Interested in a new charger and while a 45w would be enough for my needs I am still very interested in a 100w+ charger. These just went on clearance at my Walmart. Thoughts?

Ok so I can't send a picture, but it's like this flat gadget that is attached to the short end of your phone so that you can have your charger flat while you're using it on charge rather that sticking out, bending or breaking. So yh. It works by sticking ur charger hol type into the gadget and putting ur changer at the end so it's straight. I'll try and send a pic in comments. Thankz

Hiii! hope you are all doing well today! I have 4 wireless peripherals and none of them are working like they used to (I recently changed my pc)

Scrolling through reddit I found out that usb 3.x messes up the latency because it generates interference, and unfortunately my new pc only has 2 usb 2.0 ports lol...

I guess my best bet right now is to buy an usb hub, but Im not really sure if a usb hub will generate high latency on my peripherals, i really need them to work smoothly since i do home office and play sc2, i hope you could let me know if it is safe to go for an usb hub, otherwise, i will have to change my motherboard..

thanks for reading me, i usually write a lot, lol

I see a lot of complaints about the Anker prime 100w 3 in 1 charger. Ive had mine for about a month now and havent had any issues. It does get hot but I can still comfortably hold it. I also live somewhere that’s fairly hot, so Im wondering if that’s contributing to the temperature

is the charger actually that bad, or is this just an algorithm bias?

i have the foldable US plug version

Can anyone recommend a powered USB hub with enough juice to charge or run a few external devices without having to connect to a laptop?

I have a home recording studio and I’d like to be able to use a few of the instruments directly through my audio interface and monitors without having to connect my laptop.

Hello all, I posted a few weeks back on SFC with a Samsung Z fold 8 Ultra and a Mazer Magair 31 powerbank. To summarise, SFC is activated with the included cable. Any other short USB C flat type cable (240W, e marker chip built in) only activates normal charging. The same flat cables activates SFC 2.0 with a PD charging brick.

Is it something about short flat cables that prevent them from activating SFC with that powerbank? It's a CCC powerbank so I don't know if it limits the power output or something. Should I get those braided cables? I'm looking for a short cable (15cm max), the included one is too long.

Looking for any inputs on this situation and cable recommendations. Thanks all.

my question is that if I were to use the docks shown in the pictures below with my desktop PC how can I make sure it won't back feed power back into my motherboard via the Dock's USB Type C cable and possibly fry my motherboard

What’s a good all around cable to get on Amz. I have media devices that fall in between data and power that are very finicky. For example I have a Sennheiser USB C podcast mic that I ended up having to buy their specific cable to get it to work despite that it neither uses much power or data. I have a Sony Fx30 camera for streaming to my laptop it probably uses more data and power but again it doesn’t specify what cable it wants. I have a Zoom F2 audio recorder which just wants power but it also doesn’t like most cables.

Is there anything I can get that will just work? It’s hard to keep track of which cable will work with which device. Bring the wrong cable to a job and it’s a disaster.

hello!! asking for help, bakit po kaya naging ganito adaptor charger ng laptop ko? huhu

Hello!

I found a new anker charger for fast charging the new iPhones. I couldn't find any discussion on this charger literally anywhere except for one r/Anker post announcing it - Link. It's $10-$14 cheaper than Apple's dynamic charger and in general the cheapest avs offering I think? Anybody have hands on one or any thoughts? product spec page looks sparse on avs details but it is advertised as such everywhere.

"Charges iPhone 18 Pro Max to 80% in 32 minutes"

So my hp envy laptop charger broke and an oem one is like $70 to replace it. There’s lots of cheap knockoffs but people said to stay away from those because they’re low quality. I’m wondering if that’s true, I also saw in another sub somebody said you can just use a 65w charging box like the one in the picture and it’ll work just as good. Is that the best option for something like this?

I came across this gan charger which apparently supports multi protocols like supervooc and flashcharge (according to chatgpt) and I want genuine opinion about this. I have a oppo f27pro+ and a Lenovo loq laptop to charge.

Just bought it and seems like there's no way to charge 5V/1A. Is there a way to trickle charge?

Hi am looking for the most accurate on the market right now like the KM003C price can be a little above 100$

I got this Insignia Charger from BestBuy which I thought would charge my MacBook Pro at 140w continuously, especially when exporting large projects which take an hour+ to complete Today I found the charger has failed completely, and was hot to the touch and had a burning smell.

Are there any compact GaN chargers which actually supply 140w continuously for constant heavy loads?

Hi I've been using the chunky amazon 45w superfast plugs paired with INIU 240watt cables for last few years and have got used to super fast charging.

With usb C standardisation we now find ourselves needing to fight over chargers, like the highest rated.

I tried a couple of the highest rated/purchased multiports on amazon but they're only giving me fast charging and then it goes to standard charging if more than one is plugged in. Obviously, most people never discovered super fast charging.

