The Anker Prime 100W Charger is a compact, three-port gallium nitride (GaN) wall charger that can replace the block that came with your laptop, smartphone, and tablet and charge all three devices simultaneously. It supplies a total of 100 watts through two USB-C ports and one USB-A port, enough to fully charge a 14-inch MacBook Pro with a single cord, while providing sufficient power for a smartphone and a pair of earbuds on the remaining two ports. It’s easy to take with you on the go as its folded prongs fit flush against the body of the charger, so they won’t catch onto anything else in the interior of a laptop sleeve or backpack pocket.
Make your way to Amazon to get the Anker Prime 100W Charger for just $40, down from its usual price of $70. That’s a $30 discount and 43% off.
A powerful charger to help juice up your devices faster and more efficiently
GaN is short for gallium nitride, the semiconductor material that has enabled chargers to get dramatically smaller over the past few years without losing power. The Anker Prime 100W Charger is roughly 43 percent smaller than the original 96W charger Apple shipped with the MacBook Pro, so you get the same charging speeds in a package that takes up about half the space in your bag. At 1.7 by 1.1 by 2.7 inches and six ounces, it’s barely bigger than a box of TicTacs.
Each of the two USB-C ports can deliver a full 100 watts on its own, which is rare even on more expensive chargers. A 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M3 Pro chip will go from 0 to 50 percent in about 30 minutes on a single USB-C port using fast charging. The USB-A port is rated for up to 22.5 watts and supports older accessories, cables, and devices that still use the legacy connector.
When you plug multiple devices into the charger at once, it automatically splits its 100 watts across the ports. Powering a laptop, a phone, and a pair of wireless earbuds at the same time is the whole point, and the Anker Prime handles the split well enough that everything keeps charging at a reasonable speed instead of crawling to a halt.
Anker’s ActiveShield 2.0 system monitors internal temperatures and adjusts power output if anything starts running too hot. The prongs are thicker than those on older Anker models to stay firmly seated in a wall outlet, and the internal structure is built to withstand the kind of drops that happen when you yank the charger out of a wall by the cable. Anker backs it with a 24-month warranty.
The Anker Prime 100W Charger is on sale for $40, down from the usual $70. A single brick this small that can run a MacBook Pro, a phone, and a set of earbuds replaces a drawer full of mismatched adapters with one small piece of hardware that fits in a coat pocket. Once you’ve used one, buying individual chargers for new devices starts to feel like a waste.
