Skilled’s Ranking
Execs
- Compact dimensions
- Excessive charging velocity
- Nice price-performance ratio
Cons
- Fastened energy allocation to the connections
- Important heating at full energy with two gadgets
- Delicate housing
Our Verdict
The Nexode Professional 100W 3-Port GaN Quick Charger has a horny form, compact dimensions, ample energy, and an excellent value.
Worth When Reviewed
$74.99
Greatest Costs As we speak: Ugreen Nexode Professional 100W
$63.74
Due to its use of GaN know-how, the Ugreen Nexode Professional 100W 3-Port GaN Quick Charger is 45 p.c smaller than the Apple 96W USB-C Energy Adapter–the U.S. mannequin of the Nexode Professional measures 2.8 by 1.7 by 1.3 inches (7.1 by 4.3 by 3.3cm). The U.Ok. and E.U. fashions are barely longer as a result of dimensions of the three-prong plug. The dimensions isn’t all that’s completely different; the Nexode Professional has an angular look with darkish grey housing, although it’s a bit scratch-sensitive. It is likely to be a greater match for a MacBook than Apple’s white energy adapter.
The Nexode Professional has USB ports accessible for charging, labeled USB-C 1, USB-C 2, and USB-A. The extra highly effective USB-C 1 is specifically labeled with a logo for a laptop computer. A most of 100W is simply accessible at this connection if no different machine is related. Quick charging of the 14-inch MacBook Professional is feasible by way of this connection, though the 16-inch mannequin requires 140W for quick charging.
Ugreen claims a charging velocity of fifty p.c after 27 minutes for the 14-inch MacBook Professional. I didn’t have that laptop computer for testing; as a substitute, I used a 15-inch M3 Macbook Air M3 with the charger and measured a 63 p.c battery improve after half-hour.
The Nexode Professional additionally modified the iPhone and iPad Professional in a short time. I used to be in a position to cost an iPhone 15 by 52 p.c, and the 11-inch iPad Professional by 35 p.c factors in half an hour every.
If a couple of machine is related, the charging energy of 100W is distributed throughout the ports. USB-C 1 can output 65W and USB-C 2 as much as 30W, or USB-C 2 as much as 30W and USB-A 22.5W. Quite a lot of charging protocols comparable to Energy Supply 3.0, PPS 5A and QC 4.0 are supported.
When three gadgets are related to the charger on the identical time, it’s incomprehensible that USB-C 2 and USB-A need to share 15 watts. One motive could possibly be that when full energy is required the elevated temperature mixed with the compact dimensions takes its toll. The temperature stays pleasingly low with just one related machine, comparable to a MacBook Air.
The Nexode Professional additionally protects in opposition to over-voltage, overcurrent, overheating, and quick circuits.
Do you have to purchase the Ugreen Nexode Professional 100W 3-Port GaN Quick Charger?
The Ugreen Nexode Professional 100W 3-Port GaN Quick Charger appears good and affords spectacular charging speeds at an inexpensive value. It will be the proper charger if the housing have been extra sturdy and should you didn’t need to look rigorously on the connections earlier than plugging in a tool as a result of mounted allocation of output energy.
Check out different USB-C chargers for Mac and USB-C chargers for iPhone in our assessment round-ups.
This text initially appeared on Macwelt and was translated by Roman Loyola.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and localized from German.