Best charger for the 17 Pro Max?

[SammyxVine]

If you don't want to think too much about it, and only need one port, the recent Apple Dynamic 40W would be a safe choice, and charge the PM at full speed.

It is available in the UK, with folding prongs even, and supports the latest AVS spec that has yet to even make it to Apple's devices, so it will be future proof to a degree. It costs more, sure, but should be durable and built to a higher standard, if past practice is any guide.

Apple is being transparent about how it performs as well, by describing it as (sustained) 40W output, that can peak at up to 60W. Most, if not all, other brands, would advertise it as a 60W adapter, and try to hide the fact that a number of the adapters, particularly the higher wattage models, can't sustain their advertised rating and will throttle their output when they heat up, or can only achieve them in locales with higher voltages (not a problem for you).

If you've ever been an audio enthusiast, you would well know that "watts" aren't necessarily watts, and a lot of marketing manipulation occurs.

On the budget end the IKEA adapters linked are considered sleepers; solid and good value. The 20W Apple adapter would be solid as well.

Otherwise, stick with a reputable brand name that has some experience, and submits their products for testing to receive safety marks. But every brand has good and bad models; that is where reading to reviews (real ones, not the common feature regurgitation "reviews") comes in to play to determine which ones perform.

Thanks for the detailed reply
Somebody posted above that the 40w charger overheats their phone.

 

[TheIntruder]

Thanks for the detailed reply
Somebody posted above that the 40w charger overheats their phone.

The device, not the adapter, determines how much power it will draw.

Apple, which has traditionally had a more conservative attitude toward charging rates, has determined that a 17P will peak at ~30W, and the 17PM at ~40W.

Subjective interpretations of "too hot" or "overheats" ignore the fact that Apple, and the cell manufactures have objective parameters of what their products and those components can normally operate under.