Do good compact desktop chargers still exist?
from SolarBoy@slrpnk.net to tech@programming.dev on 01 May 2025 04:43
https://slrpnk.net/post/21544558

I’m currently using an old charger like this:

It’s great. Easy to carry with me, uses a two-pin cable so I can easily buy a cheap 2 dollar cable in the country I’m traveling. It’s light, and I use a few short (30cm) cables to charge my laptop, phone and other stuff.

I would like to get another one, but it seems like they are no longer sold from the original manufacturer.

I’m searching around online, but the only alternatives I find seem to be very bulky and not easily carried with you. Or they are wall chargers, which is very inconvenient, needing 4 long cables to reach your devices, and often taking up multiple plugs because they are so bulky.

Anybody that knows if these are still sold anywhere? This one is 65W, but with GaN tech, I expected to see more of these compact chargers with the same weight and thickness outputting maybe 100W. But I can’t find anything

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vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 01 May 2025 06:16 next collapse

I’ve bought similar things on aliexpress.

Search “gan charger”.

SolarBoy@slrpnk.net on 02 May 10:56 collapse

Plenty of good gan chargers indeed. But nothing really like this. A compact, flat desktop charger with replaceable wire for use in any country.

Searching for a ‘desktop charger’, shows somewhat closer results, but mostly very bulky for charging 10+ devices at the same time. Nothing really portable.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 May 18:21 collapse

I have a little one I use on my bedside, but it’s compact enough to take travelling.

From memory the brand is Tooki or Toocki.

edgemaster72@lemmy.world on 01 May 2025 06:33 next collapse

I don’t know if there’s some difference I’m not picking up on or if it’s a location thing, but it looks to me like it’s still being sold

www.anker.com/products/a2046

www.amazon.com/…/B098WQRGNQ

Otherwise yeah I’m not really finding a similarly travel friendly charger with replaceable cable, especially not in 100W

SolarBoy@slrpnk.net on 02 May 10:51 collapse

Yeah, seems like they are still selling it, but not on the official website or on amazon in my country. The selection from anker seems to differ wildly depending on the country

Mac@mander.xyz on 01 May 2025 07:49 collapse

Anker makes other ones.

CONTENT WARNING: AMAZON

a.co/d/2fMDBkS a.co/d/afFmQ5r

SolarBoy@slrpnk.net on 02 May 10:53 collapse

These look like good chargers, but not really practical for tossing in your bag and bringing along. They also seem to use an attached wire or proprietary wire. Which makes it difficult to swap out for a different length or for another country.

Thanks for searching around though!