports (accessed 2026-07-27)
• Campaign rewards — tier prices, backer counts, delivery estimates (accessed 2026-07-27)
• Kicktraq project tracker — funding trajectory (accessed 2026-07-27)
• NotebookCheck coverage — spec relay, reservation pricing
• iPhoneness coverage — spec relay, November 2025
• neopow.com — HTTP 404 on homepage and product pages at our 2026-07-27 check (cited as evidence of the site being offline, not as a resolving source)

Methodology: BackerGuardian Trust Meter v2.0. Score last computed 2026-07-21 by the scoring machinery. Facts last verified 2026-07-27.