Review of Asus Adol 100W GaN Charger
Introduction
Recently, ChargerLAB has gotten a new ASUS Adol 100W GaN charger, a fast charger with high power, multiple ports, lightness and portability. Let's have a detailed review.
Asus Adol 100W GaN Charger
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The Asus Adol 100W GaN charger is designed with a trendy contrast color of black and green.
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It adopts foldable prongs that are convenient for storage.
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It has three black USB-C ports and one orange USB-A port.
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There are the specifications printed on the side of the prongs.
Model: ADOL AC100-01
Input: 100-240V~50/60Hz 2.5A Max
USB-C1/C2 output: 5V3A, 9V3A, 12V3A, 15V3A, 20V5A
USB-C3 output: 5V3A, 9V2.22A, 12V1.5A
USB-A output: 4.5V5A, 5V4.5A, 9V2A, 12V1.5A
Output power: 100W max.
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The size of the charger is 75.09 x 29.11 x 60.26mm (2.95 x 1.14 x 2.37 inches), and the power density is about 0.76W/cm³.
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The weight is about 213g (7.51oz).
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This is how it looks in hand.
Protocols
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The ChargerLAB POWER-Z KM002C finds that the USB-C1 port supports AFC, FCP, SCP, QC3.0 and PD3.0 charging protocols.
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The USB-C1 port supports five fixed PDOs of 5V3A / 9V3A / 12V3A / 15V3A / 20V5A.
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The ChargerLAB POWER-Z KM002C shows that the USB-C2 port supports AFC, FCP, SCP, QC3.0, PD3.0 and PPS charging protocols.
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The USB-C2 port supports five fixed PDOs of 5V3A / 9V3A / 12V3A / 15V3A / 20V5A and one PPS of 3.3-21V5A.
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The USB-C3 port supports AFC, FCP, SCP, QC3.0 and PD3.0 charging protocols, the same as the USB-C1 port.
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The USB-C3 port supports three fixed PDOs of 5V3A / 9V2.22A / 12V1.5A.
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The ChargerLAB POWER-Z KT002 finds that the USB-A port supports AFC, QC2.0 and QC3.0 charging protocols.
Review
Compatibility Test
ChargerLAB will use tens of devices for compatibility testing to present readers with the most accurate data. Because USB-C1 port and C2 port have the same performance, we will only test the USB-C1 port.
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It is 15.04V 2.17A 32.69W when the USB-C port is charging the iPad Air 5, the new iPad that supports PD fast charging.
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It is 19.36V 4.59A 88.96W when the charging the MacBook Pro 16, reaching the maximum output power of the charger.
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The TV mode of Switch supports PD fast charging but requires 15V3A and above, which means the charger should support 45W fast charging at a minimum. Asus Adol 100W GaN charger has successfully powered the TV mode with 15.03V 0.34A 5.13W.
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Here comes the charging compatibility test of Asus Adol 100W GaN charger USB-C1.
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ChargerLAB's histogram shows the charging power of each product directly. The laptops have the highest power.
Now, let's test the USB-C3 port that supports 20W fast charging.
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It is 8.98V 2.49A 22.42W when the USB-C3 port is charging the 8.98V 2.49A 22.42.
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Here is the charging compatibility test of Asus Adol 100W GaN charger USB-C3. It has a good performance supporting fast charging for almost all devices.
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This is the histogram of USB-C3.
Now, let's test the USB-A port.
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It is 8.95V 1.36A 12.19W when the USB-A port is charging the REDMAGIC 7 Pro.
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This is the charging compatibility test of Asus Adol 100W GaN charger USB-A. The test data shows that the USB-A supports Huawei SCP fast charging, Apple Apple 2.4A fast charging, and for other Android phones, it can provide QC fast charging.
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ChargerLAB's histogram shows the charging power of each product directly.
Power Distribution Test
This charger supports 100W output power but is equipped with four ports, so we will test how the output power is distributed.
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The USB-C1 has a power of 56.9W when charging the laptop, while the USB-C2 is 26.39W when charging the iPad Air 5 simultaneously.
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The USB-C1 has a power of 57.78W when charging the laptop, while the USB-C3 is 18.91W when charging the iPad Air 5 simultaneously.
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The USB-C1 is 51.66W when charging the laptop, while the USB-A is 12.62W when charging the phone simultaneously.
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Using USB-C1 and C2 to charge two laptops simultaneously, while using USB-C3 to charge a tablet, the powers were 43.23W, 28.53W and 18.91W, respectively.
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Using USB-C1 and C2 to charge two laptops simultaneously, while using USB-C3 to charge a phone, the powers were 43.23W, 28.53W and 14.92W, respectively.
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Using USB-C2, C3 and USB-A to charge the laptop, tablet and phone simultaneously and respectively, the powers were 43.25W, 7.04W and 1.33W.
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Then, when charging two laptops, the USB-C1 and C2 are 21.04W and 9.68W, respectively, and using USB-C3 to charge the tablet and USB-A to charge the phone, their powers were 7.04W and 1.33W. The chargings are at the same time.
Full Charging Test
Since this charger supports 100W output power, we used it to fully charge the MacBook Pro 16 2021.
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This is the charging curve of fully charging MacBook Pro 16 2021 with Asus Adol 100W GaN charger. The input was at about 86W in the first 51 minutes, and by 59 minutes, it gradually dropped to about 72W; by 1 hour and 18 minutes, it gradually decreased to 47W and ended at 2 hours and 5 minutes. The maximum power is 19.11V 4.53A 86.7W.
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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.
Standby Power Test
Nowadays, most users won't unplug the charger from the outlet after charging. So it's necessary to figure out if there is any power comsumption in this case and how much it is. Let's have a standby power test.
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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. The Asus Adol 100W GaN charger has a good performance at both 220V and 110V.
Conversion Efficiency Test
The charger is essentially a conversion device. So energy will be lost in the process of converting. Here comes the conversion efficiency test of Asus Adol 100W GaN charger.
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The conversion efficiency shows the quality of the charger. The higher the percentage, the better. When charging the laptops, it has high efficiency and lower heat.
The conversion efficiency of the the charger varies from 79.14% to 91.67% at 220V 50Hz and 78.79% to 90.4% at 110V 60Hz.
Ripple Test
Most chargers adopt switching power supply currently. And there will be ripples in the output current. The lower ripple means better quality.
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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.
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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 32mVp-p.
Temperature Test
As we mentioned, in the process of converting AC to DC, energy will be converted into heat. We'll put it into a 25°C thermotank throughout the test and let it run for an hour with the power of 100W.
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An hour later, the maximum temperature on the A and B sides was 63.6°C (146.48℉) under 220V 50Hz.
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And the maximum temperature on the C and D sides was 69.3°C (156.74℉).
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An hour later, the maximum temperature on the A and B sides was 71.5°C (160.7℉) under 110V 60Hz.
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And the maximum temperature on the C and D sides was 66°C (150.8℉).
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This is the summarized data.
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Here is the histogram.
Summary of ChargerLAB
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. The contrast color is another highlight for young people.
This charger supports 100W output power but is equipped with four ports. When charging two laptops, the USB-C1 and C2 are 21.04W and 9.68W, respectively, and using USB-C3 to charge the tablet and USB-A to charge the phone, their powers were 7.04W and 1.33W. The chargings are at the same time.
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