Anker Prime 100W GaN Wall Charger evaluate: Intelligent and compact

The Anker Prime 100W GaN Wall Charger (3 Ports) has lots to love: three charging ports, 100 watts most charging energy, and travel-friendly dimensions. It has just lately been up to date from a really comparable mannequin and is barely smaller than its predecessor.

A most of 100W is distributed throughout the three connections. It doesn’t matter which of the 2 USB-C ports you select. In the event you solely join one system, 100W of charging energy is at all times accessible–this makes the Anker GaN Prime 100W appropriate for fast-charging all latest MacBooks aside from the 16-inch Professional, which requires a 140W charger for quick charging. This charger continues to be tremendous for the top-end MacBook Professional, solely not for the quickest charging. For the MacBook Air fashions and 13- and 14-inch Professional fashions, it’ll fast-charge simply tremendous.

A most of twenty-two.5W is offered with the USB-A port. When connecting two units, the facility is split on this means:

• Between USB-C 1 and USB-C 2: 65W and 35W
• Between USB-C 1 and USB-A: 76W + 22.5W

We measured the charging energy utilizing USB-C in half-hour. An iPhone 15 was charged by 56 %, an 11-inch iPad Professional by 36 %, and a MacBook Air M3 by 50 %.

See how the Anker Prime 100W GaN Wall Charger compares to different chargers in our round-up of the Finest USB-C Chargers for MacBook.

Along with the PowerIQ 4.0 clever charging expertise, Anker’s GaN Prime expertise additionally consists of Energetic Defend 2.0 monitoring of the charging ports, which meant that the case had no temperature issues throughout regular operation in our check. Solely when quick charging the MacBook Air M3 did it get very heat.

The foldable plug, which now we have already come to understand on the smaller Anker GaN Prime 67W mannequin with 67 watts, could be very sensible. This reduces the general size to a slim 7.5 centimeters and because the plug doesn’t protrude, it additionally suits higher in your baggage.

The U.Ok. mannequin (pictured above) is a bit bigger than the U.S. model as a result of U.Ok. three-prong plug dimensions, however even that one is foldable.

Must you purchase the Anker Prime 100W GaN Wall Charger?

The Anker Prime 100W GaN Wall Charger is a extremely beneficial USB charger that’s notably helpful when touring. When it is advisable use solely one in all its ports, you don’t want to determine which one is the 100W port, since each USB-C ports help it.

This text initially appeared on Macwelt and was translated by Roman Loyola.