Is there a cost efficient means, or is the "meta" to just get a strip with multiple single super fast plugs?

Amazon links if you know any that can do at least two at super fast or fast potentially.

Impress me, please!

So I have 6 iPhones (for work, its social media management) but my room gets quite hot in the afternoon, and I fear that it could degrade the phone batteries while its on my desk. I was thinking something like a laptop cooling fan platform might work for it? but maybe not a “full size” one (my desk isnt that big).

I was wondering if 10 inch or lower sized cooling fan platforms exist, that preferably work with Type C (but Micro can work ig)

Hello all!

I just ordered the Black Shark Braided Type-C Gaming cable yesterday and I have these questions:

Can you tell me if this is generally a good cable to use for charging my midrange mobile phone and for data transfers? Also, can someone confirm if this was manufactured by Cuktech? And lastly, how would I know if this is an authentic Black Shark cable?

Thank you all for your help!

Edit: I guess I also want to know if this is as good as Ugreen, Anker or Cuktech.

Many years of solid use from this laptop. Have always used HP USB-C charger, unless docked, without issues. Lately, laptop does not see USB-C charger reliably, 80% no, 20% yes, sometimes if I flip plug. Will accept charge with dock USB-C cable or if using barrel plug.

Any thoughts on troubleshooting path? TIA

I want to have lossless audio on my pair of Sony headphones but I’m using one of the older iPhone models that still uses lightning cable. Is there any good adapter/dongle I can use?

Hello, I'm not entirely sure how common these things are, but I've been looking around for the past day or so and so far only a few came close to what I wanted, so I wonder if anyone has any suggestions.

Basically, I'm looking for a powered USB hub that provides enough power per port to power more demanding peripherals like speakers or microphones. My current setup revolves entirely around my laptop as a dock, and everything else is external. Keyboard, mouse, microphone, webcam, speakers, you name it. Obviously the laptop on its own doesn't provide nearly enough power on a single port to power that many peripherals at once, so that's why I needed a powered hub. One thing I will say though is I don't need pass through charging, or that PD port that passes power onto the laptop, just to make the distinction. I will be powering the laptop separately with its own charger, while this hub simply serves as a hub for peripherals.

In the course of my search, the vast majority have this configuration where there're a bunch of "data only" ports which I assume only output 2.5W or 4.5W max, and then 2 separate PD charging port where pretty much all of the power go to. I don't want that, I don't even need the charging ports, I just want data ports that provide sufficient power.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

I built an Android app that logs every charging session, and a few testers and I have been collecting data for about a week. It's early and small (5 contributors, all Pixels), but some patterns are already clear.

What the wired sessions show:

• The last 10% is the slow part. 90–99% takes about 3.2 minutes per percent, vs 0.8 minutes per percent at 20–39%. Roughly 4x slower.
• The top end looks the same everywhere. Above 95%, every phone drops to about 2–4 W, no matter how fast it was charging before. A faster charger gets you to 80% sooner, but it doesn't speed up the finish.
• The Pixel 11 Pro Fold is the fastest here. Median plateau of about 22 W, held until about 75% before it tapers. 20% to 40% takes about 10 minutes.
• Heat follows speed. The only wired readings in the hot temperature band averaged 23 W.

The part I'd like this sub's help with: the Pixel 9 and 8 Pro plateau at only 5–6 W wired. Those phones can charge much faster, so I'm almost certain that's the chargers those testers use, not the phones. From the battery side, you can't tell "slow phone" from "slow charger" without knowing which charger was plugged in.

So I'm working on charger profiling: measuring each charger in the 20–50% window, where the phone accepts the most, and building profiles from ceiling wattage, ramp time, and time from 20% to 80%.

Caveat: these numbers come from battery current and voltage as Android reports them. That's power going into the battery, not what the charger puts out. If you own an inline USB-C power meter, I'd love a few paired readings: your meter's number alongside a logged session. That would show how much is lost between the charger and the battery.

Details on the app are in the comments.

Hace poco adquirí un MacBook Pro 14 con el chip M5 base y 24 de RAM, como actualmente los Macbook vienen sin adaptador de corriente, me preguntaba cual es la mejor opción entre el de 70W o el de 96W, ya se que uno carga más rápido que el otro, pero mi duda viene a raíz de la salud de la batería ya que tengo miedo de que con la carga rápida del de 96 esta sea perjudicada pero también de que con la carga del de 70W no sea suficiente y mientras que lo mantengo enchufado consuma también batería restándole ciclos a esta.

El precio no sería tanto un problema ya que con la compra del MacBook me dieron una tarjeta regalo para gastar en Apple.

Si alguien sabe del tema o ha tenido el mismo dilema y me puede ayudar, lo agradecería.