Satechi 165W USB-C 4-Port PD GaN Charger Review and Test
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- Satechi 165W USB-C 4-Port PD GaN Charger Review and Test
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In this video I look at another power adapter, I mean did you expect something different? That caliper video will be out eventually, another one of those no-watch pieces of content but still fun to make. Watch to find out what’s been done well, also both 230v 50 Hz and 120v 60 Hz are covered.
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just got back from 3 months of traveling with this and it worked flawlessly 🎉
Nice!
The main reason I got this charger is because I am trying to get rid of usb A ports. I have 5 devices that charge via usb C and one that needs at least 45W PPS, so this really did the trick. It might not be perfect in every area but having 4 usb C ports and a relatively small size does put it ahead of many multi-port chargers if you mainly care for usb C, especially if you live in Europe where the Anker 747 is not available. I was also lucky finding it discounted at 80 dollars. I'm glad I didn't make a bad purchase, thanks for another great video.
By the way it doesn't just support Samsung's super fast charging (25W), it also supports their super fast charging 2.0 (45W)
This is a great choice. Its crazy they don't mention it supports Samsung devices in the marketing materials at all.
@@AllThingsOnePlace Satechi seems to lean pretty heavily towards an association with Apple products
@@AtomizerXthis is a real thing my local mac shop stocks this brand so they definitely have some affiliate situation as they don't stock any other usual suspects lol belkin etc.
Woo Hoo! I finally have an adapter with good ratings. I'm typing this powering my MacBook with this Satechi charger. I always thought my Anker products were better but your results prove otherwise. Thank you for this review!
Nice! Good to hear other people are having a good experience with this one.
The amount of ports and the quality of power make this the winner in my book. Can't wait for the 200W video. Looking for the 1 brick to rule them all.
I know, hopefully the 200w shows up.
Got mine a couple of weeks ago and have been loving it!
Nice!
Just coming back to this video after gettign this power adapter because of your videos! It's been 5 months and I have never been happier. This really just takes care of everything I need and I can never go back to my old single port brick adapters that take an eternity to charge.
Thank you for making these videos, such a life saver!
Great to hear the feedback and glad it is still working for you! I am still also using this charger daily and despite some people having issues with some devices I haven't found anything that didn't work with it, no charge loops or uncharged devices so far.
@@AllThingsOnePlace The only devices I have issues with when trying to charge them with the Satechi are just my one power bank, and one wireless charger I got from Choetech (it only works from ports 1-3) other than that it's been the best charging device I have ever had!
@@dayulPHThe Satechi 165W adapter also doesn't work reliably in combination with the Mous wireless MagSafe charging pad A669. Sometimes (after a renegotiation is triggered, it seems) the Mous pad is shut off: I put a phone on the pad and the phone doesn't charge. Then if I unplug and plug in the Mous pad, it does charge the phone. Because of this behavior I use the Satechi adapter only to charge devices wirefully.
@@jdthood I agree, it is finnicky with wireless charging but thankfully I almost never use wireless charging. In fact my wireless charging stand is just used as a magsafe stand at this point lol.
Great to see a good working power supply. I hope your cuts heal soon for you. Nice video once again.
Thanks!
Wow, this is the best test I ever viewed
haha, thanks!
Love the dry humour (prize achieved!)...oh and the super detailed reviews
Glad you enjoyed it!
Not sure how I haven't already subbed I love your charger reviews.
haha Eh, 80% aren't subbed.
Thanks for the content i lerned a lot from you and its realy interesting because you show a lot of technical details.
You are welcome!
Thanks for all your work!
You are weclome!
Can’t wait to see the review for the 200 watt satechi charger
Me too! haha
Bought this one couple months ago for on my desk and to take with me in case I travel, futureproofing by getting into USB c. Been quite happy with it (except that stupid blue LED). Great review, looks like I bought something worth the money, let's hope it holds up with time.
Awesome. Test of time is the challenge, based on the higher efficiency this device achieves it should stay cooler and hopefully that helps it last longer.
In the same pool as you. I’ve had since October of last year or so. So far it’s reliable, does it’s job and more for the same size as a MacBook Pro 16 brick. I’d recommend it as well.
