These days, we’re noticing a somewhat disturbing trend amongst smartphone makers where they are slowly but surely starting to ditch the chargers that are typically bundled with their phones.
In all fairness, over the years we’ve accumulated many chargers and with USB-A and USB-C chargers becoming pretty much the standard, it’s not hard to find a charger that you can use to charge your phone with.
But the problem with chargers from back in the day is that charging tech back then was still relatively slow, meaning that instead of taking an hour to charge your phone, you could end up spending 2-3 hours, if not longer. This is where most smartphone makers get you, where they’ll be happy to sell you their fast chargers, but it comes at a premium.
The good news is that maybe you don’t have to pay a hefty price for fast charging. In fact, the good folks over at Cirtek are selling a 20W USB-C wall charger that’s small enough to fit in your pocket if you wish.
This means that if you work outside a lot, you can easily pop the charger into your pocket, backpack, or a pouch and not worry about it weighing you down or adding unnecessary bulk. According to Cirtek, its charger is 50% smaller compared to Apple’s own iPhone 12 USB-C charger, which in all fairness is already relatively small, but if you can go smaller and more portable, we’re not complaining!
That’s a pretty affordable price tag and at $9.99, you can easily buy yourself a couple of them and keep some of them at work or even different areas of your house so you don’t need to keep plugging and unplugging the charger whenever you need it.
It offers 3x charging speeds compared to regular 5W charging adapters, which means that for iPhone users, it will go from 0% to 50% in just 30 minutes, and 40 minutes for the iPhone 12 Pro Max. There is also support for QC3.0 and PD3.0.
According to Cirtek, the phones and accessories compatible with its charger include:
They also use technology that helps to distribute voltage, and it has also been ETL, FCC, CE, and ROHS certificated. Ultimately this means that you can charge your devices safely knowing that there are safety measures put into place to prevent it from overheating or short-circuiting.
At a price tag $9.99 after the 50% discount, we have to say that it really doesn’t get any more better value for money than this. The small form factor and the fast charging speeds combined with the super cheap price tag really makes this a deal that’s too good to pass up on.
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