Testing The Xiaomi 100W Type-C Car Charger - Voltlog #355

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[dleivam]

Thank you, your review was awesome and it was just what I need it. I also have a lenovo x1 laptop and I wanted to be able to charge it on my car, but I hadn't found any useful nor reliable information about this charger, but your video was great. You now have a new subscriber.

[MrLaloman]

This special 100w car charger by Xiaomi (the Apple of China) is a true 100w power delivery. It is specially made for Xiaomi phones capable of charging 120w feature and it truly delivers. Got it and tested it for my Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G 120w phone and when connected into my cigarette lighter in my BMW, the phone suddenly displays "100w MAX" charging speeds. The cable's inside the type C connections is orange color and it has a special pin layout that when connected to a supported Xiaomi phone it will trigger the signal to the charger to start charging at full 100W speed.

Also Baseus and Essager both a under division of Xiaomi also make very high quality chargers and cables top notch electronics certified with Xiaomi's premium quality and QC in every product and at very cheap prices!

[brookerobertson]

Thank you for the link to the charger tear down website.. Will be spending some time looking at that later... Very interesting.. thanks

[dreamcat]

yes! please review the uni-t hand held thermal camera. thanks!

[AttilaAsztalos]

If the case is aluminium, does that mean that the only thing preventing a direct short on the input pins is the anodization...? Also, it would be interesting to see a video explaining architecturally inherent efficiency differences between buck and boost converters.

[RicH]

Thank you for such an in-depth review! Not being able to reach the total advertised 100W is a bummer. I expected it to be reach at least 60W for the USB C PD :(

[andkirby]

Awesome testing!
Here are other ones:
- Baseus Car Charger USB+USB-C Together Cigarette 120W
- Baseus Share Together PPS with extension cord 120 W

Do you have some tests for them?...

[BoHolbo]

For a proper soak test of these chargers, an obvious choice would be to use that thermal camera to look at not just the PSU’s, but also the cables under the high load! 😎

[ashton]

I have this charger and it is great. This and my ugreen (which was more expensive) are the only car chargers I've personally come across that will step-up voltage to do 20V output with 12V input, and so are able to charge my Asus Zenbook OLED, though only at ~45W with PD as you observed.

My Poco F5 Pro, though phone itself is 67w max, is able to get full speed charging through it. However Xiaomi/Poco use a proprietary protocol to do this which they make quite unclear. Though that is why the manual states that only their devices can utilize the full capability of the charger.

It is not USB-PD nor PPS, so the usual trigger devices will not be able to activate this full power mode. When it is running in USB-PD mode, which is indicated by the charger glowing blue (glows orange in Xiaomi full power mode), it is presumably "supposed" to be capped at 45W (the typical 20V - 2.25A), but has a bit of extra headroom before the protection trips.

They also explicitly say to use the included cable because their protocol requires an extra pin and wire to work. A regular USB 2.0 C-C cable (4 wire) can't trigger the full power mode, however I have a Aukey USB 3.0 C-C that will, presumably as it's a 9 wire so it does connect the extra pin (and then some).

[chrisg]

I'd love to see a review of the Thermal Imaging Camera. I'm currently looking to buy one and juggling which is best in terms of performance, price, software updates, warranty etc.

[lakshminarayanaaithal]

Can we expect a future detail video on Type-C PD like through datasheet and handshake process?

[DigiTechTools]

Thank you for your review, some of the chargers that support 20V, deliver the peak watt only when they connect to 24V input, but they don't mention that in specs.
the other problem it didn't see any official inpormation that this charger support PD 3.0 so it may not be suitable for iPhone iPads or Macs.

[G]

Try running this device at something a typical nominal 24V automotive electrical system (e.g. on commercial style trucks). If this device can't safely run at a constant 30V input voltage without major issues, it's technically NOT suitable for nominal 24V automotive applications. Cars charge at between 14V to 15V regularly nowadays when there's not enough load to overwhelm the alternator and enough engine RPM (typical max output rpm is around 3000rpm IIRC). For a 24V system, it's reasonable to expect voltages to max out at just under 30V.

[iZacq]

Nice 👍🏻
Can both these Car & Wall plug chargers, charge 2 phones at 25w each ?
Like 2 Samsung phones
Thank you

[CristiIstrate]

Please review the thermal camera if you can.

[walterjfranck]

Great video.. Maybe you should describe performance with internal components. And if that have good quality like generics vs apple chargers .. This is a very little charger for 100w if they really can get it

[danielegger]

You don't need to worry about burning cables; without eMarker chip the output is limited to 60W. You don't need PPS to get to 100W, just a proper cable.

[yersonjhojancondorcondor]

Gracias. Agradecido por tan valioso vídeo.

[dannysdrone]

안녕하세요!
5s 용으로 구매하였지만 4s로 사용하고 싶은데 0옴 저항이 없습니다 ㅠㅠ
그냥 전선으로 점프시켜도 될까요?

[glennjv]

what do i check to know if the car charger has a boost circuit? (12v to 20V PD) there are a lot of car chargers being sold that it says its capable of 20V but most sellers won't mention that it needs a 24v supply. (so its a step down not a boost)