My man. This review was fire 🔥 but also after this week with 50% off every 20w/30w/45w/67w and 120w mophie adapter I was hoping if you can check them out and to my happy surprise the 120w it’s already on your future test bench 🎉🎉🎉 I brought one 120w and 67w, already waiting for mophie review!
Edit: Maybe you can add Anker 525 Charging Station to the pending list please!
There are certainly more power adapters than I have bandwidth to review. The 120W hopefully will be a good one though. I have no idea if I have the 67W one. Yeah, the Anker 525 charging station versus the UGREEN Diginest would be a good one too. So much to do.
Love your dry humor, I can't believe I watch power adapter videos expecting to laugh nowadays but I do. I'd like to find an adapter like this with one 140W usb-c output that could fully power the MagSafe 3 connector on the new 16-inch 2021 Macbook Pros.
Yeah, it's really going to be the 200W adapter on the way out. It has PD 3.1 ports. Hopefully, mine comes in soon.
Great review, nice to see a new chart toper
It doesn't happen often.
My go-to expert. Can't wait for his review of Zendure Supertank and Supertank pro and compared to competitors.
I can send you a private video on both.
Thanks! They've been on the list for a while. I have a lot of power banks to get into. I don't know if I need any videos, I like to go in un-biased, well as much as possible.
Man , honestly by far the best educational and advisory channel , it just damn good technical . This is REAL , so thanks .
My Q would this charger would charge dell precision 5560 laptop where needs 90W or 140W power ? I presume yes ?. The laptop has
- One USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port with DisplayPort Alt Mode
-Two Thunderbolt 4 ports with Power Delivery
As well is there a power bank can charge it normally ie without drop in performance or heat etc ?
TIA
MJ
So, the Satechi is limited to 100 watts on one port but so is the Thunderbolt 4 port. So, it would get the 100 watts it expects. The only laptop I know of that uses the 140W capability is the mac book pro, which this adapter doesn't support on one port. In terms of power banks, the Anker 737 power bank will drain itself dead before it overheats, the Baseus 100W power bank will do the same. I think everything else I have tested doesn't have the power capability or overheats.
Kinda off topic, but in your intro, you say "always ask questions if you don't understand something". I've applied that to school. It sucks that I have to admit incomprehension, but when I do ask questions in my classes, it's very rewarding to see my question as a catalyst for other students to ask their questions. And I also understand the topic better too.
That is amazing. It is the greatest compliment to hear that someone is getting something useful beyond the video. Thank you for sharing.
Their website shows a 6-port 200W version (all USB-C) although it appears to be a preorder and not on Amazon yet, maybe something to keep an eye on!
Yep, I always give little upcoming bits at the end of the video. One is the fact that I already pre-ordered so hopefully on the way.
Looking forward to seeing the 200W review before deciding to pick one up.
Thanks for another great review and for including the 230V/50Hz measurements. Will you keep doing this from now on in future reviews?
Also I noticed power factor correction is not active in 230V at 10% load, any idea why, does that mean it won't be active in 5V mode for phones charging ?
I might not always remember but on products that actually do okay I will and also if they are like this one, universal power cord so don’t require an adapter. Time optimization if it’s junk why bother will certainly come into play too. The power factor correction is actually still active at 10% as evidenced by the lower THD number. This is how PFC performs at higher input voltages though. It is less effective.
@@AllThingsOnePlace Thanks for your reply. Maybe I'm not reading this correctly, but on your 230V table at 6:29, the THD is at 54% and the PF at 0.49.
Btw, I saw the 200W satechi adapter is in stock again, hope you receive that one quickly, will be interesting.
@@triplej5013 Yep, that THD for 10% is indicating PFC is on but just barely doing anything. Conventional adapters at 10% without PFC would be around 200% and PF would be lower 0.3 range. It is the nature of PFC on 230V with conventionally designed PFC circuits.
@@AllThingsOnePlace That explains it, thank you.
I am truly amazed that this power adapter, totally beat out the Baseus! Chart topper you aint kidding! Looks like Baseus finally has some competition now. But hmm, cough, Satechi really needs to sort out the idle problem. If it were a gasoline engine, I'd think she had a bit of a misfire during idle. LOL Also, 165 watts, thats gotta be enough power to charge up thin and light notebooks and power them at the same time. Your new daily driver, well, I'll be damned, never thought I'd see the day. HAHA
It is very rare to get one to switch to. This is about 0.1 watts more idle than the Baseus I am using (idle increase is pennies per year and it is on a switch anyway), and it is more efficient and cleaner, better voltage specifications. Satechi did something good here, they're charging the premium price for it too.
