As more and more devices such as tablets, laptops, and even computer motherboards attach importance to USB Type-C physical ports, they are more suitable for ordinary users in terms of charging physical compatibility, transmission specifications, and portability. At the same time, the Type-C port equipped with mainstream devices on the market can support PD 100W PD 31 140W power transmission. Today, the charging head network brings Anker's innovative 240W high-specification charging cable, which is nominally capable of supporting up to 240W of power transmission, and the Type-C terminal is designed with special PIN pins inside or gives it different functions.
As is customary, look at the packaging first.
The packaging box is blue + white as the background color, and the front area is printed with a three-dimensional appearance diagram of the charging cable, and the top is the featured point: braided C to C cable, with a length of "6ft"; At the bottom is the words "ANKER" Anker Innovations.
The information is printed on the back of the box, model number: B80F6, and it is FSC forest certified and is 100% ready** box.
The Anker 240W fast charging cable has a variety of colorful and beautiful style options, fixed by a snap-on rubber ring, and the cable body is made of nylon weaving process, which is officially said to have the ability to bend 20,000 times; In addition, it uses eco-friendly renewable materials to make the outer covering, which is more environmentally friendly.
The words "Anker" and "Bio Based" are printed on the shell of the Type-C sub-end, and the wire body is overmolded in the mold, and the thread body is flat and fits the ** thorn.
The inside of the Type-C terminal of the Anker 240W fast charging cable is designed with a special pin design, which supports specific functions, which will be measured below.
The nylon high-density braided cord of the Anker 240W fast charging cable has a clear texture, and the hardness is a combination of rigidity and flexibility, which is dirt-resistant, durable, anti-winding, smooth and not easy to burr.
The Anker 240W fast charging cable has the certification label of the USB-IF Association for strong compatibility.
The POWER-Z KM003C tester reads the information of the Anker 240W fast charging cable E-Marker chip, and it has 50V5A 240W EPR power transmission and USB 20 Data transfer capability.
The diameter of the ANKER 240W fast charging cable is about 358mm。
The measured length of the ANKER 240W fast charging cable is about 186cm.
The test of the cable is mainly reflected in the test of the carrying function and its own quality. The former mainly tests what type of fast charging, data transmission and transmission the cable supports; The latter mainly tests the internal quality of the wire, involving specific test items such as pressure drop and so on.
First, let's take a look at how the Anker 240W fast charging cable performs when it comes to charging.
Use the Anker 240W fast charging cable with your own 140W charger to charge the Huawei Mate 40 Pro phone, and the input power of the phone is 883v 1.31a 11.55w。
Use the Anker 240W Fast Charging Cable to charge your MacBook Pro 16 M1 Max 2021 laptop with an input power of 1922v 4.64a 89.19w。
Similarly, use the Anker 240W fast charging cable with its own support for PD 31 140W charged power bank charging, the measured input power is 2744v 4.51a 123.71W, which confirms that the ANKER 240W fast charging cable can support PD 31 Fast Charge.
In addition, measured by the Power-Z P240 tester, the power supply side outputs 48V5A 240W power, the load input is not abnormal and stable transmission, and the measured Anker 240W fast charging cable meets the description of 240W power transmission.
Brief summary. The Anker 240W fast charging cable has reached the current state-of-the-art level in terms of supporting PD charging transmission, which can transmit 5A current in practice, and the power transmitted by conventional equipment charging is up to 100W, and 140W power transmission can be achieved using some devices that support higher charging power.
In addition to fast charging, let's test what kind of high-spec data transmission the Anker 240W fast charging cable supports.
On the macOS system, the data transfer capability of the Anker 240W fast charging cable was tested with Disk Speed Test, and the measured read speed could reach 384MB s with a write speed of up to 737mb/s；The ANKER 240W fast charging cable supports USB 20 (480Mbps) specification transmission rate, in line with the claim.
Finally, let's take a look at whether the Anker 240W fast charging cable supports** transmission.
Connect the two ends of the Anker 240W fast charging cable to the Type-C port of the iPhone 15 Pro and the Type-C port at the bottom of the display.
The voltage drop test is an important factor to measure the quality of the cable, in daily use to charge the mobile phone, the voltage and current are output to one end of the wire through the charger, and then transmitted to the other end of the wire to the mobile phone, in which the transmission of both ends of the wire involves the voltage drop data.
The two ends of the wire are connected to the power supply instrument and the load instrument respectively, and the charging voltage and output voltage of the wire under different gears are tested respectively, and the difference is calculated, and the difference is the value of the voltage drop; A total of 15 gears were tested, and the results are as follows.
Drawing a histogram, it can be clearly seen that the gear with the largest voltage drop difference is 0. at 48V5A78V, the lowest difference is 0 for 20V1A, 5V1A, 9V1A, 12V1A, 15V1A15v；The voltage drop test is performed at 5A current, and the difference is 076-0.78v；The voltage drop test is performed with a current of 3A, and the difference is 046v；The voltage drop test is performed at 1A with a difference of 015-0.17v。
The Anker 240W fast charging cable is made of environmentally friendly renewable materials, which is more environmentally friendly, and the nylon braided wire body is more wear-resistant and bending-resistant, and the cable is supple, making it easy to get knotted when traveling and storing. PD 3 is already supported1 Under the fast charging smart device, the measured cable can support 28V5A 140W power transmission, supporting the PD fast charging needs of mainstream devices on the market.
In terms of charging performance, the data line measures the output quality based on the voltage drop test, and at 1A and 3A currents, as the voltage gradually rises from 5V, the overall difference is relatively average, and the output is stable.
In general, when users have a main device with a USB Type-C physical charging port, they need to use a high-specification charging cable to reach the maximum charging power limit of the port. Anker's innovative 240W fast charging cable features a "green" fast charging function, which can meet the connection needs of different users in various scenarios.