Definitely agreed on good chargers, but, regrettably, standards keep changing, so here’s my anecdotal experience/advice. I’ve had multiple issues - my pixel 3a charges faster than my Pixel 7 (comparable battery life) and my 7 doesn’t rapid charge on my ~2020 bricks. I have great cables, too (finally) and after swapping bricks/phones/cables, the problem stays with the brick/7 combos. Same for my SO’s S21 Ultra or whatever. So, after years of practice of reading wattage specs, I’m now stuck reading the bullshit product descriptions saying iphone 17/s24 compatible or whatever is contemporary to my devices. I charge slowly nightly, so the ability for proper fast charge is important for the random needs otherwise.
If you’re using a type-c device, you need a C brick and C-C cable. But, what I’ve recently discovered with my latest pair of excellent bricks, is that “dumb” type-C devices may lack the negotiation ability to get C-C power. I must use A-C in that case to charge my flashlights. Probably why they all come with shitty A-C cables. I already carry A-micro for my older devices anyway
Your last point drives me crazy on a regular basis. I have a 65W fast charger in a convenient location that I use for all my USB-C devices, but I have maybe 2-3 devices that refuse to charge on it and I can never remember which ones they are. So every time I try to charge them, I come back later to find they didn’t charge and I set them aside for days/weeks until I finally get around to digging up a “dumb” cable/charger and charging them. Then after they’re charged I put away the dumb cable/charger and immediately forget that those devices can’t charge on my main charging cable.
Definitely agreed on good chargers, but, regrettably, standards keep changing, so here’s my anecdotal experience/advice. I’ve had multiple issues - my pixel 3a charges faster than my Pixel 7 (comparable battery life) and my 7 doesn’t rapid charge on my ~2020 bricks. I have great cables, too (finally) and after swapping bricks/phones/cables, the problem stays with the brick/7 combos. Same for my SO’s S21 Ultra or whatever. So, after years of practice of reading wattage specs, I’m now stuck reading the bullshit product descriptions saying iphone 17/s24 compatible or whatever is contemporary to my devices. I charge slowly nightly, so the ability for proper fast charge is important for the random needs otherwise.
If you’re using a type-c device, you need a C brick and C-C cable. But, what I’ve recently discovered with my latest pair of excellent bricks, is that “dumb” type-C devices may lack the negotiation ability to get C-C power. I must use A-C in that case to charge my flashlights. Probably why they all come with shitty A-C cables. I already carry A-micro for my older devices anyway
Your last point drives me crazy on a regular basis. I have a 65W fast charger in a convenient location that I use for all my USB-C devices, but I have maybe 2-3 devices that refuse to charge on it and I can never remember which ones they are. So every time I try to charge them, I come back later to find they didn’t charge and I set them aside for days/weeks until I finally get around to digging up a “dumb” cable/charger and charging them. Then after they’re charged I put away the dumb cable/charger and immediately forget that those devices can’t charge on my main charging cable.