Don’t know if in multiport operation the power distribution has a forced hierarchy from PD1 to PD4,
It would be convenient if it would handle any combination at any port.
Eg PD 1 - 30W, PD4 100W
(Could you please check and confirm?)
Also thanks for this review!!
That seemed quite a journey from “thinking it might be the worst” to “this is my daily driver” 😂.
Well I’ll be buying one today!
haha, yes, my story writing needs some work, I tried to create some conflict, it's a power adapter review, then resolve it. I checked and I can get 100W from any port to start. The PD4 port does seem to have less capability by design so if you plug in anything else and 4 is at 100W it resets so it does look like it has some priority from 1 to 4 with 1 being the highest wattage and 4 being the lowest.
The fact that this does 3 running laptops or 2 running laptops + 2 charging laptops / phones / nintendo switch / ps5 controller / power bank for 97 euro / $106 vat included is just a gem for me. I live in EU so 230v/50hz for me. Needless to say I will order one. I will be replacing one Lenovo 65w / 2 pin charger, one Lenovo 65w / 3 pin charger and an Anker 2 pin 30w charger from my WfH desk.
Yeah, that's pretty much how I use mine, I do use the USB C to barrel adapters for mine though.
Tak!
Thank you! The support really helps get devices like this one the channel!
Excellent
Thanks!
Great and informative review. Thanks for doing this. Gotta ask though.....I'm kinda stuck in a rut trying to choose between this Satechi 165W charger, the Anker GaNPrime 747 (150W) and the Mophie Speadport 120 (120W) chargers. Which of the 3 would you recommend as the best option and best value for money?
Also, seeing as this review is now 4 months old, I'm curious to know, is the Satechi 165W still your daily driver and how well has it held up?
Would really love to hear your thoughts on these. Thanks in advance and keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching! I am using the Satechi 165W right now, and have used it every day since making the video. Never had a device not be charged or restart or anything weird during use, laptop, camaras, phones, and watch all get charged regularly. The 747 is a good charger too though I prefer the style of the Satechi. The only downside I've heard in comments, some of these make a bit of noise though (coil whine), mine is on the floor and I can't hear it at all but if you put it on the desk next to you in a VERY quiet environment you might hear it.
@@AllThingsOnePlaceThank you so much for your candid response. Much appreciated 🙏🙏. I guess that settles it for the Satechi 165W then, and (hopefully) any possible coil whine noise shouldn't be a problem.
Thanks a lot once again.
@@outboxairbornecreativestud1779 would you care to give your user experience feedback with satechi 165W or the one you went with? i am also stuck in between satechi 165W and anker 747 150W. I am a bit worried about satechi's coil whine as i am in 240 volts power supply. Thanks in advance
@@itsmnaveedsheikh Eventually opted for the Satechi 165W charger as I'd spent the most time looking into Satechi products above all others to not fall in love with it, plus it tied in with the general aesthetics of my setup. So far, it's been great with no issues whatsoever. I can't say I've heard any coil whine as I mostly work with music playing over headphones or speakers which pretty much drowns out every other sound in the room. However, I doubt if I'd be bothered by coil whine if ever there was such as I assume it would be a low droning sound that one would have to really be listening for to be aware of. It would take a really loud and clearly audible whine to freak me out and so far, that hasn't been the case.
On the other hand, I would suppose that Anker chargers are good as well since they tend to get a lot of coverage and endorsement with a lot of youtubers but then again most of these endorsements are due to sponsorships of those channels from Anker and for this reason I tend to be a bit skeptical, preferring to go with the "underdog" products.
When you test the Mophie please check for pps. I just purchased it during a sale, and their website doesn't mention it but there are some other places that do mention it having it. Very confusing.
mmmhmm, will do.
I bought this during the Prime Day sale but ended up returning it. It will not charge the only 2 100W devices I have, a Dell XPS 15 laptop, and an EGO PAD5000 inverter. Didn't matter which cable (100W capable or otherwise), it simply refused to charge at all. Using a cable w/ built-in watt meter it would briefly display "0W", cut off, and repeat over and over again, like it was having trouble negotiating. I requested a replacement but it had the exact same problem. Apparently it's a universal issue with these, there are similar reports on Reddit with it not being able to charge a certain HP Elitebook laptop, Framework laptop, and an Anker power bank. Oh well. I ordered a second Baseus 100W instead, I've had no problems with the original one I've been using daily for over a year now.
