@phendrick I have an earlier version of the black one. That was how I verified that a good many of the USB-A sockets and plugs were capable of a lot more current delivery than the amounts specified in the various USB standards, and some of these were nominally just USB2.0-compliant. Some power sources happily pushed over 6A through one. But the amount that must be made available in order to meet the applicable USB spec for the connection is, of course, more modest. People assume that because the spec says “2.4A” or “3.0A”, that’s all the hardware will support, end to end. In the case of the USB-A connection itself, mais non, this is not inherently true. OTOH, the USB-C connector is probably going to get a trifle warm if you try to shove any more than 6A through it; they achieve the high wattage under the PD specs by cranking the voltage up, all the way to 20V for the 100W output.
@phendrick And I’m not shocked that Anker was the only one not lying.
Just under 2% actual vs claimed light output is still less hyperludicrous than the claims for pocket lasers on Wish dot com, though. 99,000,000 lumens from something that will fit in your pocket. Yeah, right.
I was curious about that meter shown during the charging. I found this, for anyone interested:
https://www.amazon.com/DROK-Voltage-Current-Display-Capacity/dp/B07FL5Y821/ref=sr_1_1_sspa
@phendrick I have an earlier version of the black one. That was how I verified that a good many of the USB-A sockets and plugs were capable of a lot more current delivery than the amounts specified in the various USB standards, and some of these were nominally just USB2.0-compliant. Some power sources happily pushed over 6A through one. But the amount that must be made available in order to meet the applicable USB spec for the connection is, of course, more modest. People assume that because the spec says “2.4A” or “3.0A”, that’s all the hardware will support, end to end. In the case of the USB-A connection itself, mais non, this is not inherently true. OTOH, the USB-C connector is probably going to get a trifle warm if you try to shove any more than 6A through it; they achieve the high wattage under the PD specs by cranking the voltage up, all the way to 20V for the 100W output.
I’m shocked – shocked, I say – that Amazon would aid and abet such shenanigans.
@phendrick And I’m not shocked that Anker was the only one not lying.
Just under 2% actual vs claimed light output is still less hyperludicrous than the claims for pocket lasers on Wish dot com, though. 99,000,000 lumens from something that will fit in your pocket. Yeah, right.
@werehatrack “Yeah, right.” Classic example of two positives that make a negative.
I learned it as “Yeah, sure” from some of my physics major friends.
Amazingly, the not-quite-a-brand-name-mainly-sold-at-Amazon impact wrenches aren’t all as awful.
(I watch PF every Sunday and TTC every Friday.)
@blaineg I just did LOL, for real.
@blaineg @Kyeh I expected it to be just silly, and funny. My expectations were far exceeded.