{"id":40093,"date":"2019-02-07T08:05:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T08:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/?p=40093"},"modified":"2020-04-09T20:37:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T19:37:55","slug":"powerful-75w-usb-c-pd-laptop-macbook-pro-charger-for-home-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/reviews\/powerful-75w-usb-c-pd-laptop-macbook-pro-charger-for-home-travel.html","title":{"rendered":"Powerful 75W USB-C PD Laptop (MacBook Pro) Charger for Home &#038; Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/reviews\/review-how-my-new-2018-15-macbook-pro-stacks-up-against-my-mid-2012-model-its-replacing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the new MacBook Pro<\/a> I was looking for a second mains charger, preferably one that would double up for travel duties too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I miss the safety of MagSafe, the lack of proprietary connector and new USB-C charging opens the doors for 3rd party power supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After looking through lots of units at all sorts of prices I settled on the Tommox 4-Port USB type C charger with Power Delivery (PD) at \u00a344.99 and ordered it from Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/apple\/iwalk-affordable-usb-c-pd-45w-battery-to-power-15-or-13-macbook-pro.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The \u00a345 USB-C PD battery that powers my 15&#8243; MacBook Pro for another 4 hours<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tommox looks almost identical to this more expensive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Satechi-Charger-Qualcomm-compatible-Nintendo\/dp\/B07D83RWDM\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1542229267&amp;sr=1-5&amp;keywords=Satechi+Type-C+75W&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=ah4-21&amp;linkId=281e6be1163d5270a1ecd10a444d7f54&amp;language=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Satechi Type-C 75W Travel Charger<\/a>&nbsp;and costs a lot less than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/uk\/shop\/product\/MNF82B\/A\/87w-usb-c-power-adapter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple 87W USB-C power adaptor<\/a>&nbsp;(\u00a379.00). In addition it has 3 x Type A USB ports so is ideal for a bedside charger and for taking on the road too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One other unit worth mentioning is the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B078HB4GDG\/\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?coliid=I2H60JSEUADSHM&amp;colid=5MH22DWN40GV&amp;psc=0&amp;ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=ah4-21&amp;linkId=fa775c6011f20492a5f0b588156b9020&amp;language=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\">Nekteck 4-port 72W USB C Charger at just \u00a329.99<\/a>. I&#8217;ve not tried this one yet, but at that price it&#8217;s worth a punt and it seems to be well reviewed on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p >No products found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommox.com\/products\/48.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tommox.com<\/a>&nbsp; :&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Tommox-Charger-Certified-Delivery-Nintendo\/dp\/B078WQDFMV\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7RES7XDTG6XLRCQ&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=ah4-21&amp;linkId=78d778831484bf05d0097caef2e40bad&amp;language=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Available from Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rated power:75W<\/li><li>USB-C PD Output: 5V3A, 9V3A, 15V3A, 18V3A, 20V3A 60W max<\/li><li>USB-C QC 2.0 Output: 5V 2.4A, 9V 2A, 12V 1.5A<\/li><li>USB-A QC3.0 Output: 3.6-6V\/3A, 6-9V\/2A, 9-12V\/1.5A<\/li><li>USB Standard Output: 5V2.4A Max per port<\/li><li>Compatibility:&nbsp;for Mac 13&#8217;\/15&#8242;,iPhone &nbsp;8\/7 \/ 6s \/ Plus, iPad Pro \/ Air 2 \/ mini, Galaxy S8 \/ S7 \/ S6 \/ Edge \/ Plus, Note 5 \/ 4, LG G6, Nexus, HTC and More<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the arrival of the new MacBook Pro I was looking for a second mains charger, preferably one that would double up for travel duties&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-02-07T08:05:09Z","apple_news_api_id":"6ec38e75-5bef-46fe-98a7-8e372641aa65","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2020-04-09T19:38:00Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AbsOOdVvvRv6Yp443JkGqZQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple","category-reviews"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tommox.jpg?fit=777%2C437&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40093"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49788,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40093\/revisions\/49788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}