EDIT: I posted a video of it happening in my Amazon review.
Thanks! Yeah, I use a USB C to Barrel adapter with my HP laptop, works flawlessly with this adapter, this laptop literally only charges from a HP or Dell branded USB adapter. I want to explore the Dell protocol more, I have the Dell USB adapter that doesn't do normal USB negotiation to check out, time is the issue on that. Satechi does claim this is really made for apple devices and from what I can tell in the Dell and HP manuals I've looked at they don't actually state anywhere that it supports USB PD and to only use branded adapters from the OEM. Lenovo also doesn't like 3rd party adapters. It is too bad the Satechi isn't more broadly compatible because it's a great power supply but they are just not allowing it to connect to some devices or it has a limited implementation of USB C PD, it's probably like one bit not being flipped or something but that makes it not work with a lot of devices. It has issues with some Anker power banks too. When your power adapter needs a firmware update...
Looks like I found my new home daily driver!
Yep, I've been taking it on the road too.
@@AllThingsOnePlace Patiently waiting for the 200W version to drop. Looking forward to your review.
Just discovered your channel. Great videos. Thanks! Forgive my potentially dumb question. I am looking to buys an ASUS G14 from 2022. It comes with a 240W power brick. It allows for 100W USB-C PD and I am now looking for a "travel" power option. Hence me looking at this review. My question is, what nominal watts do I need to be maxing my PD port? will a 100W do? guess not. 165W? higher? Thanks!
So, it's still basically 100W for everything except the MacBook Pro and the Framework 16 inch if using USB C, otherwise if you need more power it is the supplied brick.
Seems like a very good power supply, though it's a bit weird with the power sharing and I don't know what's use for it.
Basically anything that properly implements the USB standard for charging. It obviously isn't going to support QC charging.
could you make a video explaining and showing the difference of GAN, GAN 2, and GAN 3 chargers and how could I tell if the charger I got is really GAN 3 as described in product listing? thanks for all your videos.
It is marketing non-sense. There is no such thing as GaN2, 3, 4, 5, squared, etc. GaN is a semiconductor technology that has been around for a long time. It has more recently been able to handle higher voltages (around 650 now) and is less lossy than conventional MOSFET's if used correctly. Often the PFC circuit still uses a conventional MOSFET or a SiC mosfet/diode. The higher GaN numbers are sometimes used to indicate the USB output technology instead which has nothing to do with having a GaN switching chip. There are iterations of GaN like GaNSense which is Navitas branding for 'it builds the current sense into the chip', the GaN part is still essentially the same.
@@AllThingsOnePlace thank you for this explanation. Please make a video explaning and showing why Gan1-2-3-etc is marketing and no difference in the chargers, it would be a controversial video I think and get a lot of views and debate going.
I was reading that GaN 2 is 20% more efficient (& less loss of power to heat). if this is not true, if you could show it in a video it would help a lot that a cheaper older GaN charger is the same efficiency as newer "GaN II" labeled one and not worth buying. thanks
@@nidusa1 If you have any references (preferably text) send them over. It isn't that there haven't been improvements in the technology. One example is I have an IEEE article explaining it isn't the GaN it's the stuff around the GaN that is making that difference (it was a sponsored piece though so not peer reviewed or anything). If anything my videos have shown that lower GaN numbered chargers are more efficient, ha. A lot of manufacturers keep making the adapters smaller and sacrificing in other areas hurting the performance, even if the GaN chip is better they ruin by cheapening up elsewhere in the product.
The best thing about it is it's all type c. I'm personally just fine never using a type a for charging or anything else really ever again.
There are always USB C to micro b or various other option cables for different outputs too.
I purchased this charger based on your review a few months ago and I couldn't be more satisfied. Since I'm not expert I have a question to ask. I need to buy a US plug cord and I wanted to know if a common C7 power cable would be fine or I have to pay attention to any particular spec. Thanks
Yes, common C7 should be good. Glad to hear it is working!
Great review, thank you.
