Quick Look: Chargeasap Zeus 270 W GaN Wall Charger

[VSG]

Chargeasap adds to its high-efficiency GaN charging accessories portfolio with the Zeus 270 W wall charger that claims to be the world's smallest such charging unit and also promises faster charging rates compared to silicon-based OEM offerings. It can charge up to four devices simultaneously and has an integrated OLED display for real-time performance metrics too.

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[Space Lynx]

this might be a dumb question, but I have always wondered why these small device OLED panels, lots of stuff have them... never get OLED burn in? even though they are constantly on and stagnant images most of the time. must be something I am missing

this looks like an awesome product though. especially for people who travel internationally

 

[wheresmycar]

I bought a similar 4-port ~65w charger for £50 which gets the job done fine for the 65w-laptop/tablet/phones when on the move... i would have fancied this ~270w unit had it been available at the time which would have resolved running short on power for fast charging when adding multiple devices. $219 @ the planned retail price is a repellant

 

[Space Lynx]

I bought a similar 4-port ~65w charger for £50 which gets the job done fine for the 65w-laptop/tablet/phones when on the move... i would have fancied this ~270w unit had it been available at the time which would have resolved running short on power for fast charging when adding multiple devices. $219 @ the planned retail price is a repellant

are there adapters you buy for type c charging on a laptop? or does your laptop have to be native type c? cause my work laptop has its own plug one of the round thing power plugs. so that means an adapter like this would not be of any use to me correct?

 

[VSG]

are there adapters you buy for type c charging on a laptop? or does your laptop have to be native type c? cause my work laptop has its own plug one of the round thing power plugs. so that means an adapter like this would not be of any use to me correct?

Your laptop will need to support charging over USB Type-C for this to help. A lot of newer laptops allow it on top of the round plug you mentioned, although they may be limited to 65-95 W charging in some cases.

this might be a dumb question, but I have always wondered why these small device OLED panels, lots of stuff have them... never get OLED burn in? even though they are constantly on and stagnant images most of the time. must be something I am missing

this looks like an awesome product though. especially for people who travel internationally

These displays don't get bright enough to really burn in. They don't have a lot of pixels in the first place so the burn-in effects are also not as obvious I guess.

 

[Chrispy_]

Impressive, but I'm not in the market for a 270W charger. Surely there's a middle ground between the typical 15-20W chargers and this? My laptop has a 45W USB-C brick and I'd maybe like a USB to charge a phone too.

 

[VSG]

Impressive, but I'm not in the market for a 270W charger. Surely there's a middle ground between the typical 15-20W chargers and this? My laptop has a 45W USB-C brick and I'd maybe like a USB to charge a phone too.

There are plenty of chargers in the middle ground from the likes of Chargeasap and Ugreen/Ravpower etc.

 

[Chrispy_]

this might be a dumb question, but I have always wondered why these small device OLED panels, lots of stuff have them... never get OLED burn in?

Mono OLED, 1-bit panel.
Burn in is most prevalent in blue OLEDs, and even then it manifest as a dimming of the blue relative to other colours. For an on/off OLED display, the burn in is barely noticeable even if the degradation would be horrific on an 8-bit or 10-bit panel.

There are plenty of chargers in the middle ground from the likes of Chargeasap and Ugreen/Ravpower etc.

Hmm, yeah - I've been trying to stop funding Bezos but the minute I use amazon there are tons of options like you say.

are there adapters you buy for type c charging on a laptop? or does your laptop have to be native type c? cause my work laptop has its own plug one of the round thing power plugs. so that means an adapter like this would not be of any use to me correct?

Barrel plugs are as dumb as they come. Specific voltage DC with no smarts; Probably somewhere between 14.5V and 20V.
Unfortunately your laptop (like my old laptop) is the dumb variety. Unless you also have the USB power delivery icon next to one of your USB-C ports, it's the landfill-ready bespoke AC adapter fo you.

 

[R-T-B]

this might be a dumb question, but I have always wondered why these small device OLED panels, lots of stuff have them... never get OLED burn in? even though they are constantly on and stagnant images most of the time. must be something I am missing

this looks like an awesome product though. especially for people who travel internationally

It's hard to burn in a subpixel of a literal black and white panel.

 

[dgianstefani]

It's hard to burn in a subpixel of a literal black and white panel.

I don't think it's black and white, but also agree with the general sentiment about burn in not really being a major concern.

Impressive, but I'm not in the market for a 270W charger. Surely there's a middle ground between the typical 15-20W chargers and this? My laptop has a 45W USB-C brick and I'd maybe like a USB to charge a phone too.

I'm very pleased with my Anker GanPrime 735 - charges my laptop and phone, 2x Type C and 1x Type A, 65 W.

 

[R-T-B]

I don't think it's black and white, but also agree with the general sentiment about burn in not really being a major concern.

Different sections of the display may be set/colored differently but are they actually able to change color? Otherwise my point stands.

 

[GreiverBlade]

not a fan of Charegeasap ... their indiegogo for the Flash powerbank was quite ...

well, they seems dodgy, you say they are from Sidney, Indiegogo always mentioned Los Angeles, and deeper search gave other result ... (not my research)

plus they had "revolutionary" cable to sell too ...

well .. i have a Ravpower, a Baseus 30W 4 port with LED voltage/Amp screen and a 4Smarts 30W chargers, not in the market for a GaN charger but if i were ... Chargeasap would not be on my wishlist ... Anker and other would do just fine.


i prefer to rely on established brand that sell "non revolutionary" gears but that still inovate while not needing Kickstarter/Indiegogo campaign (which i often saw laden with discussion about issues on delivery/product and so on ... which were answered, or not, with textbook copypasta answers of appology and sometime questioning like "did you really do what you did you said." )

(for powerbank i keep my Omnicharge Omni 20+ 220V/100W powerbank that i got for the same price asked for their original Flash, but including a carry case and some accessories ( i do realise they did a crowdfunding campaign for the Omni 20 but later product never needed one iirc unlike Chargeasap) )

 

[wheresmycar]

are there adapters you buy for type c charging on a laptop? or does your laptop have to be native type c? cause my work laptop has its own plug one of the round thing power plugs. so that means an adapter like this would not be of any use to me correct?

