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Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by mulmen »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #5
aembleton wrote: post #4

Big Clive, who makes these videos does some brilliant tear-downs. I recommend watching his other videos.

Big Clive is _the_ channel for teardowns of everyday electronic stuff. I am actually not that interested in this kind of stuff but somehow I still watch most of his videos. If you are into more... entertaining teardowns you should have a look at AvE. Even if you don't like it you will still learn some useful canadian terms ;) (edit: just to make it clear, AvE is actually very knowledgable. His "boltr" teardown series…

Just this weekend I watched entirely too many AvE videos and now I am fluent in Canadian.

His style is... unique. I think it's great but I'm sure it's not for everyone.

Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by TeMPOraL »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #5
aembleton wrote: post #4

Big Clive, who makes these videos does some brilliant tear-downs. I recommend watching his other videos.

Big Clive is _the_ channel for teardowns of everyday electronic stuff. I am actually not that interested in this kind of stuff but somehow I still watch most of his videos. If you are into more... entertaining teardowns you should have a look at AvE. Even if you don't like it you will still learn some useful canadian terms ;) (edit: just to make it clear, AvE is actually very knowledgable. His "boltr" teardown series…

> If you are going to watch one teardown today then please watch his rather famous video about the worlds worst tablet computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8MDCIlOEk*

I'm crying out of laughter right now. This is absolutely brilliant. That is, the teardown - the tablet itself is an abomination. Thanks for posting this. This channel is great and seems to have a lot of educational content besides teardowns too.

Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by MarkyC4 »

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #18
DiabloD3 wrote: post #14

As a reminder, if you're buying a USB charger or battery, or MicroUSB, Type C, or Lightning cable please buy Anker products. They are not expensive, but they are the best products you can get your hands on. I own multiple Anker products, and have never discovered anything better than these. The only non-Anker charger I currently use is the Google Nexus branded Qi charger (plugged into an Anker multiport brick), and t…

The one thing that I can't find from Anker or any other reputable, reasonably-priced supplier (last time I checked, anyway) is a single-port charger that is small enough, horizontally and vertically, to not sprawl out onto adjacent outlets in a power strip. I don't understand why this is so hard. My first smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, came with one, but it failed within a year and Samsung wanted like $50 for a…

I buy those little 3-inch extension cables to get around this problem.

Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by Someone1234 »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #10
voltagex_ wrote: post #9

How do I know what I'm buying is safe? I've sworn by the Nexus chargers in their various incarnations and http://www.amazon.com/Charge-Charging-Station-Micro-USB-Sams... (I have a Tronsmart and an Aukey vertsion)

I play Ingress a lot (a GPS based mobile game where you run around a lot in the real world so most players use external batteries) and at least 60-70% of the whole community uses Anker products. I personally know at a dozen people who use Anker wall plugs and all of them (including me, 1 wallplug and 2 battery packs) are very happy.

Just want to add: With Anker make sure you're buying through an authorised channel. Fake Anker products DO exist.

Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by plumeria »

mmanfrin wrote: post #12
yoodenvranx wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I play Ingress a lot (a GPS based mobile game where you run around a lot in the real world so most players use external batteries) and at least 60-70% of the whole community uses Anker products. I personally know at a dozen people who use Anker wall plugs and all of them (including me, 1 wallplug and 2 battery packs) are very happy.

Anker and recently Aukey. And iOrange for cables. The problem is that smaller brands hit the Amazon lottery and get a lot of early 5-star reviews, then swap out their product with one made of cheaper components. I think for Anker, their brand has become a bit bigger than is gamble-able on a bait and switch, so I'm continuing to use their products.

Do you know of a reliable 4 in 1 USB cable manufacturer?

Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by aembleton »

mulmen wrote: post #20
aembleton wrote: post #17

Here, Clive looks at an Ikea USB power supply: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRe9w5PKmsE&nohtml5=False Much better made.

I recently discovered AvE and now bigclive. I'm not sure how I missed this particular internet rabbit hole but I love it.

If you want another rabbit hole to start down, I can also recommend Techmoan. He doesn't do teardowns, but instead likes to buy old HiFi gear and reviews them.

Some of them are incredibly obscure such as the Tefifon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBNTAmLRmUg

Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by seany »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #5
aembleton wrote: post #4

Big Clive, who makes these videos does some brilliant tear-downs. I recommend watching his other videos.

Big Clive is _the_ channel for teardowns of everyday electronic stuff. I am actually not that interested in this kind of stuff but somehow I still watch most of his videos. If you are into more... entertaining teardowns you should have a look at AvE. Even if you don't like it you will still learn some useful canadian terms ;) (edit: just to make it clear, AvE is actually very knowledgable. His "boltr" teardown series…

Mikes electronic stuff is also quite good.

Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by yoodenvranx »

mulmen wrote: post #20
aembleton wrote: post #17

Here, Clive looks at an Ikea USB power supply: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRe9w5PKmsE&nohtml5=False Much better made.

I recently discovered AvE and now bigclive. I'm not sure how I missed this particular internet rabbit hole but I love it.

I just copy/paste a comment I made below:

> My third goto channel for electronic stuff is EEVBlog who also does amazing stuff. If you are going to watch one teardown today then please watch his rather famous video about the worlds worst tablet computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8MDCIlOEk

Re: USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack

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Post by pinot »

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #18
DiabloD3 wrote: post #14

As a reminder, if you're buying a USB charger or battery, or MicroUSB, Type C, or Lightning cable please buy Anker products. They are not expensive, but they are the best products you can get your hands on. I own multiple Anker products, and have never discovered anything better than these. The only non-Anker charger I currently use is the Google Nexus branded Qi charger (plugged into an Anker multiport brick), and t…

The one thing that I can't find from Anker or any other reputable, reasonably-priced supplier (last time I checked, anyway) is a single-port charger that is small enough, horizontally and vertically, to not sprawl out onto adjacent outlets in a power strip. I don't understand why this is so hard. My first smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, came with one, but it failed within a year and Samsung wanted like $50 for a…

Like an Apple one?
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