I looked for an hour but didn't find anyone saying it actually charged a Samsung 25W or 45W device at full speed. I'm sure it does with PPS but I've been burnt a few times.
Did you run a Samsung device on it. Thanks
I haven't but another person in the comments said they used it with the 45W Super fast charging 2.0.
@AllThingsOnePlace thanks AllThings, I completely missed that comment by Sheep.
Much appreciated guys.
Which cable other than ankers pd3.1 can output 140w -240w like the ones you see on Amazon ? I have the 737 powerbank but curious to see if there are any other better quality cables.
Cable? There are lots, also a lot of fakes. The UGREEN 240W cable is fairly good. The Anker cable is NOT 240W capable though, only 140W. I haven't actually done a ton of testing on them yet. It is a future topic.
According to the intertek listing this charger goes under other names TOMMOX, Freedy, and PEPPER JOBS. Just an FYI to others that want to buy one as in Canada the pepper jobs one is 35$ cheaper
Nice! I didn't get around to looking that up yet. I was curious about the Pepper jobs.
I know you said you would review the 200 w soon. I'm about to pull the trigger and just wanted to see if you would give it to idea if that adapter is just as good
Yeah. It still hasn’t shown up yet. Pre-orders… I think they fill them after regular orders. So much for trying to be first haha.
@@AllThingsOnePlaceI should be getting mine on Monday. I could send it for you to test if you would like
Will you test new Anker 313 Ace 45w Gan charger that just came out?
Yeah, I will be checking it out. I don't have the exact timetable yet.
Waiting for best 240W Desktop Charger 🙏🙏
Yep, that one is still in the box. I need to get it on the schedule.
Hi, thanks for this review. I'm considering between this one Satechi 165W and UGREEN 200W, I would like to use it with Macbook Pro 16.2 M1 Pro (always plugged in), iPad Pro 11in (always plugged in), iPhone 14 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy s23 Ultra. What is your recommendation? can't wait to see review of Satechi 200W by the way :)
Yeah, I would wait for the 200W video, it'll be out this week so wait won't be much longer.
Do you know what will happen if you connect this to a device that requires more than 100 watts, for example a powerful gaming laptop? Will it charge it at 100 watts, or will it attempt to charge it at watts beyond its capabilities until it stops charging within a short time for safety reasons? Also, I have read that this has some issues with compatability with devices like certain anker powerbanks and certain laptops. Do you think the Ugreen nexode 200w will be compatible with more devices than the satechi?
The overload condition is in the video, it will stop charging. The UGREEN may be a bit better, it does have a few more modes of operation. The Satechi is pretty targeted at being compatible with Apple products.
And you can replace cable, I think this is adapter of my choice
A lot of positive on this one.
I turn off the surge protectors that my chargers, TVs, laptops and consoles are plugged in when I'm not using them, since I've learned from your videos how much idle power even simple chargers can use.
Nice! Yeah, it starts to add up.
is it good for laptop like razer blade who support type c 100W charger ( for travel ) ? or i better go to razer 130W GAN charger ?
I would expect it to be compatible if the laptop supports PD protocol and 100 watts.
Hey, bought satechi after watching your review. First day using, power-wise everything seems ok. But the coil noise kills me. I know not everyone can hear it or gets annoyed by it. But I do :( Does your item have any noise? Using on 220v.
Considering taking it back and switching to ugreen.
Yeah, I didn't notice any whine but you could be using it at just the right power level to make it squeal. Also, I've heard some others have issues with that, on my daily use on 120V, I've never heard a peep. I haven't done nearly as much testing on the higher voltage. I could see the PFC circuit going on and off at low power levels causing some noise.
Tried Three different units, all having coil whine.. it’s a pity since I like everything else about this device, but I need to be able to have it on my desk and then I keep hearing that whine…
The basis 140w was on sale for $50. Will this be fine for 2 Samsung s23ultras? Wanting to use the new 45w charging on both at the same time.
I don't think it will do that on both ports. It will probably be 45w and 25w with the Baseus. I don't understand the charge times measured for those devices. 1 hour with a 45 watt charger is 45 Wh, it's an 18 Wh battery. So, it'd be close with inefficiencies but a 25 watt charger should be able to do that job in one hour. Something doesn't add up. Anyway, I wouldn't count on the Baseus doing 2 x 45w in PPS mode.
