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hardware2026-03-22·7 min

Inside the STANDART+ station

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Kenji Aoyama
SparqX team

The STANDART+ is the workhorse of the SparqX lineup. Twelve slots, 22-watt charging, IP54 enclosure, 4G + Wi-Fi 5 connectivity, 5.5" color screen, weighing in at 7.8 kg. It's designed to install in 20 minutes and survive five years of public abuse.

Build choices we made — and would make again:

Universal cables. Every powerbank has USB-C, Lightning, and micro-USB built in. We tested wireless. The handoff was poor, the heat was worse, the cost was triple. Cables won.

4G LTE Cat-4 standard. Wi-Fi is optional. We do not require the venue's network because half the venues we want don't have stable Wi-Fi, and the ones that do don't want to share it. A SIM is $1.20 per month per station at scale.

OTA firmware. Every station updates from anywhere on the network. We have shipped 14 firmware updates since launch — bug fixes, payment integrations, hardware diagnostics — none required a truck roll.

IP54 enclosure. Not IP65 (waterproof). The trade-off was weight and cost vs. realistic deployment locations. Indoors and covered outdoor — yes. Direct rain — no. We'll IP65 the MAX flagship for stadiums and festivals.

Read the full spec sheet at /hardware/standart-plus.