@remo28 Agree it’s a great deal with the cable. Double strange though the Aukey lists both with and without at $17.99 and the Meh compare link goes to the one without. Hmmm.
@remo28@awk@eeterrific@communist@samdann sorry for the misinformation here, but these do not include USB-C cables. Just had our warehouse verify this morning – please feel free to write in to customer service if you’d prefer to cancel.
20W is “Old fast, now pretty basic, soon to be slow C”, 30W is “current semi-fast C”, and 60W is “current fast C”. So these are the 2022 equivalent of where the 1.0 amp (5W) USB-A chargers were in 2012 or so. (Remember when the basic charger was 0.5 amps, and “fast” was 1.0? You only need to go back to the era of the Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 to find it.)
@werehatrack I had an S3 that I kept on life support for years after the micro USB charging port failed using a wireless charging insert that fit between the battery and the rear cover. Good times.
@Aspirant_Fool I replaced the Micro port board on my S4 twice in the years that I used it, and I replaced the battery just once. The newer phones annoy me with their “Nyaa-nya-nyuh-nyaa-nyaa, you can’t fix us” sealed-up casings. I still fix.
@GeckoD@werehatrack I was a big poo-poo Apple guy back in the day when the iPhone was coming out, and I was sufficiently excited for Android that the first cell phone I ever purchased for myself (i.e. that was not provided by an employer) was T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream. I stuck with Android up until a couple years ago when I got a real good deal on some Sonos speakers and wanted to try out the Trueplay tuning, bought a refurb iPhone SE for like $60. Figured what the heck, I’ll give it a shot. My daily driver was a Pixel 3a at the time, and literally everything worked better on the iPhone. That includes Google Voice (where my primary number lives, which ironically made the switch super easy), which on iPhone actually handles vcard files properly instead of requiring me to have all my texts copied to email so that I could manually import them into my contacts that way. Long story short, I’m an iPhone evangelist now.
@cinoclav I’m discovering that I can’t actually read the brand name ‘Aukey’ without significant effort. My brain edits it to ‘Anker’ virtually every time. Still, the numbers I incorrectly attributed to Anker were from the ‘specs’ block for this item, so the comparison stands!
They’re 2 for $18 in the writeup. Thanks to whomever secured us an extra discount between when the writeup was dictated and now. Vis-a-vis, you saved us three bucks. (Don’t tell the buy it button.)
@lowlypeon While they will charge the Steam Deck, I wouldn’t recommend using it for that purpose and certainly not if you’re using your Deck while it is charging as it will just slowly drain rather than charge or even maintain power (the APU alone can pull 15W). It’s worth it to drop the money for a 45W+ charger to match the throughput of the included charger.
Just wanted to share that since I know how much I love mine and figure you’re like me and don’t want to harm its lifespan.
From Aukey’s product page: “USB-C output: (20W Power Delivery 3.0) DC 5V 2.4A, 9V 2.22A, 12V 1.67A; USB output: DC 5V 2.4A; Output power: 20W + 12W.”
So these would be OK for a smartphone, a tablet, or a Nintendo Switch (which will take 10+ W @ 5-15 V,) but that’s about it. A higher output supply (including 15 & 20 V) would be more versatile even if you did it all the time. Honestly this pair should probably be as low as 2-for-$10 to be a deal.
@Atomizer I would not advise you to use anything to charge a Nintendo Switch other than the AC charger that came with the Switch. Nintendo uses some weird internal charging standards that have, multiple times, caused Switches to fry when charged with what should otherwise be compatible USB-C adapters.
@sligett The Chromebook I’m using right now will indeed slowly charge at 20 W, but it came with a 45 W supply that works even better so that’s not exactly a ringing endorsement of the one on sale here.
@PooltoyWolf I’m aware of this. The short explanation was that a couple years ago, some users had their Switches in a 3rd party (Nyko IIRC) dock and during a system update a chip on the board was apparently damaged. A Youtuber (Spawn Wave) did a few videos about this including one where he replaced the chip and got his Switch working again.
That being said, while I haven’t heard a full explanation for why it happened in the first place, this doesn’t appear to be an issue anymore. The Switch basically is PD 2.0 compliant (it’ll charge from 5, 9, 12, & 15 V) and I’ve used mine with various power supplies with no issue. If you’re really concerned about it you could just unplug it before a system update, but beyond that using a non-OEM power supply shouldn’t be a problem.
