Anker Nano II 65W

The best overall — a tiny GaN 65W charger (barely bigger than a phone plug) powerful enough to fast-charge phones, tablets, and most laptops, from the most trusted charging brand at a fair price. The 65W sweet spot for travelling light; single-port (multi-port versions exist) and not enough for the most demanding 16-inch laptops, but the compact, reliable default.

The Anker Nano II 65W is astonishingly compact, fast enough to charge almost anything, and from the most trusted charging brand at a fair price. Its GaN technology runs cooler and more efficiently than old silicon, allowing a far smaller charger for the power — so this 65W unit is tiny (barely bigger than a stock phone charger) yet powerful enough to fast-charge a phone, tablet, and even most ultrabooks and 13-inch laptops at full or near-full speed. 65W is the sweet spot: enough to charge a laptop while travelling light, in a unit that disappears in a bag or pocket, with Anker's strong safety and reliability. The base model is single-port (charging one device at full speed; multi-port versions exist), and 65W isn't enough for the most power-hungry 16-inch and gaming laptops (which need 100W+), but for tiny size, laptop-capable speed, reliability, and value, it's the default.

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