Powerport Atom Pd 4
Disclosure: We are a professional review site that receives compensation from the companies whose products we review. We test each product thoroughly and give high marks to only the very best. We are independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own.If you are an Anker fan then its a great month to be one. This month across most of their product lines they have new releases.
- Last update on 2019-06-08 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API. The new PowerPort Atom PD 4 is a USB 4 port charger that has 100 watts of charging power! This you can charge 2 USB-C Laptos and 2 smartphones at the same time!
- 100Wのぱわー！ AnkerがUSB PDの最大出力の上限である100Wに対応したUSB充電器、『Anker PowerPort Atom PD 4』を発売開始。主なスペックと対応機種、そして充電の際の“重大な”注意点をまとめてみました。 100W充電のフルの性能を活かすなら、ケーブルも注意だぞっ！.
The PowerPort Atom PD 1 is your universal and highly portable power adapter on the go. Accessory maker Anker will release the PowerPort Atom PD 1 end of November exclusively on Amazon.com for $29.
On I jumped the gun on the new releases. Shortly after posting about the new release of the and the a ton of new products dropped or have gone on preorder/announcement. Over the couple of days, I will share some of those releases. Doing a single post would be to long and most people aren’t going to sit back and read a lot of specs and features. So for today, Anker’s latest release are the PowerPort Atom PD 4 and the PowerPort PD+ 2. PowerPort Atom PD 4 – Features and Specs.
PreviewProductRatingPrice$99.99Last update on 2019-06-15 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising APIThe new is a USB 4 port charger that has 100 watts of charging power! This you can charge 2 USB-C Laptos and 2 smartphones at the same time! This is the perfect home charger to keep device heavy family charged at the same time or a great charger the family can take on the those long trips to keep your smart devices charge and less than time than OEM charging can do. Below are the features and specs taken directly from the Amazon. Super Power – Provides an enormous 100W of charging power – enough to charge 2 USB-C laptops and 2 smartphones at the same time. USB-C Output: 5V = 3A / 9V = 3A / 20V = 5A.
They list a ship date of February 8.Anker PowerPort Atom PD 4 details:. Four port USB charger: USB-C x2, USB-A x2.
Uses GaN (Gallium Nitride). Silicon replacement that can sustain higher voltages and less resistance. More efficient and less heat.
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100W USB-C PD: 5V/3A, 9V/3A, 15V/3A, 20V/5A. 100W is total max output of both USB-C ports. Plug in 1 device and it can get up to 100W (device permitting). Plug in 2 MacBook Pros and they'll both get 50W.
USB-A ports support 5V/2.4A each. No PowerIQ 2.0. At CES Anker mentioned having an app available which would allow you to distribute power between the USB-C ports yourself.No cables included. Remember you'll need a USB-C cable that supports 5A in order to get more than a 60W draw from the charger. Most cables only support 3A. FWIW most USB-C chargers offering 65W or more have either a built-in cable or don't include a cable. Plugging in a 3A shouldn't blow anything up.
The charger should check the cable first, and if it can't verify 5A support it'll only offer up to 60W. Worst case you get a slower charge. But I imagine Anker support will get a number of calls about slow charging related to the cable.If you want to keep everything Anker you can get the.
It is their only cable that supports 5A that I'm aware of. It is also USB-IF certified.If you don't want USB 3.1 data transfer speeds is also USB-IF certified and supports 5A. As it is USB 2.0 it is a good bit cheaper than Anker's.The cheapest I've seen is this.Edit: Hold off on the ZMI cable for 5A charging. I got two in a while back and just tried out a new e-Marker tester on them. The Amazon listing and box show they are USB 2.0 and 5A.
My tester showed they are USB 3.1 Gen 2 (woot!) and 3A (boo!). The tester showed 5A on my MacBook Pro's cable. Not sure if the tester or ZMI marketing is wrong. I'd like to add though that Active 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 cables are Copper. Fiber Optic Thunderbolt 3 cables as far as I know, don't exist yet, I've never seen one. They (Active, 40Gbps copper cables) are fully compatible with USBC at USB 2.0 speeds, they just don't pass the 4 USB 3 pairs only the single USB 2.0 data + and.I have a 1 Meter 40Gbps cable that passes USB 2.0.The current optical solution for extra long length thunderbolt 3 is to convert from 3 to 2, use a corning thunderbolt 2 optical cable, then convert back to thunderbolt 3 on the other side.
This actually works quite well because Thunderbolt 3 is capped at 22Gbps for data xfer anyways. 22Gbps Data, 10Gbps USBC, 8-10Gbps Displayport = 40-42Gbps. Glad my site was helpful.The PD 4 should support the Switch in handheld and TV mode, based on its specs.
If charging the Switch and Dell together the Switch will want 18W, leaving 82W for the Dell. That's plenty if it is a 13-inch laptop. A bit less than ideal if a 15-inch.
Actual results will depend on how the PD 4 splits the power. But unless you are playing the Switch while editing video on the Dell at the same time, both below 80% charge, I doubt you'd notice a slow down on either.That said, be aware the Switch has had issues (nothing as bad as third party docks bricking consoles) with chargers offering 3A, which the PD 4 does. It depends on how the charger handles checking the USB-C cable for an eMarker. But it is offers up to 60W at the start, there shouldn't a problem.
If it does something else it may re-advertise to the Switch. That's fine, except the Switch can bug out (Switch's fault). Apple's 87W USB-C power adapter has been shown to crash the Switch.
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But plenty of Reddits use the same Apple charger without complaint.I'd love to test this charger with the Switch and a few other USB-C devices. I recently got a new tester which graphs the initial power negotiation. So it would show whether this charger is doing re-advertisement like Apple's 87W or a more smooth connection. At its current price it isn't high on my buy and try list, as I have a lot of chargers waiting for review time. If Anker wanted to send me a review product wink I could speed things up.tl;dr: Probably work well with Switch and laptop. If eMarker check is handled a certain way it could cause crashes as Switch doesn't handle advertisements as well as it should.
But plenty of Switch owners with Apple 87W (known to have crash potential) use it without issue. Would love to test and review it, can do it sooner with a provided unit.