Looks like the 65w version of this charger is on sale now, might come in handy for people with laptops that can take advantage of the extra output power. For some reason these are still not on Amazon but Anker's product availability has always been terrible here so I'm not too surprised to see yet another product missing from their Amazon storefront.
I'd avoid generic chargers because they can be a potential safety hazard, you never know what's inside and tearing them down always require destructive force nowadays, so it's better to get something from a more reputable brand instead imo. Of course not all of them are bad or dangerous, but the vast majority of them are cheap because they cheaped out somewhere in the design. Here's an example of a bad generic charger that is a safety hazard in multiple ways.
I've been using the Heymix chargers and they seem fine.
They seem fine until they aren't. Also one example is not how you judge low likelihood/high consequence events.
@incipient: Well I'm open to others claiming if they've had any bad experiences with them but I haven't heard and they are fairly highly rated.
@Skele-Cr: You can't have looked very hard, I remember ruling them out based on reading their critical Amazon reviews (often the only Amazon reviews worth reading are the critical ones).
@uvbunny: Maybe, but if a vast majority of reviews are positive then for me, it's fair. Every product will have defections to an extent (Galaxy Note 7 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ) so I guess it just depends on the person to choose if they want that risk. For me it's been working well so far. I will report back if it blows up.
@uvbunny: If you look hard enough you'll find bad experiences with any brand, even Anker. You'll even find an Anker power bank and USB cable that caught fire.
Point being, if you look for negative experiences you'll probably find them. It doesn't mean every single item from that brand is bad though.
I haven't had bad experiences with Heymix myself but I'd expect Anker to be better built simply because they have bigger budgets and have more at stake.
@eug: Of course any product can have a lemon or two, you have to evaluate the bad reviews to see whether the problem is with the product in general, a case of the odd lemon slipping through or (very common unfortunately) a case of user error/idiocy.
The good reviews are overwhelmingly useless though, written by someone with no experience of similar products in the first excited flush of new ownership. If what they received looks more or less like the product photos and doesn't have any immediately obvious flaws then bang - 5 star review.
Very rarely will they come back to say they binned it 3 months later.
Very rarely will they come back to say they binned it 3 months later.
I think the opposite is more true - if a product works perfectly fine, rarely will people bother going back to write a positive review just to say "It works fine" as there isn't much to say.
But if the product dies prematurely and the buyer's time and money has been wasted, they're far more likely to write a negative review as they're probably frustrated.
@eug: Maybe that's true of independent review sites, but not on Amazon where you're prompted to review your purchases immediately after you buy them. Just reading through the reviews it's quite apparent how many of them have been written almost as soon as they've had a chance to rip open the packaging.
By the time they realize the new gadget isn't as great, or as life-changing as they thought it was going to be, most can't be bothered going back and updating their review, they've lost interest. Telling the world about a piece of over-hyped crap you bought a few months ago just isn't as enticing as boasting about the great new purchase you've just made.
By the time they realize the new gadget isn't as great, or as life-changing as they thought it was going to be, most can't be bothered going back and updating their review, they've lost interest.
I feel you're underestimating the power of the feeling of being cheated. If a person is annoyed that a company sold them a dodgy product, they're more likely to write a negative review as they'd feel cheated. They will usually want everyone to know about their bad experience by posting negative reviews or commenting about their bad experience on forums every chance they get.
But if everything works fine, there's less incentive to go to the trouble of writing a positive review. The Echo Dot is probably the highest-selling smart speaker in the country but there are only 4,877 reviews. If the device works fine people just won't really bother writing a review saying "it works". But if they're unhappy or annoyed, they'd be more inclined to voice their frustrations.
I think I know where you're coming from though - if I'm not mistaken, you're saying people shouldn't just rely on the star rating as people might click 5 stars just because they received the product quickly. You have to actually read the reviews to see why they rated it highly, which is how you sort out the useless positive reviews from the useful.
I'd say there is a huge differences between the couple of brands that appear here on Ozbargin regularly and any of the nameless chargers. The brands posted on Ozbargin are used by many and I haven't read anyone having issues with the Heymix charges or others. Those nameless brands that are sold everywhere are a different story tho
Heymix is just rebranding generic OEM chargers - they don't even have their own specific design. If you look at their chargers, you should be able to find the same generic chargers with the exact same spec and design.
I read some comments here in ozb suggesting their Heymix charger failed within a few months. And many other second that.
Samsung has just released a new 65w charger on their official website but it costs around $100 unfortunately.
Same here, Apple tends to be a pain in the ass if you’re not using MFI certified shits and stuff. I tend to avoid Apple own products so my go to first two are Anker and Cygnett
Personally i find this form factor more useful as you don't need long ass cables
I love these desktop chargers, I wish Anker would stop being annoying and make more of the products they sell in the US available here. IKEA has one but honestly it's terrible, the two USB-A ports can only do 10W in total which is borderline useless.
Op. Anything for iPhone 13? 20w PD.
How about the Anker POWERPORT III 20W (not on sale, $24.99)? Alternatively there's also the IKEA ÅSKSTORM23W USB charger ($25, 18W max output on USB-C and you get an USB-A to charge other stuff too).
Might want to keep an eye on Anker's 45w PD USB-C charger which was $35 last month, it's back up to $50 at the moment though.
Yeah, the 45W one is a much better deal if you've got devices that can do 45W, but if they just want to charge an iPhone it's probably less useful.
I wonder if this is a 65W or 45W
On the 2nd pic it says 45W input
And if you "see full description"
The title, first line, says "USB C Charger, Anker 45W Power Delivery Type C Fast Charger, PPS Supported, PowerPort III Pod"
But further down it says 65W.
I am not so sure if it's just a copy & paste error.
I think it's a copy paste error because they have the 45W model in the store for cheaper as well.
Anyone has their charger dispatched from Anker? How do you track your parcel if Anker is using UBI as a courier?
I bought stuff from this shop before, they used a fulfillment service which doesn't give you a meaningful tracking number, but the actual courier is AusPost and should show up in one or two weeks.
Thanks! All good, I tried my luck copy and paste the tracking onto Aus Post app and it works.
Paid $3 extra for express and it arrived in one day!
Not sure why you’d go for the anker when products like this are substantially cheaper and more versatile? Not sure if I’m missing something here.