@Atomizer That is a very irresponsible statement to make. People said the same thing about Joy-Con drift…right up until it happened to them. There is no reason not to take precautions.
@PooltoyWolf No, it’s literally not a real problem, because while I don’t doubt a small number of users had some issue (perhaps that specific Switch update also did a firmware update to the chip that failed and bricked it,) it was very limited and that’s why you haven’t heard of it happening any time recently. You can certainly “take precautions,” but in this case they’re based on old rumors and not reality. Your Nintendo Switch is basically PD 2.0 compliant (the OEM AC adapter, if anything, is the part that’s not compliant based on the output profiles) and will charge just fine off of any USB power source from 5 to 15 V, and I can confirm that to you based on personal experience.
And the comparison to joystick drift isn’t even apropos; I’ve never even heard of anyone denying its existence, which is what you seem to be implying, and which is not the same as simply noting that it hasn’t happened to you. I personally haven’t had any joystick drift (which isn’t specific to Joy-cons, as many controllers use more or less the same ALPS parts) but I know how those switches are constructed and that they will wear out over time.
@Atomizer Is it your goal to get me to say it’s a bad thing to give people a bit of cautious advice concerning their $300 piece of hardware and their (arguably irreplaceable) game saves? Because if so, it’s not gonna happen. I really don’t understand why you seem hellbent on insisting it is impossible to damage a Switch console by using an incompatible charger or charging standard.
Again, your mileage may vary, but please do not attempt to downplay or invalidate what has been (and continues to be) an issue. I provided a gentle warning and I don’t see how your responses correlate.
(As for the Joy-Con drift comparison, my apologies if you weren’t present for the entire saga…there were many, MANY people all over the Internet claiming it was a hoax or wasn’t happening, because it hadn’t happened to them. Nowadays it is widely known and accepted as an issue, but in the beginning, tons of people genuinely thought it didn’t exist.)
So I will ask also, since there is not a clear answer, the description says “with cable”…4 questions:
Does it really come with a cable(s)
If it really comes with a cable, what kind and how long, color doesn’t matter.
If there is/are cable/s included, does each charger plug come with it’s own cable?
If there is/are more than one cable, are there 2 of the same cable or 2 different cables?
Thanks! I really need a longer USB-C cable for my I-ad, the one that came with it seems like it is about 2 feet long! It might be 3, but definitely to long enough, I’d love to have 1-2 longer USB-C cable(s) to go with the blocks.
@Surveyor Hahaha! Like it’d be an actual UL listing. These vendors just add their UL overlay like clipart. Why do you think Anker and Aukey get kicked off of Amazon? Next week they’ll be rebranded again AlkeL or Amkin Abkew
Now that I have swapped out all my usb-a to usb-c cables with usb-c to usb-c cables, I just need to buy an USB-a male to usb-c female adapter to use one of the two ports on this block.
Look outside on a stormy night and what do you see? Hail. Sharon isn’t going to let you hear the end of this. She keeps telling you to park in the garage, but you haven’t gotten around to changing the battery in the door opener yet. If there’s one ding on that car, her lawyer’s going to have you paying for it for the next twenty years. You sigh. When did things change? Or was it always this way, just under the surface? You shake your head and give up on going out to move the car into the garage. You plug in your phone next to the couch, lay down, and try to let the pounding of the hail on the roof drown out your thoughts. At least you bought that 2-pack of Aukey chargers. They’ll probably let you keep one of them…right?
@Trinityscrew Are they hiring? Sure! Really though, “Look outside on a stormy night and what do you see?” is just a great writing prompt, and I had nothing to do this morning at work.
Aukey customer service is awful. Picked up a few of their items from Amazon before they were ousted from the platform. I tried reaching out to them to warranty a battery pack and it was like a race to the bottom to see how awful their customer service could be. Stick with Anker instead.
@caffeine_dude they updated the details of the item to show no cable. They couldn’t do it to the title as that’s pulled from the page name itself and would change the URL as shown below:
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: Aukey Swift Chargers 20W+12W Dual-Port Power Cube
Model: USAN1018564
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$25.98 for 2 on NewEgg
$35.98 for 2 on Aukey
Warranty
1 Year
Estimated Delivery
Standard: Monday, Aug 8 - Thursday, Aug 11.
