3-4 Port Multi device USB-C Charger?

[twanj]

I'm thinking it would be nice to simplify our bedside USB-C charging situation.

Requirements:
- 3-4 USB-C ports
- NO USB-A ports
- 140+ watt for MBP
- white, minimal, no lights

Right now each has roughly 4 USB-C chargers: 100w (C to C) for MBP/iPad pro, 20w(?) (C to Lightning) for iPhone, C to magsafe phone, C to AppleWatch 7 fast charger.

(guess I could simplify this by using one of those cables that split into USB-C and Lightning, and could just use the magsafe phone charger and get rid of the solo lightning cable)


I'd like to future proof a bit, I think the newest MBP use 140w and I'd eventually have a MagSafe 3 (MBP) cable, C to C, magsafe phone, and AppleWatch charger. It's rare for us to be charging more than 1-2 things at once, so I don't think I'd need to go crazy high wattage like the Hyper 245W that was just announced. I also like white and minimal

Elsewhere I have an Anker 2 port USB-C and 2 port USB-A which I like, and 4 other multi device "charging stations" throughout the house.

Anker has a 120w 4 port C charger which looks closest to what I want, but I'd prefer no lights. I also don't necessarily need a power cable at the back since I have a surge protector, but I guess it'd be ok.

Any suggestions? I'd searched through about 20 pages on Amazon and there are a few but they are grey or black, have USB-A ports too, and kinda gaudy looking and seemed to top out at 100w.

 

[xraydoc]

I'm thinking it would be nice to simplify our bedside USB-C charging situation.

Requirements:
- 3-4 USB-C ports
- NO USB-A ports
- 140+ watt for MBP
- white, minimal, no lights

Right now each has roughly 4 USB-C chargers: 100w (C to C) for MBP/iPad pro, 20w(?) (C to Lightning) for iPhone, C to magsafe phone, C to AppleWatch 7 fast charger.

(guess I could simplify this by using one of those cables that split into USB-C and Lightning, and could just use the magsafe phone charger and get rid of the solo lightning cable)


I'd like to future proof a bit, I think the newest MBP use 140w and I'd eventually have a MagSafe 3 (MBP) cable, C to C, magsafe phone, and AppleWatch charger. It's rare for us to be charging more than 1-2 things at once, so I don't think I'd need to go crazy high wattage like the Hyper 245W that was just announced. I also like white and minimal

Elsewhere I have an Anker 2 port USB-C and 2 port USB-A which I like, and 4 other multi device "charging stations" throughout the house.

Anker has a 120w 4 port C charger which looks closest to what I want, but I'd prefer no lights. I also don't necessarily need a power cable at the back since I have a surge protector, but I guess it'd be ok.

Any suggestions? I'd searched through about 20 pages on Amazon and there are a few but they are grey or black, have USB-A ports too, and kinda gaudy looking and seemed to top out at 100w.

I suspect you're going to find few, if any, USB-C power supplies that put out more than 100w per port. Apple's largest puts out more, but I think only over the MagSafe cable, so it's not really PD-compliant (but correct me if that's not accurate), so it's not going to be something too many other manufacturers are going to include.

That light on the picture you included can easily be fixed with a carefully placed piece of tape.

I'm not sure you're going to find anything that meets all of your requirements. You're going to have to compromise on something.

 

[twanj]

I suspect you're going to find few, if any, USB-C power supplies that put out more than 100w per port. Apple's largest puts out more, but I think only over the MagSafe cable, so it's not really PD-compliant (but correct me if that's not accurate), so it's not going to be something too many other manufacturers are going to include.

That light on the picture you included can easily be fixed with a carefully placed piece of tape.

I'm not sure you're going to find anything that meets all of your requirements. You're going to have to compromise on something.

Aha, didn't realize that about the magsafe 3 - trying to find more info.

USB PD 3.1 allows for higher than 100w charging, up to 240w...with the right USB-C 2.1 cables. Glad that's clear! https://www.usb.org/usb-charger-pd

Agreed on compromise, just investigating if there was something I didn't know about. Thanks!

 

[twanj]

This article had the details I was looking for...

Apple’s new 140W charger can fast charge a lot more than just your MacBook Pro

You won’t be limited to Apple’s hardware for fast-charging.

www.theverge.com

but fast charging the 16-inch MacBook Pro requires using MagSafe 3 and the 140W adapter because the Thunderbolt 4 predates the USB-C PD 3.1 standard and tops out at 100W.