Aukey Car Charger with USB-C & Dual AiPower Ports
Expired
$7.40
$19.98
+187Deal Score
87,858 Views
Update: This is available again with a new item/promo code Aukey Direct via Amazon has Select AukeyCar Chargers on sale. Shipping is free with Prime or on $25+ orders. Thanks iconian
Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited music, unlimited video streaming & more.
Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
You can also earn cash back rewards on Amazon and Whole Foods purchases with the Amazon Prime Visa credit card. Read our review to see if it’s the right card for you.
Both of these use Aukey's proprietary AiPower technology which is old as dirt and isn't anything special or unique.
AiPower is simply a marketing term for their microprocessor in their unit to talk to a device (just like basically any modern day charger would) and ask the device how much power it can accept. The charger then offers the max amount of power, up to the max the charger can supply.
In AiPower's case for these units, it is 1.5A of power. Theoretically Apple products could pull more via that same port, but Apple isnt licensing that technology to Aukey so any device you plug into a AiPower port is going to pull 1.5A MAX. No matter what. They'll throw a bunch of fancy talk at you and toss around "up to 2.4A!". Don't fall for it. With AiPower on these units, you're getting a max pull of 1.5A end of story.
The 2 port + usb c model uses AiPower on the two USB-A ports, and -only- uses QuickCharge on the usb-c port. This means that this unit can ONLY charge a device at a maximum of 1.5A through the USB-A. (Or two devices each at 1.5A each) through two ports combined. The usb-c is the ONLY one that outputs QC 3.0 (or 2, or 1, depending on device since its backwards compatible). Dont buy this and expect to get quick charge on the USB-A ports. You won't.
The two USB-A port device has one QC port and one AiPower port. This again means one device can be charged at QC speed (but in reality only up to 2.4A, NOT 3A). And another device can be charged at up to 1.5A.
They're using ancient technology in both of these, and possibly violating specs for cables as well. I steer clear of Aukey personally, and Anker (usually) has a 5x more solid build quality, and certainly stands up to their warranties.
Do a little digging and look into reviews of Aukey chargers melting themselves, catching fire, and melting cables. There's a reason they do it...ancient tech that they're trying to employ as a work around to violate charging standards with.
Read More
BS in IT
To all the people saying USB-C to USB-C cables aren't that common, Monoprice had them 5 for $5 shipped a few weeks ago. They're not that hard to find.
Add a Deal Alert for Aukey Car Chargers and get notified of deals like this in the future.
Deal Alert CreatedVisit your Deal Alerts page to view your new alert.
Activate Your Account
Your account needs to be activated to add Deal Alerts.
Click the link in the activation email you received when you signed up, and we'll add
this Deal Alert to your account.
Email SentWe resent your account activation email to
Turn on Deal Alert Email Notifications
Your Deal Alert email notification setting is turned off.
Turn it back on to add this Deal Alert.
119 Comments
Your comment cannot be blank.
Featured Comments
Both of these use Aukey's proprietary AiPower technology which is old as dirt and isn't anything special or unique.
AiPower is simply a marketing term for their microprocessor in their unit to talk to a device (just like basically any modern day charger would) and ask the device how much power it can accept. The charger then offers the max amount of power, up to the max the charger can supply.
In AiPower's case for these units, it is 1.5A of power. Theoretically Apple products could pull more via that same port, but Apple isnt licensing that technology to Aukey so any device you plug into a AiPower port is going to pull 1.5A MAX. No matter what. They'll throw a bunch of fancy talk at you and toss around "up to 2.4A!". Don't fall for it. With AiPower on these units, you're getting a max pull of 1.5A end of story.
The 2 port + usb c model uses AiPower on the two USB-A ports, and -only- uses QuickCharge on the usb-c port. This means that this unit can ONLY charge a device at a maximum of 1.5A through the USB-A. (Or two devices each at 1.5A each) through two ports combined. The usb-c is the ONLY one that outputs QC 3.0 (or 2, or 1, depending on device since its backwards compatible). Dont buy this and expect to get quick charge on the USB-A ports. You won't.
The two USB-A port device has one QC port and one AiPower port. This again means one device can be charged at QC speed (but in reality only up to 2.4A, NOT 3A). And another device can be charged at up to 1.5A.
They're using ancient technology in both of these, and possibly violating specs for cables as well. I steer clear of Aukey personally, and Anker (usually) has a 5x more solid build quality, and certainly stands up to their warranties.
Do a little digging and look into reviews of Aukey chargers melting themselves, catching fire, and melting cables. There's a reason they do it...ancient tech that they're trying to employ as a work around to violate charging standards with.
In fact, you can still pick one up now for $2.99 FS. Monoprice [monoprice.com]
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Just bc Aukey sells so many different items doesnt make them reputable imho. I've had very mixed experiences with their products.