Enhanced: Friday, Aug 5 - Monday, Aug 8.
Shockingly new type of item to sell. A real Dynamo of sorts.
Re: the write up… I would sub “ergo” for “vis-à-vis” here. Am I wrong?
@mehvid1 You’re right, vis-à-vis means face-to-face, it compares or relates things. Personally I would just use “therefore”.
@awk @mehvid1 Go all out and throw in a “QED.”
@Aspirant_Fool gah, you beat me to it!
@Aspirant_Fool @awk @mehvid1 @djslack
Maybe they need to start paying a copy editor.
Nah, I guess we’re all only to happy to help.
@mehvid1
@Aspirant_Fool @awk @djslack @Kyeh @mehvid1
Or that was the joke.
I hope that was the joke.
/giphy you keep using that word
@Aspirant_Fool @awk @djslack @Kyeh “to” happy…? I see what you (intentionally?) did there….
@Aspirant_Fool @awk @djslack @mehvid1
Oh ugh.
I mean … yeah! Totally! I meant to do that, uh huh!!!
@Aspirant_Fool @awk @djslack @mehvid1
So I don’t have to click anything?
@awk And that means they get to keep their own commissions?
@awk I thought it meant that they were engaged in a very old profession.
@awk I think that’s only if they’re also buying themselves.
It says with cable, but there is no pics of a cable. The description doesn’t mention a cable. So what is the cable??
@remo28 If the model number in the photo is correct, it comes with a 6ft black USB-C to USB-C cable.
@awk @remo28 https://www.aukey.com/products/swift-2-port-32w-dual-port-pd-charger-with-6-6ft-usb-c-to-c-charging-cord
@remo28 With the cable its a buy…without it, meh.
@remo28 Agree it’s a great deal with the cable. Double strange though the Aukey lists both with and without at $17.99 and the Meh compare link goes to the one without. Hmmm.
@remo28 @awk @eeterrific @communist @samdann sorry for the misinformation here, but these do not include USB-C cables. Just had our warehouse verify this morning – please feel free to write in to customer service if you’d prefer to cancel.
20W is “Old fast, now pretty basic, soon to be slow C”, 30W is “current semi-fast C”, and 60W is “current fast C”. So these are the 2022 equivalent of where the 1.0 amp (5W) USB-A chargers were in 2012 or so. (Remember when the basic charger was 0.5 amps, and “fast” was 1.0? You only need to go back to the era of the Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 to find it.)
@werehatrack I had an S3 that I kept on life support for years after the micro USB charging port failed using a wireless charging insert that fit between the battery and the rear cover. Good times.
@Aspirant_Fool I replaced the Micro port board on my S4 twice in the years that I used it, and I replaced the battery just once. The newer phones annoy me with their “Nyaa-nya-nyuh-nyaa-nyaa, you can’t fix us” sealed-up casings. I still fix.
@Aspirant_Fool @werehatrack For my money, S4 was the best. Downhill from there. I still get them, but pine for the features of the 4.
@GeckoD @werehatrack I was a big poo-poo Apple guy back in the day when the iPhone was coming out, and I was sufficiently excited for Android that the first cell phone I ever purchased for myself (i.e. that was not provided by an employer) was T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream. I stuck with Android up until a couple years ago when I got a real good deal on some Sonos speakers and wanted to try out the Trueplay tuning, bought a refurb iPhone SE for like $60. Figured what the heck, I’ll give it a shot. My daily driver was a Pixel 3a at the time, and literally everything worked better on the iPhone. That includes Google Voice (where my primary number lives, which ironically made the switch super easy), which on iPhone actually handles vcard files properly instead of requiring me to have all my texts copied to email so that I could manually import them into my contacts that way. Long story short, I’m an iPhone evangelist now.
Nope.
Anker: 1.97 x 1.98 x 1.09
Apple: 1.04 x 1.29 x 0.5
@Aspirant_Fool Also… Aukey
@cinoclav I’m discovering that I can’t actually read the brand name ‘Aukey’ without significant effort. My brain edits it to ‘Anker’ virtually every time. Still, the numbers I incorrectly attributed to Anker were from the ‘specs’ block for this item, so the comparison stands!
