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Originally Posted by hollowpoint
Ooooo....sorry switching subjects on ya. I like that Anker phone charger. Is that one of those with the internal cooling fan? How's that working out?
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model is the less expensive one that doesn't have the fan and it uses a standard USB mini-b cable rather than the faster more expensive models that use the newer USC-C cable. I did a lot of research and found that all the testing seems to show that the so-called fast chargers with the USB-C only charge a fraction faster. To recharge a new iPhone from 10% battery level to 100% takes nearly as long as the USB mini-b models. You would save maybe 15 minutes out of 2 or 3 hours. Not worth the extra money nor the added heat caused by the higher wattage used in the USB-C models.
Mine charges fast enough. I typically place my iPhone X
R on it when I go to bed, so it has all night to charge anyway, so no rush. I keep my iPhone in a Otterbox Defender case, and it still works very well to charge it even in that big case. It is really nice not to have to plug a cable into the iPhone's lightning port to charge. The unit stays fairly cool and does a good job. I use the iPhone as an alarm clock at night.
ETA: I use the standard iPad 12 watt power supply to power the Anker charger. That is overkill because the charger will only use a maximum of 10 watts with a few Android phones and it will only use 7.5 watts with the newer iPhones.