A multiple port USB wall charger is a must-have asset if you want to uphold multiple devices charged at once without purchasing more adapters.
These suitable devices have multiple USB slots available that you can use. Not to mention, they charge fast and efficiently. That way, you don’t have to stay longer for your devices to be fully charged.
These chargers also have safety features that prevent over-charging, overheating, and short-circuiting. So, regardless of how frequently you use them, it’ll save your devices safe and protected. No matter how many USB slots you require, there are opportunities for everyone on this list.
When Apple unleashed the M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros last year, the 16-inch models came with a new kind of USB-C charger one that can deliver up to 140W of power to the MagSafe 3 port. That’s because Apple’s giant MacBook Pro charger helps the latest USB Power Delivery specification: USB PD 3.1, which goes beyond the earlier 100W limitation for a single USB-C port.
It’s about duration because 16-inch MacBook Pro users who swear by fast charging has been stuck with the included non-travel-friendly brick with only one USB-C port. Now you can get ones with multiple ports, giving you the flexibility to share all that power with a phone, tablet, or even another laptop along with the MacBook Pro.
A few USB PD 3.1 multiple port charger options include the HyperJuice 140W for $129.99 and the Ugreen Nexode 140W for $149.99. Both of these chargers have two USB-C ports and one USB-A port for more flexibility but only support the max 140W out of one specific port and up to 100W out of the second one, individually. For the USB-A ports, the Nexode can do up to 22.5W, while the Hyper does 30W.
The HyperJuice and the Nexode seem like similar products, but they behave differently when plugging more devices in. For instance, if you plug in two laptops to the HyperJuice, it can deliver up to 100W to the first device but only 20W to the second one. The Nexode, however, will split the power equally giving each laptop up to 65W of power.
When occupying all three ports, the HyperJuice will still push 100W out of the first port, but the second USB-C and the USB-A port will now share the same small 20W pool. That’s okay if your second and third devices are lower-power tablets, phones, or accessories, but if you’re like me and use an iPhone MagSafe charging puck and an old Apple Watch charger, then my iPhone might not be able to fast charge wirelessly.
Ugreen charger splits the joules differently: 65W to the high-powered USB-C, 45W to the second, and 22.5W out of the USB-A port. It is a more versatile split, but if your main laptop is more power-hungry, then the HyperJuice option might make more sense.
Anker also makes a 140W USB PD 3.1 charger, but like Apple’s, it only offers one USB-C port. It’s also the exact cost of buying the official one from an Apple store at $100, but the Anker 717 is at least a bit more compact, even though it doesn’t use the company’s slightly more efficient GaNPrime tech.
There’s also Anker’s PowerCore 24K portable battery bank that can squeeze up to 140W of power out of its cells, though it can’t plug into a wall and pull AC power on its own.
It is just the start of a new era of compact multiport chargers. They will keep getting smaller and more powerful but only if we get more devices that demand power. The 2.1 revision of the USB-C PD 3.1 spec is capable of up to 240W of energy, so perhaps power-hungry gaming laptops are the following devices to push that envelope.