With regards to the alternative product that rysio101 has linked to (Aukey Quick Charge) Amazon Review of 3 Jan is worrying;

I had my charger for a few months. Not super fast at charging, but provides 3 USB ports from 1 plug so mildly satisfied. The charger was plugged into the wall next to where i rest my head in bed. Until it exploded. I'm not sure how it happened, as nothing was plugged into it at the time, but it self destructed with a bang, throwing its casing off, exposing its internal wiring and circuitboards and emitting an acrid smoke into the bedroom. This woke me up, and has caused me to start my day with a case of the mild jitters, and also concern that others may suffer a worse failure. The charger lived in a bedroom that I, my wife and my newborn share. I am glad they were already up when it happened, it could have been far worse had the charger been living in the socket above our babies cot. The explosion also tripped off the power in the house, so had we been out, or on holiday, we would have come home to all kinds of fridge/freezer related disasters.

best charger I have ever owned....

best charger I have ever owned....

Thanks for posting, it's a fantastic quality multi-charger.

However, I'm not sure what's new about it as it says in the description...

£18.99 that's expensive ..

​I think they've just added in IQ quick charge support as far as I can tell.

Brilliant chargers & brilliant company, best customer service EVER

Nice to see the new ones all 5 ports are IQ not just the top two

hasnt this been cheaper?

interesting, thank you for posting this deal :smiley:

Important to now that this model does not support Qualcomm QC2...

Fast Charging Technology: PowerIQ and VoltageBoost combine to provide the fastest possible charge up to 2.4 amps per port or 8 amps overall (Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 not supported. For QC2.0 charging, please see Anker's 18W USB Wall Charger).

Best charger I ever ever owned.
Charges everything extremely fast
No buzzing or getting hot like other chargers
Very reliable

hot deal

From experience camelcamelcamel is not 100% accurate. When prices change during the day, which they can, they only show one price which may not be the lowest!

Was £12.59 in November but still hot at this price.

This one is much better IMO (support quick charge) and just 2 pounds more.

Amazon LINK

Nice spot, already have the older version - time for an upgrade! heat added

Every Anker product I've bought has been of outstanding quality to be fair I've been waiting for this to come down to this price for a while thanks.

but this also just shows that you should never leave something charging anyway when you're asleep, shouldn't leave things plugged in when they're not being used, especially when you're away from the house for any length of time, and leave your tech away from your bed at night. use common sense and get some sleep.

I agree to a point - the point being when tech (like your mobile) is your alarm clock :smile:

Are the new generation ones from Anker more reliable than the ones from 18 months ago as I've had to get a couple replaced within that time due to failing ports?

To be fair their support is superb and they quickly replace faulty units.

so many people have been praising Anker support, but it makes me wonder how many units are failing in the first place (within the guarantee period), yet we praise the products :smiley:

The Ravpower 40w charger is £12.99 also an excellent charger, its an "upgraded version" they offer 18 months warranty plus an extra year when you register the product.

I had the same issue and Ankler replaced it without any fuss. They also told me to keep the faulty one.

These are quality, charges a Nexus 10 tablet from dead in ~4 hours, I've used other chargers which have taken anywhere up to 12...

Doesn't make that high pitched electrical whining noise, doesn't burn your hand off when you touch it and I'm happy to leave it on when I'm out or asleep without fear it will burn my house down.

alternative? USB Charger Anear 60W 6 Port USB Wall Charging Hub, High Speed with PowerSmart Technology Desktop Travel Charger Compatible with iPhone 6 / 6 Plus, iPad Air 2 / mini 3, Samsung Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge
and More https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016EY61XU/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_VXrJwbGY05ERF

Mine failed OUTSIDE the warranty period I emailed them anyway and 36 hours later I had the latest version and kept the old one.

As for not having things on overnight, that's ridiculous. Kids use their tablets during the evening say dont plug them in overnight and they're flat the next day, what about if you go out? Do you turn your cooker/microwave/washing machine off at the wall all the time because they're just as likely to blow up and burn your house down.

Highlights the importance of having a good quality working smoke alarm too given how much stuff is left on all the time like DVRs, HTPC etc

Anyway I always recommend anker for the customer service, mine didn't fail badly one port started not charging intermittantly so it's still usable. Plus you can have all kinds of hilarity with their name LOL!!

if you remember the fire safety adverts of days gone-by, the advice was to turn off appliances that you weren't using when you were not at home. most white goods, tvs and electricals today do have good safety features on standby. but chargers are not so robust, even if they're genuine. how many times have you replaced one, or couldn't tell if one was fake, and lithium batteries are plain dangerous when unsupervised. i only charge my phones or tablets when i'm awake, and i sleep better for it.
i mentioned safety first on this thread after reading the amazon review for the aukey charger. as i see it, the anker/tecknet/aukey products are from the same factory, and someone has already reported on a dangerous product- i'm saying these chargers are to be used sensibly.

Does anyone know whether this will charge a iPhone 6+ as quickly as a 12w Apple charger (the one you get with iPads)?

£15.99 now

Got one of these at home. They are pretty awesome stuff!