I've got a LG GRAM with TYPE-C battery charging (native) + same C port TB3 support for various video interfaces. It's my first Type-C charging laptop... and so far - sooo good!!

 

[thewan]

I have an Omega 200w. I can't say im a fan of the quality of the plastics in this thing. The build quality could be better and sturdier for the price. Functionality wise, no complaints, charges my dell laptop with at 95w, verified in the Dell Bios which says what charger you plug in. My dell laptop comes with a 135w barrel charger though so type c charging is slower, but convenient, and 95w is enough for some heavy work that is not heavy gaming. I can plug in my phone and powerbank on the side and all of them charges at full speed. How well it holds up i wouldn't know, I just got mine recently. Cant really blame them because covid is a thing. Better late than never.

I would say these things are purely convenience and to reduce bulk for travel. Buying these to save money is dumb because to keep costs down, some build quality sacrifices might be made. And to have so much heat concentrated in a small area, there is no magic to help with that. these things will die faster. Either you buy them because you need them for a lot of travel or lack of space and plug points, or just stick to the usuals single or dual port chargers. those last way longer for the price you pay. then again, ewaste is a thing.

Impressive, but I'm not in the market for a 270W charger. Surely there's a middle ground between the typical 15-20W chargers and this? My laptop has a 45W USB-C brick and I'd maybe like a USB to charge a phone too.

270w is total support charging across all its ports. Its maximum power is 140w for those newfangled macbooks that charge 140w over type-c magsafe. multichargers target a different market, mostly travellers with multiple devices, and you want to save weight and space buy only bringing a single charger to charge your phone, laptop, tablet, camera, powerbank, whatever.
we need to know what wattage your phone needs, for example if your phone charges at 30w, and you have a 45w laptop, you need a 100w multicharger at minimum. buying a 65w charger will not work well for your setup.

well, they seems dodgy, you say they are from Sidney, Indiegogo always mentioned Los Angeles, and deeper search gave other result ... (not my research)

Companies have always been multinational. They are from Sydney just as mentioned on their website. Who says they cannot have their US branch manage their indiegogo campaign? Are you people so close minded? Xenophobic much?

are there adapters you buy for type c charging on a laptop? or does your laptop have to be native type c? cause my work laptop has its own plug one of the round thing power plugs. so that means an adapter like this would not be of any use to me correct?

Your laptop will need to support charging over USB Type-C for this to help. A lot of newer laptops allow it on top of the round plug you mentioned, although they may be limited to 65-95 W charging in some cases.

Yes there are converters from type c to the various barrel plugs for different laptop manufacturers. For now most(all?) of those are limited to 100w so if you have a laptop that uses more than 100w, you should avoid them. More than 100w support may come soon when more >100w chargers arrive on the market. There are some dubious looking ones, and there are proper branded ones so pick well to try them out.
I'm not gonna recommend any as I haven't use them before, I don't have laptops that use less than 100w sadly. Use google and amazon and whatever you guys use to determine its quality and safety.

Barrel plugs are as dumb as they come. Specific voltage DC with no smarts; Probably somewhere between 14.5V and 20V.
Unfortunately your laptop (like my old laptop) is the dumb variety. Unless you also have the USB power delivery icon next to one of your USB-C ports, it's the landfill-ready bespoke AC adapter fo you.

Yes barrel plugs are dumb, but those type c to barrel adapters will have their own conversion chips in them to do all their magic. Or maybe the smarts is on the charger side. I wouldn't know. Again established brands exist, if it doesn't work, they wouldn't make em. Im not talking about your aliexpress special.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Companies have always been multinational. They are from Sydney just as mentioned on their website. Who says they cannot have their US branch manage their indiegogo campaign? Are you people so close minded? Xenophobic much?

i'm the opposite of xenophobic to be frank (for individual i don't care, well i still care for culture and history which are enriching, from where you come as long as i get along with you) ...but it's not only that... it's a combination of what i saw about them on FB (and their answer to my comments/questions) but it was a long time ago, maybe they've changed ... don't know, but they still make in my "no go" list anyway.

 

[Chrispy_]

Different sections of the display may be set/colored differently but are they actually able to change color? Otherwise my point stands.

The pixels look to be monochrome.
Monochrome =! Black & White

 

[R-T-B]

The pixels look to be monochrome.
Monochrome =! Black & White

Wrong wording was used, yes. Same end point though.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

The fact it can charge multiple laptops is a major selling point. I'm still in need of a solution for charging multiple chromebooks at once from a single plug (and its from an power strip so I cant use a second one).

 

[randychan]

As a proud owner(3 months now) of chargeasap's omega 200w charger that's powerful and versatile with it's 4 ports that's serving all my charging needs well while still being small and light enough to be portable and wall mountable, you can bet the Zeus 270w with 4 ports is a significant upgrade for those who need even more than 200w as well as those who need a 140w port which the Zeus has. And in addition, the Zeus is virtually the same size and weight as the omega thus making it portable and wall mountable which is saying a lot and should make the Zeus charger a top rated charger on the market.