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by Kon-Peki 1053 days ago
A 3 amp USB charger is going to be somewhere in the range of 15 watts, right?

That's awfully powerful for a phone charger, is it not? I think my kids' Chromebook chargers have that kind of output.

In our household, we use all the USB-C stuff interchangeably. My wife has a Thinkpad X1 Carbon and another slightly older Thinkpad. Both seem to charge fine with whatever we throw at them.

But truth be told, my wife uses an extra Apple 65W charger we bought when on the go. They are just plain better built, and disconnect into 3 pieces making them way easier to pack up in a bag.
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wslh 1053 days ago
Are you sure about the Thinkpad X1 Carbon? [1]

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/xht880/most_usbc_...

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Kon-Peki 1052 days ago
She’s got a gen 7.

It definitely works. We don’t even have the Lenovo charger anymore. It broke.

To be clear, you aren’t going to be able to use a phone/tablet charger when you’ve got the lid open and are actively using the computer. But with the lid closed and the laptop asleep, it absolutely will trickle charge to 100% overnight.

Again, 7th gen X1 Carbon and another even older Thinkpad. No idea about the newer stuff.

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photonerd 1048 days ago
> That's awfully powerful for a phone charger, is it not?

15W? No. A charger needs to be 18W to even be basic fast charging. Many are 20W

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