Recently, ChargerLAB has gotten a new ASUS Adol 100W GaN charger,
a fast charger with three USB-C ports and one USB-A port.
Let's have a detailed review.
The package includes the charger and manual.
The charger is black and green.
It adopts foldable prongs.
There is the specification.
The Asus ADOL AC100-01 supports the input of 100-240V 50/60Hz 2.5A.
The USB-C1/C2 output is from 5V3A to 20V5A.
USB-C3 output is from 5V3A to 12V1.5A.
The USB-A output is from 4.5V5A to 12V1.5A.
It has three black USB-C ports and one orange USB-A port.
The size is about 75 x 60 x 29mm (2.95 x 1.14 x 2.37 inches),
and the power density is about 0.76W/cm³.
The weight is about 213g (7.51oz).
The ChargerLAB POWER-Z KM002C finds
that the USB-C1 port supports AFC, FCP, SCP, QC3.0 and PD3.0 protocols
and five fixed PDOs of 5V3A / 9V3A / 12V3A / 15V3A / 20V5A.
The USB-C2 port supports AFC, FCP, SCP, QC3.0, PD3.0 and PPS protocols.
And it supports five fixed PDOs of 5V3A / 9V3A / 12V3A / 15V3A / 20V5A and one PPS of 3.3-21V5A.
The USB-C3 supports the same protocols as the USB-C1.
And it also supports three fixed PDOs of 5V3A / 9V2.22A / 12V1.5A.
First, let's have a charging compatibility test.
The USB-C1 supports 100W PD but no PPS,
so the Apple devices have the highest power, and the Android devices are generally 10-20W.
The USB-C2 performs better when charging Android devices because of the PPS.
The USB-C3 supports 20W fast charging, so the power of different devices differs very little.
The USB-A port supports Huawei SCP fast charging, so the Huawei phones perform better.
When the four ports are outputting at the same time,
the C1 and C2 share the 60W, and C3 and A ports share the 5V3A.
Since this charger supports 100W output, we used it to fully charge the MacBook Pro 16 2021.
The whole charging process can be roughly divided into 4 parts and
finally ended in 2 hours and 5 minutes with a maximum power of 19.11V 4.53A 86.7W.
The curve shows that Asus 100W charges 40% in 30 minutes, 77% in 1 hour,
and it takes about 2 hours and 5 minutes to fully charge the MacBook Pro 16 2021.
Now, let's have a standby power test.
The power meter shows that the standby power consumption of the charger
at 220V 50Hz is 0.094W, which equals about 0.82KW-h in a year.
At 110V 60Hz, it is 0.027W, equaling about 0.23KW-h one year.
The lower the value of the standby power consumption, the better.
So the charger has a good performance at both 220V and 110V.
The conversion efficiency of the charger varies from 79.14% to 91.67% at 220V 50Hz
and 78.79% to 90.4% at 110V 60Hz.
The conversion efficiency shows the quality of the charger.
The higher the percentage, the better.
It is among the highest in some 100W PD chargers.
The ripple test is divided into no-load (when the current is 0A) and loaded (when the current is non-0A).
When no-load, at 220V 50Hz, when the output is 5V0A, the highest ripple is 40mVp-p.
And when the output is 15V0A, the lowest ripple is 16mVp-p.
At 110V 60Hz, when the output is 5V0A, the highest ripple is 40mVp-p.
And when the output is 20V0A, the lowest ripple is 16mVp-p.
When loaded, at 220V 50Hz, when the output is 12V2A and 15V2A, the highest ripple is 80mVp-p.
And when the output is 5V3A, the lowest ripple is 48mVp-p.
At 110V 60Hz, when the output is 12V2A and 15V2A, the highest ripple is 56mVp-p.
And when the output is 5V2A, 5V3A, 15V3A and 20V5A,
the lowest ripple is 48mVp-p.
Here comes the temperature test.
We put it into a 25°C (77℉) thermotank throughout the test and let it run for an hour with the power of 100W.
An hour later, the maximum temperature on the A and B sides was 63.6°C (146.48℉) under 220V 50Hz.
And the maximum temperature on the C and D sides was 69.3°C (156.74℉).
Under 110V 60Hz, the maximum temperature on the A and B sides was 71.5°C (160.7℉),
and the maximum temperature on the C and D sides was 66°C (150.8℉).
Clearly, the temperature is higher under 110V and lower under 220V.
Well, that's all for the tests of this charger.
The new Asus Adol 100W GaN Charger uses the GaN technology to make it smaller and more portable.
With three USB-C ports and one USB-A port, it meets the different needs of various devices.
And it's compatible with Android devices, Apple devices and laptops.
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