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This is somewhat infuriating. From a USB C charger perspective, many of the banned brands were actually quite good , selling GaNFast chargers which are as good
by chx 5y ago
This is somewhat infuriating.
From a USB C charger perspective, many of the banned brands were actually quite good , selling GaNFast chargers which are as good as it comes. Most of what remains is unknown.
It's hard to blame these companies , Amazon pretty much made the place such that once one brand started doing this, you were dead if you weren't.
So no, I do not see this as a good thing. There are other steps they could've taken but no.
Stopping co-mingling would be one but I haven't heard them doing so.
Curating products and taking responsibility would be another but LOL.
As I mentioned before, my favorite product on Amazon demonstrating the utter lawlessness of a place is a powerstrip with a C5/C6 coupler input and a few NEMA 5-15R sockets. It ships with a CEE7/16-C5 cable (!!) and a couple plug shape adapters. I have been trying to decide for years whether it's a bigger fire hazard than an electricity hazard but I just can't make up my mind. Without a doubt, if a retail store attempted to sell this, it would be closed down, razed and the place sown with salt for good measure. Or at least fined into oblivion. It claims to have a TÜV Süd safety mark, it's obviously a fake one -- I'd pay good money to see the face of a TÜV Süd engineer when they see a power strip with a 2.5A input feeding 15A sockets. And of course losing ground because who needs the safety ground to be connected to ground. It is 4.5 stars with 7966 ratings and an "A" from FakeSpot.
- strombofulous 5y ago> From a USB C charger perspective, many of the banned brands were actually quite good That doesn't match my experience, I have started to just put the word "anker" at the end of my searches because that seems to be the only brand amazon carries that don't break after a month
- chx 5y agoTry https://ganfast.com/products https://ganfast.com/products
- nicbou 5y agoI have the Ravpower 100W, 2 port USB-C charger and it works great. I've been using it for a few months now, all over Europe.
- effingwewt 5y agoI have 2 RAVPower batteries, both 20k. One had a 120v outlet on it, and I love them both. They don't overheat, have yet to lose capacity, and charge fast. They were the only ones I was happy with after using Anker, Duracell, Best Buy branded, etc. All would charge/output slow, heat up, lose capacity, etc. My next purchase from them is going to be their Solar Cell and their portable charging station. Def gonna try that charger out, had been eyeing it for a bit now, thanks for the heads-up!
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- Applejinx 5y ago>It's hard to blame these companies , Amazon pretty much made the place such that once one brand started doing this, you were dead if you weren't. That's the job of a market. If it's demonstrated that this is the new rule under which competition happens, the job of a maximally efficient marketplace is to make everyone else comply as quickly as possible.