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I've Found My Favorite USB Charger

There are more powerful chargers out there, but at least for now, this one seems perfect.

TL;DR - I found a compact, 65W USB A/C charger that can be used for my laptop, camera, drone, flashlight, phone, and just about anything else, and it charges faster than the dedicated chargers for those devices. Fantasticly amazing.

It seems like every electronic device I get needs a different combination of batteries and charger.

  • Camera - uses a dedicated battery (of which I have four) that needs either:
    • A dedicated 120V charger
    • A USB-C carger that outputs 8-9V (rather than the usual 5V) to charge the battery while it is in the camera
  • Laptop - internal battery uses a dedicated charger, but at least it has a USB-C connector to the laptop now.
  • Laptop Mouse - use AAA batteries, and a 120V battery charger
  • Drone - the batteries need a lot of juice (100W recommended), via USB-C
  • Flashlight - some internal battery and any power level USB-C
  • iPhone (SE 2020) - generally works with any USB cable with a lightning port on the phone end, but more wattage means faster charging.
  • Lenovo Tab 8 FHD - generally works with any USB cable with a microUSB on the tablet end, but more wattage means faster charging.
  • Kindle Paperwhite - generally works with any USB cable with a microUSB on the tablet end, and always charges slowly.
  • Headlamps - use AAA batteries, and a 120V battery charger
  • Garmin inReach Mini - generally works with any USB cable with a microUSB on the tablet end, and always charges slowly.

To this point, I've been bringing along four chargers:

  1. Laptop charger - powered from my silent 175W inverter on the house battery.
  2. Camera battery charger - powered from my silent 175W inverter on the house battery.
  3. A combo AA/AAA charger - powered from my silent 175W inverter on the house battery.
  4. A 30W USB-A charger - installed in the dash and powered from the starting battery.

The new charger I found is a mouthful - it's currently titled TECKNET USB C Charger 65W PD 3.0 GaN Type Foldable Adapter with 3-Port Fast Wall Compatible with iPhone 15 Pro Max/15 Plus/15 Pro/15/14/13, MacBook Pro, iPad Switch, Galaxy S23/S22 on amazon, so as to catch every keyword search in the known universe.

This charger is fantastic. It plugs into my silent 175W inverter on the house battery and fast charges - at a whopping 75W (10W more than the stated 65W) - on the USB-C ports, and up to 30W on the USB-A port. Even when all three ports are in use, I get 55W out of one USB-C, and 20W each out of the other two ports. That means it can charge all my devices except for the AA/AAA batteries, and if I got a charger with USB-C input, it could do those as well.

I like this charger so much that I've bought a second one to use at home.

It gets warm, but not what I would call hot.

 

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