I have a question. I am looking for a charger that can supply minimum 135w though one USB-C port, but as 20V 6.75A, not 28V. This is so I can use it for my Lenovo Legion Slim 7i, which only accepts 20v charge though the USB-C port, but will accept up to 135w, but as most chargers are limited to 20V 5A I will only get 100w change on the Lenovo with those chargers.
Is there such an USB-C charger? (I am not looking for a charger that has a fixed usb cable, basically a standard Laptop charger, Dell makes one.)
Yeah, you basically have to go with an OEM charger. The issue is the USB C port is really not designed to handle more than 5 amps. I mean the pins are tiny so every extra amp you put in you lose watts anyway. Manufacturers have had two years to catch up but obviously they aren't interested and still continue to push non-standard charging protocols, except apple of all companies for laptops at least... You would have to make an adapter to pull 140W from an EPR PD 3.1 compatible charger and drop the voltage down to be compatible. You would lose PD compatibility so the end would need to be terminated as a barrel plug or the rectangle thing not USB C (which would be unreasonably dangerous since it would always be 20V).
@@AllThingsOnePlace Thank you very much for your excellent explanation. I think I will get a standard PD charger to use during travels, and accept that I will be limited to 100w. And use the supplied 230w charger for gaming at home.
Review this
Satechi Pro Hub Slim for MacBook Air and Pro
I haven't got into hubs yet... I need a bit more tech to do those. I do eventually want to though.
I hope you reviews Satechi 200W with 6 USB-C ports and 108W with 3 USB-C ports chargers
Yes, it is ordered but hasn't made in yet.
@@AllThingsOnePlace You ordered 108W yet?
@@livewtw2559 Not yet.
@@AllThingsOnePlace Can you order and test it, pls :)
I bought this charger because of the nice review but I am experiencing some issues, when charging multiple device including my laptop, and the laptop goes into standby, when I wake the laptop, seems it goes into a never ending renegotiating loop, the charging icon keeps appearing and disappearing, and only if I unplug the cable from the charger and plug it back in it get resolved.
The order of the ports matters on this device. The highest power device has to be in port 1. My laptop does this if I put it into port 2 through 4. But in port 1, it's fine.
I have MBP 16 M1, iPhone 15 Pro Max and a power bank. I want to charge all of them with one charger and cable. Do you recommend this product for my setup? Does Satechi 145W charger fit my need?
This should work fine to charge those devices. The 165 will top out at 100w to the MBP, the iphone will take 27 watts or watt-ever it can, then the 3rd and 4th ports will be lower wattage deliver so the power bank will charge a bit slower but depending on what that power bank is it may be plenty still. The port order matters on this charger. So port 1 has to be the laptop. I use mine with laptop, phone, watch, camera battery charger.
On your website pqs the Satechi 165W no longer has a rating of 173 pqs and b pqr, but a rating of 160 pqs and a rating of c pqr. What is the reason for this downgrade in rating?
There is a drop down box when you click on the product, you will notice two original tests, the 160 is the 230V test which took the default spot, and the 120V other test gets put in on the side. This is a known issue, working on a solution to multiple datasets on the same device.
Has anyone experienced any coil whine with this charger? I'm on my second model now and they both have had coil whine, wondering if I should try a third or switch to a different charger
huh, I've never heard a peep out of mine. I do keep it on the floor and use moderate length cables though. There does tend to be a power level that power supplies might squeal at, you may have the magic number for this power adapter. I'd contact Satechi directly and see if they will help.
I have one and ordered another ;)
Would you please test their 200w multi-port adapter ?
Thanks
It is pre-ordered.
Does anyone know if the Satechi 100W adapter with three ports (two USB C and one A) is good as well? I think I could do with less wattage (especially if it is lighter) and ports, if there is one legacy USB A.
I haven't specifically looked at that one but based, in general, on the other products in the higher wattage range from Satechi they aren't bad.
@@AllThingsOnePlace A follow up question, I am choosing between this one, the 100w Satechi and the Baseus 65w/100w now. Ist it really that much heavier than the 100w Baseus wall charger? (340g vs 200g according to Amazon)
Also, would you recommend the 65w Baseus at all?
I have watched lots of your videos and I know you said in that category basically all multiport chargers suck, but the compactness and lightness is so appealing...
The Ugreen 100w has the exchangeable power cable, but from what I understand you would not recommend it?