@Aspirant_Fool Makes me wonder if Aukey chose the name on purpose to siphon Anker customers.
Can they power a USB margarita maker?
They’re 2 for $18 in the writeup. Thanks to whomever secured us an extra discount between when the writeup was dictated and now. Vis-a-vis, you saved us three bucks. (Don’t tell the buy it button.)
@djslack ahhh the classic we-forgot-to-modify-the-writeup-price routine. You’re welcome
2-pack of chargers for the 2-pack of Teslas you promise to throw in? That would make them “sell themselves”.
@phendrick Now if they would BUY themselves and deliver themselves to my house, I’d be all over this.
@phendrick @Trinityscrew The Tesla will either deliver itself, or drive under a semi or emergency vehicle.
@blaineg @Trinityscrew It would be more impressive to have it dropped off by one of Amazon’s delivery drones.
Picked up one of these from Micro Center a couple of months back for my Anker battery. Works great. I charge my Steam Deck too.
@lowlypeon While they will charge the Steam Deck, I wouldn’t recommend using it for that purpose and certainly not if you’re using your Deck while it is charging as it will just slowly drain rather than charge or even maintain power (the APU alone can pull 15W). It’s worth it to drop the money for a 45W+ charger to match the throughput of the included charger.
Just wanted to share that since I know how much I love mine and figure you’re like me and don’t want to harm its lifespan.
From Aukey’s product page: “USB-C output: (20W Power Delivery 3.0) DC 5V 2.4A, 9V 2.22A, 12V 1.67A; USB output: DC 5V 2.4A; Output power: 20W + 12W.”
So these would be OK for a smartphone, a tablet, or a Nintendo Switch (which will take 10+ W @ 5-15 V,) but that’s about it. A higher output supply (including 15 & 20 V) would be more versatile even if you did it all the time. Honestly this pair should probably be as low as 2-for-$10 to be a deal.
@Atomizer
Which is exactly what it is IF we use/have one of those handy dandy $5 off coupon codes from the IRK-athon!
Ah ha, it’s a win!
@Atomizer @Lynnerizer got an extra code to share?
@Atomizer I have found Chromebooks and MacBook Airs charge well if not quickly with similar chargers.
@Atomizer I would not advise you to use anything to charge a Nintendo Switch other than the AC charger that came with the Switch. Nintendo uses some weird internal charging standards that have, multiple times, caused Switches to fry when charged with what should otherwise be compatible USB-C adapters.
@sligett The Chromebook I’m using right now will indeed slowly charge at 20 W, but it came with a 45 W supply that works even better so that’s not exactly a ringing endorsement of the one on sale here.
@PooltoyWolf I’m aware of this. The short explanation was that a couple years ago, some users had their Switches in a 3rd party (Nyko IIRC) dock and during a system update a chip on the board was apparently damaged. A Youtuber (Spawn Wave) did a few videos about this including one where he replaced the chip and got his Switch working again.
That being said, while I haven’t heard a full explanation for why it happened in the first place, this doesn’t appear to be an issue anymore. The Switch basically is PD 2.0 compliant (it’ll charge from 5, 9, 12, & 15 V) and I’ve used mine with various power supplies with no issue. If you’re really concerned about it you could just unplug it before a system update, but beyond that using a non-OEM power supply shouldn’t be a problem.
@Atomizer I haven’t heard of any resolution to it and since I don’t have a need to use any other chargers, I am personally not taking chances.
@PooltoyWolf That’s correct, there hasn’t been a resolution because it’s not a real problem.
@Atomizer That is a very irresponsible statement to make. People said the same thing about Joy-Con drift…right up until it happened to them. There is no reason not to take precautions.
@PooltoyWolf No, it’s literally not a real problem, because while I don’t doubt a small number of users had some issue (perhaps that specific Switch update also did a firmware update to the chip that failed and bricked it,) it was very limited and that’s why you haven’t heard of it happening any time recently. You can certainly “take precautions,” but in this case they’re based on old rumors and not reality. Your Nintendo Switch is basically PD 2.0 compliant (the OEM AC adapter, if anything, is the part that’s not compliant based on the output profiles) and will charge just fine off of any USB power source from 5 to 15 V, and I can confirm that to you based on personal experience.
