When Apple released the M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros last year, they came with a new kind of charger that could deliver up to 140W of power. That is because Apple's biggest MacBook Pro charger supports the latest version of theusb power delivery specification, which goes beyond the previous 100 watt limitation for a singleusb-c port.
The latest specification of Power Delivery was published by theusb promoter group in May of last year. MacBook Pro users who swear by fast charging have been stuck with a brick that only has a single port. The flexibility to share all that power with a phone, tablet, or even another laptop along with the MacBook Pro is now a thing of the past.
We haven't tested these yet, but there are some options for multiport charging. The max 140W out of one specific port and up to 100W out of the second one, individually, is not supported by either of these charger. The Hyper can do up to 30W, while theNexode can do up to 22W.
The HyperJuice and theNexode are similar products, but they behave differently when plugged in. The HyperJuice can deliver up to 100W to the first laptop but only 20W to the second one. Each laptop will get up to 65W of power with the help of theNexode.
When occupying all three ports, the HyperJuice will push 100W out of the first port, but then the second and third ports will have the same 20W pool. It is okay if your second and third devices are lower-power tablets, phones, or accessories, but if you are like me and use an old Apple Watch charger, then your phone might not be able to charge wireless.
Ugreen splits the joules in three different ways: 65W to the high-powered USB-C, 45W to the second, and up to 22.5W out of theUSB-A port. If your main laptop is more power hungry, the HyperJuice option might be better.
Like Apple, Anker only has a single port for theUSB-C. It is the same price as buying the official one from an Apple store, but the Anker 717 is at least a bit more compact, even though it doesn't use the company's slightly more efficient GaN Prime tech. The PowerCore 24K portable battery bank can squeeze up to 140 watt of power out of its cells, but it can't plug into a wall and pull AC power on its own.
There will be a new era of compact multiport charging. If we get more devices that demand power, they will keep getting smaller and stronger. It is quite confusing that the 2.1 revision of the USB-CPD 3.1 spec is capable of up to 240W of power, so perhaps power-hungry gaming laptops are the next device to push that envelope.
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