I would like to charge my laptop and Deck (or phone and Deck, or phone and laptop) at the same time. Laptop charges at 65W via USB-C, Deck at 40W, phone somewhere in the 13-22W range. Ideally I’d like at least two USB-C out and one normal USB out to be able to use all my normal cables.

Now I’ve found a few bricks that can deliver 65 W no problem like this one. The problem comes in with simultaneous charging: Instead of supplying two or three times 65W, it supplies 45W+20W, so suddenly we charge a lot slower.

I know a 65W brick may be a bad example here. But even 165W bricks I’ve seen toggle down when something else is plugged in.

The only one that seems to be consistent depending on which ports are used might be this charger. But with double the amount of ports I need and almost the price of the official dock, I have the hope that some of you know a good charging brick that can hold 65W output no matter what else is plugged in and is a bit more portable/smaller/cheaper/lighter than the linked one.

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  • HalifaxSamuelsBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve only seen very expensive chargers not lower the power output when multiple devices are connected. That said, know that your laptop and Deck don’t HAVE to be supplied 65W and 45W. They can operate with less, they’ll just charge slower.

    This charger, for example, does 65W/30W when only the USB C ports are in use, and that should be fine most of the time, as long as you make sure your laptop is plugged in to the main port.

    In the case of the Deck, I’ve regularly used a 20W charger in the past while playing. It’s not great, but as long as I’m not playing very demanding games it can still charge slowly while in use.

    Personally, I own a number of different USB C chargers so I took two of them and attached them to my desk. I then routed the cables up from a convenient location and now I’ve just got two charging cables available for laptop/Deck/Switch/whatever right at the desk where I sit the most. I find that much better than having a charger on the desk I can plug in to whenever I want, because the cables are already managed.