Voltme Revo 100W GaN Charger Review – MBReviews | Tech Lance

Contemplating that loads of laptops can now be charged by way of USB-C, then a charger such because the Voltme Revo 100W that may deal with the next output than the common chargers is just about a necessity. And moreover the higher output, there are a number of extra benefits that the brand new GaN chargers have over the normal ones. Fist of all, the gadgets could be far smaller, regardless of providing 100W+ energy output and a number of ports.

Secondly, regardless of their very compact measurement, these chargers don’t get too sizzling. That’s as a result of the vitality isn’t wasted as a lot as on the normal chargers, resulting in far much less warmth being misplaced. Now right here’s the factor, Apple has launched its personal GaN charger that competes very nicely in each output and worth with the third-party gadgets, so why not go along with the model with a greater PR? I suppose the perfect purpose can be that the charger solely has one port out there, so you may solely join one machine at a time, whereas the Voltme Revo 100W and different chargers can energy up a number of gadgets on the similar time.

Moreover, it’s value mentioning that to date just about all third-party chargers have been capable of present a clear, near perfect output, so there is no such thing as a danger of damaging a wise machine such because the MacBook Professional. The Voltme Revo 100W is a compact charger that has a plastic case lined by a black matte end and it does measure 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.3 inches (6.6 x 6.3 x 3.3cm), so it’s just a bit bit bigger than the Alxum and Baseus 100W GaN chargers, however smaller than the UGreen 100W charger.

The producer determined towards leaving the case fully flat and added a faint sample on the edges which I suppose differentiates the machine from the remaining. When you’ve got the US-based charger, then the plug shall be retractable, so it’s extremely straightforward to hold round in a bag and even in a pocket – and it’s fairly the feat contemplating the 100W output. The non-US variations are a bit bigger for the reason that plug protrudes outwards and it’s not retractable.

On the opposite aspect of the Voltme Revo 100W charger, there are three USB ports and, instantly after connecting the machine to an influence supply, an LED will gentle up above the ports (it has an attention-grabbing three-line sample).

The highest-most port is a USB-A which may ship as much as 60W so long as it’s the one port that’s in use, in any other case, the USB-C may have precedence. That being mentioned, there are two USB-C ports and a single one can output as much as the utmost 100W, however, when used on the similar time, the USB-C1 (the one with the Energy Supply icon) will output solely 65W, whereas the second USB-C port will get restricted to 30W. The identical will occur while you use each the primary USB-C and the USB-A port, however, in case you cost gadgets utilizing all three ports, then the producer says that the output can be 65W + 24W.

I assume that the latter is for the USB-A, whereas the previous is shared between the 2 USB-C ports, however I’ll check it myself to see what they really meant. Earlier than transferring ahead, I would like to say that each the USB-C ports can output 5/9/12/15V at 3A and 20V at 5A. The USB-C output is 4.5/9/12/15V at 3A and 20V at 3A, so similar to the USB-C ports (these are the best values that should be reached by the charger). Now let’s try the precise efficiency of the Voltme Revo 100W.

The very first thing that I checked is whether or not including a brand new cable to one of many free ports would pause the connection of an energetic port. And it did. If I linked or disconnected any cable from any port, the charging would pause for a short second for any current connection. However there may be extra. With some GaN chargers, I noticed that even when I used to be to attach a single cable, with out charging something, the ports would robotically pause after which act as if a brand new machine was added.

However that’s not likely the case with the Voltme Revo 100W which is nice information because you received’t must trouble eradicating cables, nevertheless it’s very unusually carried out and fairly inconsistent. Principally, it does so by disconnecting and reconnecting a tool a number of instances. For instance, whereas I used to be charging up a laptop computer, as quickly as I linked a second cable after which rapidly disconnected it, the ability to the laptop computer was paused and resumed about 5 instances. If the gadgets that you just’re powering up have an internal battery, it’s not that huge of a deal, however something that requires steady energy won’t work nicely with the Voltme Revo 100W.

That being mentioned, when a 13-inch 2017 MacBook Professional was linked to both of the 2 USB-C ports, these have been the stats revealed by a small multi-meter: 19.73V and about 57W.

I’ve no machine that might push the Voltme Revo 100W to the utmost, however we nonetheless get an concept about what to anticipate. Additionally, I checked the temperature administration and as you may see from the picture, it does get barely heated up, however nonetheless pretty respectable contemplating the ability output.

After connecting one other machine (an iPhone) to the secondary USB-C port, it didn’t actually change that a lot, so long as the output didn’t exceed 30W (and in my case, it didn’t).

I additionally checked the USB-A port and because of the limitations of my multi-meter, the output was solely 5V and 11.7 watts, however I’ve little doubt that it could possibly do extra. Earlier than wrapping the whole lot up, know that the Voltme Revo 100W does have built-in safety towards overheating, short-circuit and over voltage. Whereas the Voltme Revo 100W GaN charger doesn’t include cable into the package deal, I did obtain a USB-C to USB-C cable which was very versatile (jogged my memory of the Thunderbolt cables) and had metallic connectors + some safety towards tearing.