I utilized a 200W beast to simultaneously charge six devices, and it didn't even break a sweat

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Today, mobile productivity necessitates transporting multiple important technological gadgets. Depending on how you work, your daily carry may consist of a laptop, a smartphone, a smartwatch, a camera, a webcam, a tablet, a pair of Bluetooth earbuds, a Nintendo Switch, a pair of Bluetooth earbuds, and a Nintendo Switch. I hope you get the idea.

The amount of chargers that you may have to stow in your backpack and the restricted number of AC outlets that you have to keep them all charged throughout the day is one of the most frustrating aspects of transporting all of these electronic devices.

Chinese electronics manufacturer UGREEN has developed a new desk charger that can simultaneously power up to six electronic gadgets.


The 200W Desktop Charger (or Nexode in some places) from UGREEN is capable of simultaneously giving up to 200W of power to your electronic devices (100W maximum per device), with four USB-C Power Delivery connections ready to handle any equipment that requires a bit more wattage to function.

But first, let's examine the construction and composition of the charger.

Not at all unmanageable.
The charger, which is now available for approximately US$199.99, is well-constructed, with a plastic exterior that does not feel cheap and a style that will likely complement any desk arrangement. In addition, it is rather heavy, which makes it more ideal as a permanent fixture on your desk than as something you would carry around on a regular basis (although you can do that if you want, as well).

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The dimensions are 3.97 x 3.97 x 1.27 inches, but given the amount of power it can generate, you'd likely be pleased with those measurements. This is, of course, due to the incorporation of gallium nitride (GaN) as a semiconductor, which has enabled most current chargers to get smaller without sacrificing performance.

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In addition, the device includes a meter-long braided USB-C cable that enables 100W charging, as well as a normal power chord that plugs into an electrical outlet.

Strong, but more than a little perplexing.
To determine the power output of the six ports (4x USB-C and 2x USB-A), you must resort to a perplexing chart provided by UGREEN. However, the charger is more than capable of meeting the needs of the majority of customers.

Observing the schematics, you will note that the charger transmits varying quantities of energy depending on how many devices you connect and which ports you employ. Using only the first two USB-C ports, for instance, provides up to 100W of Power Delivery fast-charging, however adding a third USB-C device to the third port reduces the maximum charging output to 65W per device for all three ports.

Then there are the varying maximum outputs for the separate ports, which you must keep in mind if you want to know exactly how much power each of your devices is receiving. Depending on your priorities, you should assign the first two USB-C ports on the charger to the devices that demand the most power (or that need to be charged immediately), and use the other USB-C ports for your less important devices.

Charge output is limited to 65W for the first USB-C port, 45W for the second and third USB-C ports, 20W for the fourth USB-C port, and 5V4A (20W) for the remaining two USB-A ports while all six ports are in use.

Attempting to recall these specifications was obviously not worth the trouble, so I relied on the accompanying illustrations (see below) to keep track of things.



It can charge everything.
Despite the confusing specifications, I discovered that the charger was able to power many common gadgets without breaking a sweat. During my tests, I connected a laptop with a specialized graphics card, a 2021 Macbook Air, two iPhones, a Microsoft Surface Pro 7, and an Apple Watch, and found that they all received sufficient power to charge from low to full within acceptable time limits.

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To determine whether or not the charger could actually output 200W, I also connected my gaming laptop and the Macbook Air to the first two USB-C ports, which UGREEN claims can send 100W each (both adding up to 200W total), and discovered, via battery reporting software, that this was also largely accurate, with the charge rates hovering around the 100W mark when receiving power around the 20 percent mark.

For the majority of users, this amount of power will be sufficient to power a daily assortment of portable electronics, making the 200W charger a very convenient tool for replacing the various charging bricks and adapters that occupy backpack space.

Instead of bringing a big power brick and a wall converter, I only needed to bring the charger and corresponding USB cables to keep my gaming laptop, iPhone, Airpods, and smart watch charged during office days.

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I must add that the 100W charging from the first two USB-C ports was impressively sufficient to keep my power-hungry gaming laptop charged throughout the day as I performed chores such as word processing, viewing videos, and surfing the web.

Users purchasing this charger for their own gaming laptops should be aware that this is insufficient for serious gaming, which requires additional power to handle specialized graphics cards such as an RTX3050 (or anything similar or more demanding). Obviously, you should stick with the provided power bricks in such situations.

The last thing I found impressive was that the charger, even simultaneously charging many devices, did not grow hot or even warm most of the time. Again, this is due to gallium nitride's effectiveness as an internal semiconductor.

However, if there was one thing UGREEN could have done better with the charger, it would have been to incorporate LED indications to indicate operating status or error conditions when in use. Currently, the only way to determine whether your gadgets are receiving power is to check on them individually.

As one of the very first devices of its sort, I can't blame the charger's design too much, though I expect future iterations to rapidly improve in terms of design and price.

Speaking of price, the 200W GaN charger by UGREEN presently retails for an exorbitant US$199.99 on the brand's official website, making it a product that many will have to carefully consider before purchasing.

Obviously, such a price tag is to be expected due to the novelty of such a powerful charger, but I anticipate that its functionality will (for the time being) only appeal to those who need something that can replace their cluttered collection of charging bricks and wall chargers.
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