@@TheQuangBang Yes, the weight difference is that much. The 65W Baseus is a no go. I'd go Anker first on that, then maybe the compact minix or invzi (many others of this type) for 65W. The UGREEN is probably okay, but lacking that official safety listing makes me look elsewhere.
@@AllThingsOnePlace Thanks! Ok I see, will send the Baseus back then. Have you tested the 67W Hyphen X? It seems quite interesting as well, as a new contender for that class.
@@TheQuangBang I tested this one, RH-PD65W but I haven't tested one with 67W specifically. The 65W was okay.
It seems that Satechi 165W does not renegotiate the charging power when it is not required. In my case, when I connect devices that require less than 45W, the charger does not appear to renegotiate at all.
That is good to here. I use all four ports and I was having an issue with the USB C to USB C laptop. It consistently dropped the laptop all together, I blame the laptop. I replaced it with a USB C to barrel and it's been fine since then. Two of the connected devices are 5V only and I follow the hierarchy of power.
@@AllThingsOnePlace I tried again with a MBP 16". I plugged the MBP in first, and then plug in other 3 devices one by one. It does not disconnect the power at all, and in macOS system info it just changes from 100W to 45W. I then tried with Ugreen 4-port 100W and Sharge 4-port 100W to confirm, they both reset when I plug in a new cable. This is interesting.
Would this be able to provide 20V 3.25A?
Yes, it can do that. I am using that mode right now with my laptop and three other devices (those are all lower power).
i wonder if i can charge iphone14pro with this high watts charger, is it safe? I need charger with a power cord thats why im buying these high watts charger, the lower watts usually dont have cord.
ps. i do have 2 more phones and ipad pro, but im just curious about when I only charge my iphone.
Yeah, this would be great to charge a couple phones and an ipad. The device decides how much power to use so it is safe to use more watts than necessary. There is obviously a balance though. If you were charging one device then this is a waste.
@@AllThingsOnePlace thanks!
I bought this after watching this video, but noticed something weird. Whenever I plug my phone in (Pixel 7 Pro), it constantly flips between charging and not charging for a few minutes before it starts charging. I've used different USB c cables and have run into the same thing reg rdlrss of the cable. Anyone else have this issue?
Yeah, that will happen sometimes with some devices. It is trying to figure out which charging mode is best. The Satechi negotiates a little too fast for it's own good I think. As I've said many times, no perfect power adapter out there, they all exhibit some kind of weird behavior in the myriad of possible configurations.
@@AllThingsOnePlace Thanks for the response! Had me wondering if I had a defective unit or not.
I bet you could fix that idle by desoldering the LED 🤣
I was thinking more like a drill but I don’t know if it’s on a light pipe or something. These don’t really go back together if you open them up unfortunately.
Can I use this to charge my pixel 7 pro device?
I don't see why not. It is a bit overkill to only charge that device.
Is the 165w version better/more worth it than the 200w one?
It's different. It is better in terms of efficiency, a lot better. I've been using it since making this review and haven't had any issues. It maxes out at 100W on one port versus the 200W one with it's 140W on one port capability.
@@AllThingsOnePlace yeah, and I've heard a lot of issues regarding the 200w version
With a price difference of 20€ and needing around 100-120w peak would you choose this satechi 165w over the Anker Prime 240w? I haven't managed to find any teardown of The Anker
Can i use this to charge my oneplus 12? At 65w or 80w?
I don't think so. These are very tuned to apple products.
Will this charge my dell inspiron 5402?
Charge, probably, Dell is real weird so you may need an adapter to make this work. The power adapter is only 100 watts on one port and some power hungry machines need that extra wattage to go so will actually discharge the battery to maintain performance if there isn’t enough at the power socket. A barrel adapter may also cause overload if it expects 180w power adapter on the barrel plug but there’s only 100 behind the curtain. See everything is compatible with usb c…. Nope. If the laptop is rated for 65w nominal then this will handle that no problem. Me, I end up having to use a barrel adapter on mine since the usb c says this isn’t a Dell power brick and won’t use it.
Does it support pps technology?
Yes mentioned around 3:55 mark.
And towards the end again!
Thanks 👍
Please review anker 313 ace 45w charger. . .
Can you add affiliate links for EU?
