Sanho Corporation's HYPER brand today is announcing general availability of its HyperJuice USB-C charger, which it bills as the world's first 100-watt charger that uses gallium nitride (GaN) technology for a more compact design.
The new 100W HyperJuice GaN charger is a four-port charger with two USB-C ports capable of delivering up to 100 watts and two USB-A ports delivering up to 18 watts. The charger's intelligent power system will balance delivery to multiple devices, up to the maximum total of 100 watts.
The HyperJuice GaN charger raised over $3.3 million between crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, and with nearly all of those crowdfunded pre-orders having shipped out, the charger is now available for general sale.
The HyperJuice has about the same footprint as a credit card, although substantially thicker, measuring 85.3 x 60.8 x 28.9 mm and weighing 208 grams. Folding prongs for U.S. outlets are built into the charger, but Type G and Type C adapters are included for compatibility with outlets in other countries such as in Europe.
The HyperJuice 100W GaN Charger has a recommended price of $99.99 and is available now through Hyper Shop, B&H Photo, and other retailers.
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Top Rated Comments
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* The travel adapters are quite flimsy and don't grip very well so using it in a non-US socket (I live in the UK) doesn't work great
* I knocked the charger (yes my fault) and it sparked and will no longer charge without being held at an angle, which usually causes it to slip out of the travel adapter. I think the terminals are either cheap or too close together because they're now visibly burnt, something that's never happened with other chargers I've knocked
* Very minor but the USB-A ports are upside down, so it makes inserting a charging cable frustrating
It works fine when only my Macbook Pro 16" is plugged in. If anything else is plugged in, including a dinky Apple watch, things get all muddled. It'll charge and stop charging or just charge at a very slow rate. It completely defeats the purpose of having multiple ports because I end up unplugging all my items from it so my laptop can charge. Sometimes just leaving the USB-C - Lightning cable plugged with no iPad or iPhone connected will throw off laptop charging.
Read the comments on kickstarter. I believe the charger has an inherent design flaw rather than just a defect although one guy had his USB-C port burn out on his Macbook Pro.
Customer service took 5 days to tell me to unplug and plug it back in. They would offer to take it back but I'd have to mail it to China and wait another 6 months for another one? What a joke.