Anker USB-C Power Delivery for laptops, etc

#1

I would love to see Anker develop a line of products capable of providing full power delivery to laptops, etc. via USB-C. Wall plug would be good for starters, but long term I would love to see something along the lines of the PowerCore + 26800 that I can hook up to my Dell XPS13 in a pinch when mobile - say in a car, on a plane, etc.

Anyone else that would like to see this?

#2

Yes, definitely. I actually posted a query about this a few weeks ago on the Anker FB page but they never responded.

Note that the new line of Macbook Pros uses USB-C for power, along with the slightly older Macbook first released in 2015 and rereleased with newer CPUs earlier this year. And I recently purchased a Dell Latitude 7370 (essentially the business version of the XPS 13) for my wife which also uses USB C… While Dell does offer a (somewhat expensive) external battery pack, it’s only compatible with Dell’s proprietary power plugs and not USB C.

USB C is capable of providing up to 5A at 20V, giving 100 watts of power. While I wouldn’t expect that much from a battery pack, the max 5V/3A we see from the current battery packs isn’t enough to run a laptop.

#3

They just released one. You can learn more about it here.

#4

The new PD battery only delivers 30W and the wall charger only 27W. If they want to be serious about it they’ve gotta get up into the 45W-60W range.

#5

I can understand the argument for:

  • increasing portable powerbanks recharge speed, because then you can make the most opportunity of recharging in brief access to wall sockets. The new Powercore+ 26800 PD helps in that regard, slightly, via recharging in 4.8hr. The Powercore 26800 recharges in 6 hours via 20W input (two 5V 2A inputs).
  • supporting the maximum Lithium battery which is the 26800 size, but note its 100Wh so the move to a higher Voltage necessarily means a lower mah.
  • multiple ports USB-PD chargers, to merge these to reduce the size of the chargers. Anker has not done anything of note in this area.

What I do not see the argument for:

  • the increasing output performance of portable chargers. You are carrying the portable powerbank with you all the time, PD is more for tablets / laptops so you are sat down with them for long times, so why not just plug in the portable powerbank for longer.

I for one will never pay a premium for faster output, it is just about being obtuse to deliberately let your device go flat and deliberately ignoring that weight in your pack to then be “surprised” by a need to recharge your device and then “need” a faster charge. Instead, just plug in earlier using a lower cost device.

I have a Powercore 26800, cost me $30. It only outputs 2.4A. That’s fine, when I’m sat down for a time I plug mine in. Way cheaper than the $100 higher prices for the faster chargers.

#6

can Anker PD 45 watt charger, able to charge the DELL latitude E7390 laptops?