I am trying to add more, currently have four. What retailer? I have struggled to get anyone to give me a link to anything except Amazon (which is self service). On newer videos, youtube has embedded links.
I've bought and it really heats up at rest... Going to return.
Yeah, that doesn’t sound normal.
It may have great electronics but the software of it needs some work. I couldn't get any of my two lenovo laptops charging with this adapter.
mmm, yeah, I don't have any lenovo devices to test with. I have HP and Dell laptops to test with. Also, make sure you use port 1 and 2 first. The other thing, is the high current demand of non-standard USB-C, like on Dell and HP laptops also. If the laptop asks for 100W+ the Satechi will shut off charging. I have had this happen, I actually use the USB c to barrel adapter if I am not going through a hub, no problems with that.
Satechi 145w travel charger please~
It's in progress right now.
Awesome! Looking forward to it!@@AllThingsOnePlace
Did you forget the thermals?
nah just didn't include them in earlier videos. With the efficiency of this device it does get hot but it operates.
Asus 100w
Added to the list. Thanks.
I have coil whine when charging (((
It is unfortunate that they don't quality control that aspect of chargers. It would be easy, during the power test, chuck a microphone (your phone is more than capable of detecting a tone at HF-audible even in a noisy environment, in the test area hold it up to it see if it squeals during the load test before passing it down the line.
It turns out that it doesn’t all coil whine? but if I buy another one, it might be quieter? Sorry for my enlish and btw love your channel)
I realize you are reviewing this as a charger but you interchange power adapter and charger in your review. Power adapter alludes this can supply enough wattage to run a laptop or mini pc. I have a Minisforum HM90 which runs flawlessly using a SlimQ 150 this is supposed to be 165... It will not deliver a 19v DC current with enough wattage to even start the HM90. This is using only one USB C to C cable to the HM90, so it is totally worthless!!! To me. It may be efficient for what can do, but it cannot do what I expected it to do after watching your review. So if you can enlighten me as to why the SlimQ works and This Piece of Crap doesn't Chime Right In!!! It does not put SlimQ to shame.
The Satechi uses the PD protocol, the HM90 may not have the correct protocol to ask for the voltage on the USB C port. The barrel plug power input would require a USB C 20V Trigger cable to barrel plug to power the computer.
@@AllThingsOnePlaceThe HM90 power delivery is USB C only with NO barrel (DIN) connection like a laptop or thin ITX board. The replacement for the HM90, for me, is the UM790 which does use a barrel DIN power delivery and the Slim Q works. I need to purchase a 5.5mm x 2.5mm to USB C 100-watt power cord to test the Slim with the HM90 that I am selling to a friend. The Satechi may work with a 240 watt c to c cord but I need to get one for testing purposes...to prove this.
Does not work with a 240-watt c to c cord. Tested and In my database of Crap!!!
Minisforum HM90 works with SlimQ using 5.5mm x 2.5mm to USB C 100 watt cord. Verified and in my database of working PowerAdapter, vrs the Satechi which is only a Charger, not a Power adapter. PD or not.
Honestly, if i see these type of leds, no matter how good your power brick is… I’m not buying it.
Fair enough.
So they lie like Speigen. This is a 100w, not 165w. To be a true 165W, we'd need to be able to get 165W from a single port.
They all do sort of. 165W total would be clearer but no one does that. Like the new Anker 240W, it's 140W max on one port. Framework 180 is the only one that does the power on one port above 140W that I know of.
Enjoy your videos, very thorough, question if I may @allthingsoneplace I have DJI Mini 4 Pro with 3 battery charging hub plus one larger Plus battery (4 batteries in total) I am looking for a good powerful charger to charge those and Macbook Pro, & iphone 11 pro max, have other small gadgets that Id like to charge as well but mostly , Laptop, iPhone, and DJI Mini 4 Pro, what can you recommend, I would like to buy something stronger than what i need incase i need the extra power later and not have to buy an upgraded charger, just need one that gives out the power its states and is compatible with these items listed, thanks for all you do Sir
That's a lot of devices, which is becoming the normal these days. I really like the 165W charger but I don't have quite as many things. The 300W UGREEN just released may be worth looking at. It is expensive but can full power the MBP, and then charge many other devices at pretty high rates without failing. The 165W doesn't sound like a bad option either as long as you don't need to plug in more than 4 at once.