REVIEW – Gone are the times when it’s a must to have a number of proprietary AC adapters plugged in to cost all of your units. The proliferation of USB-C and Micro-USB cables means a single adapter can now typically cost most of your units. However what occurs when you have a number of units to cost on the similar time? Fairly than having a number of AC adapters on a powerboard, the multi-adapter permits you to cost a number of units from a single “brick”. The Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger permits you to cost as much as 4 units off the identical machine supplying as much as 100W of energy.
What’s it?
The Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger is designed to cost your units both at residence or on the go. Primarily based on GAN (Gallium Nitride) know-how, the distinctive cooling know-how permits extra energy from a smaller machine with a lot better warmth dissipation. This leads to a a lot smaller kind issue than the facility adapter bricks of previous and permits extra energy and extra shops. The Zyron product is aimed on the Australian market primarily.
What’s within the field?
Within the field, you’ll get all the things you must get began.
- Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger with AU adapter
- 1.5 metre Desktop Extension Cable
- 1 metre USB-C 100W cable
- Instruction Guide
- Optionally available
{Hardware} specs
Measurement: 63 x 63 x 30.5mm
Weight: 210g (observe that field has this as 120g, a typo)
Enter: 100-240V50/60Hz 2.5A
Output: 100W most
The unit itself is small and light-weight for the quantity of energy and adaptability it could actually present.
Design and options
The Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger has 3 USB ports and a USB-A port; 2 x 100 Watt ports, one Energy Supply (PD) 20W port, and a QC 3.0 18W port. Whereas the adapter is rated to 100W which is greater than sufficient to cost even essentially the most energy hungry pocket book, the 100W is just equipped in case you use a single USB-C connector. In case you use it to cost multiple machine, the 100W is “cut up” between all of the outputs. So whereas utilizing a single 100W port will provide you the complete 100W, charging 4 units concurrently will solely provide a most of 45W. That being mentioned that is typically greater than sufficient to cost many notebooks or tablets lately and it’ll typically nonetheless cost extra energy hungry units, simply at a slower price. You possibly can see the facility output mixtures within the graphic beneath:
In actuality, it will seem that the Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger is an OEMed Chinese language machine below the Zyron identify. In case you have a look at our evaluation of the EHO 100W GAN equal charger, it’s virtually the identical and a fast search of the online exhibits very related merchandise on the market. Notice that this isn’t a foul factor. For me, it means I’m really buying it from an Australian firm with an Australian guarantee and full help not like one I would purchase off eBay direct from China.
What makes the Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger completely different from the EHO charger is the inclusion of a protracted 1.5M energy cable which lets you run it on high of your desk. This eliminates the necessity for having to run a number of lengthy USB cables from the adapter plugged right into a wall socket below your desk for instance. You possibly can run the desktop wire to the desk and place the adapter proper on high of your desk. It additionally removes having to attempt to wedge this brick right into a multiport energy strip with different plugs put in.
Moreover, for this model, there’s a world journey adapter equipment optionally out there which permits the identical unit for use in all different international locations simply by altering the adapter. Maybe this can be a signal of Australian’s love of journey and Zyron’s understanding of the native market as I haven’t seen this provided with the opposite related variations I’ve discovered.
Setup
Above is a typical utilization situation for charging a number of units on the similar time. My Lenovo Flex 5 Chromebook solely requires 45W most to cost and is getting that, my Lenovo Duet attracts 20W most and my headphones require (a piddly) 2.5W most. The truth that I can cost all three units off a single adapter that’s really smaller than my OEM 45W Lenovo USB-C charger that got here with my Flex 5 is nice. You possibly can see that due to the desktop skill of the Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger, I might now exchange my 1M USB-C cables with shorter ones. Beforehand I might usually discover a energy level low down, below a desk, and wish the longer cables to achieve my units on high of the desk.
One factor price mentioning is that this isn’t an answer in case you use a journey router (just like the Gl.Inet Slate) while you’re out and about. In case you plug the journey router into the USB-A port because of it requiring solely 10W of energy and in case you plug in one other machine right into a USB-C port to cost, the Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger “redistributes” its energy hundreds and the adapter “resets” itself and your router loses energy and has besides once more. That is an annoyance so I nonetheless run my journey router on a separate (small) USB-A 10W AC adapter.
What I like
- Versatile energy output
- Prices a number of units at one
- Small and light-weight for its performance
- The desktop energy wire makes it straightforward to make use of and extra handy on a desk and reduces the necessity for lengthy cables
- The journey adapters provides it flexibility for the worldwide traveler
What I’d change
- It might be good to have a stand for stability when utilized in desktop format
Closing ideas
I’ll be touring to Singapore and Japan in November and can be taking the Zyron Powerpod 100W GaN charger with me. Due to the scale and weight, it gained’t be an issue for my baggage allowance, and since it has so many outputs, the one adapter ought to do the entire household even when folks need to concurrently cost their units. Virtually all our units now are both USB-C or micro-USB so no extra a number of adapters with completely different connectors to lug round. On high of that, the common adapters enable me to simply use the adapter whether or not in Australia, in Singapore, or in Japan simply by altering the face plate. It’s Properly price taking a look at both for residence or whereas touring.
Value: $79.99AUD
The place to purchase: Zyron Australian Store or Amazon Australia
Supply: The pattern of this product was supplied by Zyron Tech.
