love the cascading power distribution, but wish they went the 'little bit extra' with an style extension cord adapter (to the wall). So many times in hotels/traveling, the outlet isn't right at the desk (or just a few inches too far) it would be a nice 'all in on' additional feature for $80 price tag.
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Review: Ugreen's 4-Port GaN X USB-C Charger Offers Up to 100W Output in a Compact Design
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They will kick you out of the band. Forgetting your power cord creates other problems.
I got one of these and it kind of is a pain. Every time you plug in a new device it shuts off your charging. So in clamshell mode you computer goes to sleep every time a device is added or removed from the charger.
also, only certain ports power at different ratings. the USB C are not interchangeable. unlike the hyperjuce which can supply 100w to either USB c port, the only supports 100W on one port, with nothing else connected. even a USB A 5W device suddenly drops the USB C down to 65W.
also, only certain ports power at different ratings. the USB C are not interchangeable. unlike the hyperjuce which can supply 100w to either USB c port, the only supports 100W on one port, with nothing else connected. even a USB A 5W device suddenly drops the USB C down to 65W.
I cannot speak to this specific charger, but I've found the HyperJuice charger had issues with Apple Watch charging. I bet many of no-name 4-port USBC/100W chargers use the same or similar controller chip. The reason is the Apple Watch temporarily stops charging to cool down periodically as needed. These chargers which dynamically adjust wattage between the ports see that a device is drawing close to 0, and essentially turn off this port. To the Apple Watch, it's as if it is disconnected so it stops charging.
get me a version with 4 usb-c ports and its an instant buy
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I would hold off, Anker has a new 100w charger coming out.
www.theverge.com
Anker’s new Nano II 100W USB-C charger is the smallest 100W GaN charger yet
Anker’s latest charger has lots of power and a small size.
www.theverge.com
my boss who I recommended Hyperjuice to, had this issue. I think he had 2 iPhone and 2 watches connected, where I have never had this issue with my many hyper juice products because I only have 1 watch.
I can recommend the Satechi 108w. No problem charging a power hungry mbp 16, m1, an iphone and apple watch at the same time. I've been using it for a few months now.
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Good solution for hiking since I only need to pack one light charger for the trip.
For intercontinnental travel I use apple's chargers since I have the travel kit and thats super convenient.
Based on the ugreen reviews, I'll avoid this, but I have wanted a smaller brick for my 14", currently I have the 97w brick.
Still waiting for the day that one of these are released with no USB-A ports. Probably won’t happen until Android phones actually start using USB-C Power Delivery as it was intended and drop USB-A support.
This is likely functionally identical to this charger.
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)and they sell a cable adapter for it.
Mopoint Extension Cable Adapter 6.6ft/2m US Plug Compatible with Universal Adapters
Extension Cable Adapter 6.6ft/2m extend your wall charger to desktop charger. Compatible with the Mopoint US/EU/UK/AU plug and universal adapters. Please Note: The Mopoint Charger is not included.
I only bought this one BECAUSE they offered that as a way to keep the wall wart off the wall
no. each device has its max capacity. of course, it depends on how latest the device is and whether it comes with power-cut feature. for example, MacBook. it should show lightning-on-battery-icon in status bar, when it's been charged at 100% for sometime, it will shift to a plug-on-battery-icon
From the reviews I'm seeing, it doesn't seem to be a champion in reliability...
I'll stick with Anker; a brand I have a long time familiarity with.
I'll stick with Anker; a brand I have a long time familiarity with.
I agree, especially given how most of the people that had problems with the charger were charging 3 accessories and a macbook at the same time (which was confirmed as possible by the manufacturer).
You can't have it all and having it be reliable...
I don't trust chargers with too many ports and bold claims on the simultaneous charging.
I know mine isn’t officially this one (though I wouldn’t expect it’s too different), but maybe it’s good that 3 accessories and a MacBook has never been my use case.
Just read today why Android companies still use USB-A ports. The USB-C specification was updated such that a company can’t label the product USB-C if it supports proprietary, non-Power Delivery voltages (this is why Apple’s chargers had to be updated). So, to get around that, those companies just send the proprietary charge over USB-A, rather than support USB-C Power Delivery.
I don't understand why people always add USB-A ports to these things (exception is the new 165 Watt Satechi charger and that sold out in a jiffy). I don't want these stone-age connectors - please guys, show some "courage"I would hold off, Anker has a new 100w charger coming out.
Anker’s new Nano II 100W USB-C charger is the smallest 100W GaN charger yet
Anker’s latest charger has lots of power and a small size.
Because Android devices use Qualcomm’s proprietary “QuickCharge” or other unsupported (by the standard) charging methods and USB-C doesn’t support those, making something that’s strictly USB-C like this one would mean faster charging that only works for Samsung, Google, Apple and maybe a few others. So, it’s there mainly because of Qualcomm.
Courage? Lots of people still have devices that use USB-A. I use nearly all USB-C these days but I have zero issues with USB-A as one of the ports which btw, in my case is used to charge my Airpods case.
Several chargers are designed when items are added or removed to adjust power to the remaining ports that are active. Add the latter to the fact there are different allocations built-in already and it makes for a couple of issues (including what you mentioned). I would rather have a charger that is preset and independent of the other ports. That would however require more power availability and the cost would likely be higher.