And the comparison to joystick drift isn’t even apropos; I’ve never even heard of anyone denying its existence, which is what you seem to be implying, and which is not the same as simply noting that it hasn’t happened to you. I personally haven’t had any joystick drift (which isn’t specific to Joy-cons, as many controllers use more or less the same ALPS parts) but I know how those switches are constructed and that they will wear out over time.
@Atomizer Is it your goal to get me to say it’s a bad thing to give people a bit of cautious advice concerning their $300 piece of hardware and their (arguably irreplaceable) game saves? Because if so, it’s not gonna happen. I really don’t understand why you seem hellbent on insisting it is impossible to damage a Switch console by using an incompatible charger or charging standard.
Again, your mileage may vary, but please do not attempt to downplay or invalidate what has been (and continues to be) an issue. I provided a gentle warning and I don’t see how your responses correlate.
(As for the Joy-Con drift comparison, my apologies if you weren’t present for the entire saga…there were many, MANY people all over the Internet claiming it was a hoax or wasn’t happening, because it hadn’t happened to them. Nowadays it is widely known and accepted as an issue, but in the beginning, tons of people genuinely thought it didn’t exist.)
@Atomizer @creativecstasy
No sorry, I don’t have any sharable codes.
So I will ask also, since there is not a clear answer, the description says “with cable”…4 questions:
Thanks! I really need a longer USB-C cable for my I-ad, the one that came with it seems like it is about 2 feet long! It might be 3, but definitely to long enough, I’d love to have 1-2 longer USB-C cable(s) to go with the blocks.
@jmrobinett Pretty sure there is NO cable.
@jmrobinett @pmarin correct, no cable with these.
@jmrobinett @troy Ahh…thanks, I see it’s « fixed » now.
Not sure where all my extra chargers are.
/image precious-gurgling-eye
ul listed?
@Surveyor Hahaha! Like it’d be an actual UL listing. These vendors just add their UL overlay like clipart. Why do you think Anker and Aukey get kicked off of Amazon? Next week they’ll be rebranded again AlkeL or Amkin Abkew
@caffeineguy Anker isn’t a paste-on label, and they have a long-running store on Amazon with a good rep.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/0BACFA34-E9FA-4D50-B79A-05526F7B0112/
@caffeineguy Also…
https://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-banned-accessories-brands-and-alternatives
And yes, Aukey was on that list.
I was actually looking to buy some chargers this week.
/giphy odd-handy-winter
Now that I have swapped out all my usb-a to usb-c cables with usb-c to usb-c cables, I just need to buy an USB-a male to usb-c female adapter to use one of the two ports on this block.
“Look outside on a stormy night and what do you see? Lightning. Power so strong it turns day into night.”
What’s wrong with this sentence?
@Trinityscrew It’s so strong it actually destroys the sun!
@Trinityscrew
@Trinityscrew I see the problem! It should read:
@Aspirant_Fool Auditioning for a job a a “meh” copywriter?
@Trinityscrew Are they hiring? Sure! Really though, “Look outside on a stormy night and what do you see?” is just a great writing prompt, and I had nothing to do this morning at work.
@Trinityscrew
Truth in advertising for this charger?
What cables does this include? C to C or A to C?
@wyk3d no cable included - sorry for the misinformation. Our warehouse verified this morning.
Aukey is my favorite sport, but this deal is ice cold.
Aukey customer service is awful. Picked up a few of their items from Amazon before they were ousted from the platform. I tried reaching out to them to warranty a battery pack and it was like a race to the bottom to see how awful their customer service could be. Stick with Anker instead.
Buy
@juliecompann Needs to have a slash in front of the word.
The description says “2-Pack Aukey Swift Chargers 20W+12W Dual-Port Cube Plug Power with Cable…”
I did not get a cable, did anyone else get a cable?
@caffeine_dude they specify that it doesn’t have a cable 4 posts above yours. It was a mistake in the listing.
@PHRoG I will reach out to customer service. I wonder why they didn’t put a correction in.
@caffeine_dude they updated the details of the item to show no cable. They couldn’t do it to the title as that’s pulled from the page name itself and would change the URL as shown below:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/2-pack-aukey-swift-chargers-20w12w-dual-port-cube-plug-power-with-cable
Since you honestly thought you were getting a cable though, reaching out to Customer Service is def the way to go.
@caffeine_dude Didn’t get a cable. Customer Service basically is telling me I didn’t read.