USB car chargers from 5 watts to 165 watts reviewed and tested

USB Car Chargers from 5 watts to 165 watts reviewed and tested

This is a whirlwind of USB car adapters, too much too fast. No explanations, no thought or production value. Anyway, if you watched it: Thanks for watching! I can do better. I struggled to find the point of this video. Let me know if you found it.

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00:00 The waffle introduction
01:50 165W Wotobeus
03:39 The others – 11 of them
06:30 GRAPH time (fonts too small)
10:45 Final Comments

[GordLamb]

Man I wish you could review literally everything I want to spend money on. Your videos are concentrated wisdom.

[danieldestefano]

Thanks again for answering my silly questions, I think I'm getting a good understanding of things and what to look for. Don't remember if I used the affiliate link when I purchased so here ya go! Well deserved and I appreciate your time

[JoaoMarcK]

I can confirm that the Baseus 160W can pop a fuse, it did on my car when charging a Powerbank at 100w and charging two phones at the same time... stupid me...

[LGNilsson]

Why would you want to call your company Woe to be us? 🤷‍♂

[mind_]

I think I might be crazy or something, I don't think I'll every buy too many chargers but I love your videos. I'm definitely watching them whenever they come out. They're great!

[sorappoli]

Could you do more tests with more of these types of chargers? I'd love to see ones you find that you think would be good/decent and test them and let us know of the best ones. I don't use a car charger but that's because I just have no idea what's good and what's not. So if you make a video like this it'd be really helpful to not only myself, but to a lot of other people I imagine. :D

[TommyThousandFaces]

The puns are off the charts in this review, love it! I'll reference this guide if I'm ever gonna need a car charger over 10W. I didn't buy one because they also tend to warm up the phone quite a bit and there's no place in a car, beside the climate control vents, where a phone can stay cool.

[vandalpaulius]

As always great video! I have the Baseus 100w. It gets warm, but so far it works

[brendan]

i have the 160w and i use it like crazy. normally being used to charge my laptop (100w) or my anker prime 27, 650 (140w). my favorite part of it is that each port has its own seperate line. no more dropping two ports to 5v if they’re both in use.

[bbsaget]

I've been using that Wotobeus 120W for a while now, though not at close to its max power. Now, I might consider switching to something like that Satechi 72W if it has PPS for Samsung Super Fast Charging (couldn't tell from the video if it does or not).

I don't have to worry about idle consumption because my car (2019 Ford Fusion) and a lot of other modern cars have power management built into the various modules and can turn off the power to the 12V port when the car has been off for some time.

[farral]

Thanks man. In actually looking for one right now so the video will be useful.
Also thanks for all the other videos that proved to be helpful when choosing +100W power banks and GaN chargers

[nich-kosi]

You actually want to know why the EPR didn’t work on the wotobeus? It’s the design of 12-24v car chargers and the cigarette system - 20 volts is below 24, but 28 is over, which is why it was tripping, even when the voltage boost is working. The whole thing wasn’t built for 28 volts at all

[Philthese]

Crazy I was just trying to find a new car charger! Thank you

[ContraVsGigi]

After a few years of no-name ones, I've changed to a Samsung "car" charger and never looked back since. 2 ports but the main differemce from the other ones is that it is stable. Changed 3 or 4 cars but kept the charger.

[rufixorg]

I use the same Anker A2229 charger - works fine. Only downside - not enough amps on USB-C port to charge laptop (Lenovo T470). If laptop's battery is almost flat, charger struggle's to charge it.

[frp]

I've been using the 160 watt Baseus for at least a year now. It pulls device charging duty including running\charging my Dell Precision laptop. Never an issue even in the Arizona summer however I've never maxed it out. I'd estimate 120 watts continuous without complaint

[evolor]

I am here for the unboxing struggle and I got it, thx :)

[adalbert_]

Could you elaborate a bit more on what is wrong with 30W Belkin? I’ve had it for a while but your review suggests it’s a subpar product. Great video as always!

[veraxis]

A small bit of feedback: since you mention the idle power quite a bit, and that seems like a relevant metric for these, it might have been good to show those numbers with the individual cards, or show the graph with all of them earlier. I only own a low-power USB-A type charger for my car, but now you have me wondering what the idle power is.

[snusmumriken]

Help! :) I've been struggling with a bizarre USB car charger issue in my car. I keep one permanently connected alongside an AUX cord, and a Belkin device that bonds both to a single USB-C cable for my phone. This means there's a connection between the car charger and the AUX input all the time. Recently I got all new chargers and cables with a new phone, and also changed which cigarette outlet it's connected to (my car has two). Now, I noticed that there is an audio hum over the stereo that correlates to engine RPM, but only when there's no phone connected (I assume this is a grounding issue). When I step on the gas, the AUX audio hum also increases. When a phone is connected, problem goes away. I'm trying to figure out where in the chain this problem is coming from. My first guess is my charger is contributing to this. My question - if my goal is to eliminate this audio hum, could one of these features such as voltage ripple suppression or charging modes help? I want the charger to be as electrically "quiet" as possible when not charging so as to not cause audio problems. Any advice would be appreciated!