I can see people using this for business travel, where space is at a premium. I’d love to take this with me to charge my MacBook Pro on the road. I typically only need to charge it at night, so I don’t need fast charging. I also don’t particularly enjoy carrying around giant, 96 watt power bricks in my luggage.
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Apple's New 35W Chargers With Dual USB-C Ports Now Available to Order
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I can see people using this for business travel, where space is at a premium. I’d love to take this with me to charge my MacBook Pro on the road. I typically only need to charge it at night, so I don’t need fast charging. I also don’t particularly enjoy carrying around giant, 96 watt power bricks in my luggage.
Not arguing in favor Apple here, but those aren't comparable products. They're huge and from some off brand. The second one isn't even close.
Something like this is comparable:
Anker 521 Charger (Nano Pro)
40W Max Charging: Charge your MacBook Air at full speed when you connect to either USB-C port. Simultaneous Charging: Power up your iPhone 13 and your iPad at the same time, at full speed. Advanced Safety Features: Equipped with our all-new ActiveShield safety system to offer enhanced...us.anker.com
and far cheaper (at least for me via Amazon).
Haha British people are so weirdly obsessed with their plugs...I can't decide if it's a national joke or what. Like do you all get emailed the same link to this same video on a monthly basis?
Literally every single feature he lists has been solved for in the US, and with a far more convenient plug design.
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How would the fast charge work on my Apple Watch if I am charging my phone and watch at the same time? Should I wait for the "Pro" version?
That would work...it'll just split the total output between the devices. So you'd get 15W to each, or 18W to one and 15W to the other, etc.
Apple make compact UK plugs. Their 20w case in point. So we can have all the benefits of being compact whilst also having the safest most brilliant 13 amp plug in the world. Lovely 3120 watts straight out the wall so we can do crazy things like… boil a kettle!
Home Pod, MagSafe Duo, MagSafe in general, and some others I'm not remembering.
Regardless of cost, it's useless at 35W to actually charge or power 2 things at once. Should be at least 60W for dual ports.
I may be missing something, but it seems like a miss that this is a 35 W charger. In order to fast charge an iPhone (with MagSafe) and an Apple Watch at the same time — a common use case — you need 40 W.
While US and other sockets let you plug a 2-pin plug into a 3 pin socket, eegular UK sockets have shutters covering the live & neutral pins which are opened when the earth pin is inserted. A plug without an earth pin just wouldn't go in. (That's why those socket covers sold to fretful parents are so funny - the live pins are already protected).
On devices that don't need an earth it's pretty common to see a dummy plastic earth pin.
Switches on the outlet - fuses in the plugs - plus the aforementioned shutter system - and the better quality plugs have insulated shafts on the pins.
Bear in mind that UK plugs are 230V, not 110V - white a significanly higher voltage.
To me, US plugs always feel like something you'd use for 12V in a caravan or boat... (but hey, the sparks when you plug them in are pretty) then you use them to plug in a refrigerator the size of Wales that looks like it should run on industrial three phase...
MagSafe Duo is just an Apple branded MagSafe charger. You can get them from Belkin or Anker now. MagSafe doesn't require a 20 watt charger. I've used mine with the 18 watt one and I'm sure it would work with a lesser one. Of course it's going to charge faster if you use a 20 watt but so will plugging it in to the phone. To my knowledge Home Pod mini is the only thing that has a 20 watt requirement where it just won't work.
Underwriters Laboratory isn't the only electronics safety certification in the world. Others (TUV, for example) perform similar safety checks and those logos might also be on the device.
I'd not even think twice about getting a better device for less money with a TUV cert than a more expensive, lesser product with a UL logo.
Yep, I had a quick stint with ETL SEMKO. Dealt with lots of cell phones and other telecom/PoE devices. They always talked about being more stringent than UL, but I can't necessarily speak to that.
Either way, the point of getting a UL listing is that its... a listing... not just a stamp on your product. I believe you can search UL's database for product info if you suspect a fake.
You can lookup the databases on UL Product iQ page with the Anker model number.
Coming from Apple I'll trust the UL mark is legit. If from a no-name company, well, I have no reason to even consider them. I'm fine with Apple's chargers.
I just mentioned UL as it’s a more popular certification than their peers. Adding to that there are plenty of reviews mentioning either burning out of Anker chargers or shorting the device itself.
Anker’s warranty only covers their product but not the more expensive products people use it with. That’s the reason I don’t buy any of those cheaper brands even when they’re less expensive and smaller. These brands are good for cables but I don’t trust them with the chargers itself with their continued push towards making them smaller with each iteration.
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Have you read the reviews that are anything but the 4 & 5 star for their products?
I’d rather not risk a $1200 iPhone over saving $20 on a charger. Or worse it could burn down your house when you’re not home. That’s gonna get a more more expensive than $1200.
IMHO, this charger is a better deal than Apple's dual-port offering:
www.hypershop.com
You got 3 ports instead of 2:
HyperJuice Stackable GaN 65W USB-C Charger
World's first 65W USB-C GaN charger with pass-through AC power outlet that allows charger to be stacked together to become a 1600W charger, all from one wall outlet.
You got 3 ports instead of 2:
- 2 USB-C ports outputting 65W each
- 1 USB-A port outputting 18W
All USA outlets are grounded. Some devices don't require it. USB chargers isolate the DC and the AC, and are double-insulated.