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Excellent Quick Charge 3.0 Car Charger - Just Please Understand What It Can And Can't Do
Edit: I am changing this review from a five star review to a four star review for just one reason. I have found that this charger seems to have difficulty remaining firmly in place in our Subaru's 12V receptacle. Very frequently it moves out enough so that contact is not being made, and our devices are not charging, but when this happens we are unaware that it has happened, so can't take the corrective action of pushing it firmly back in. This problem very well may not affect you and your car, but I wanted to at least mention it, and I thought it warranted the removal of one star.
Aukey has sent me a different model, which I have reviewed here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R1KWU7LCNBTQCU?ref_=glimp_1rv_cl
(The problem I mention above seems to be less significant with the model they sent as a replacement, but the problem is not completely eliminated. Please see the review above for the details if you like.)
Below is the review of this two-port model, as it appeared before this edit.
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This is an excellent Quick Charge 3.0 car charger that also has an additional port for basic 2.4 Amp charging. It will certainly charge your Quick Charge 3.0 (and Quick Charge 2.0 capable) devices as fast as the standards allow. I just want to make sure, in writing this review, that people reading it understand what Quick Charge 3.0 is and isn't. Because from reading some of the other reviews, it is pretty clear that there are some misconceptions.
Only a very few devices out there right now take advantage of the Quick charge 3.0 standard. You can find a list of them, as of April 2, on Qualcomm's site.
There are seven phone models on that list. (More are being introduced all the time, of course. For example, my phone--the HTC 10, which is a Quick Charge 3.0 device--is not on that list, as the list came out before the phone did.)
That list from Qualcomm also shows which devices can take advantage of Quick Charge 2.0, a standard this car charger can also provide. There are a lot more of those devices on the list. (I counted sixty-nine.)
Here's the thing: every one of those Quick Charge devices is an Android smart phone or tablet. Apple devices are not Quick Charge devices! That's not to say this charger won't do a great job of charging your Apple devices. It certainly will. It just isn't going to charge them any faster than any other charger capable of supplying 2.4 Amps (for Apple devices that can accept 2.4 Amps - some accept less than that.)
If you've been using a 1.0 Amp charger to charge your iPhone 6s or your iPad, and you switch to this charger, then sure, your phone or iPad will charge much faster. But that has nothing to do with the Quick Charge technology, and everything to do with the increased amps this charger is providing your phone.
I apologize if you are one of the people reading this review thinking, "Yeah, yeah, I already knew all this", but I really felt the need to explain it, because from reading other reviews it was clear there's a lot of confusion out there. I certainly want people to purchase this car charger if it is the right car charger for them, and if they are buying it for the right reasons. I just don't want to see someone who is already charging their Apple devices with a 2.4 Amp charger buying this one because of the Quick Charge 3.0 in the description, thinking it is going to charge their Apple devices faster, because it just isn't going to do that.
Another issue to be aware of is the charge cable. This charger ships with a USB A to Micro USB cable. I was not able to test the Quick Charging ability of this cable, as my phone is a USB Type C phone. To take advantage of the full capabilities of Quick Charge 3.0, you'll need a high quality, fairly heavy gauge cable, so please bear that in mind.
This is not a particularly low profile charger. I had actually purchased two of these, and had to return one, because it was too large to fit in one of my car's 12V receptacle and allow a console cover to close over it.
If you're going to buy this charger, buy it for the right reasons. It's from Aukey, so you know it is going to last. It is clearly well-designed, and put together well. The Quick Charge port certainly meets the Qualcomm Quick Charge standards. This is a great, top of the line car charger, and you won't go wrong buying it. Just make sure that if you do, you buy it for the right reasons!
(I'll add that though I have occasionally received products at a discount in exchange for honest, unbiased reviews, I paid full price for this car charger from Aukey because I've recently acquired a Quick Charge 3.0 capable phone. I've written this review just to help my fellow tech enthusiasts, and perhaps those less enthusiastic who may have just stumbled across this item and need a little extra information on how it works.)
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May 2016 · Unknown · verified purchase