Really helpful stuff here so far, thanks all! Hopefully more to come too.
That’s incredible! More info in my other thread about chargers, but this is basically where GaN seems to be taking us. 140w GaN can be about 2/3 the size of the Apple one and also include multiple USB ports for simultaneous charging. I’m thinking 140 might still be more bulk than it’s worth but have been looking at some 65w options as a potential balance between speed and bulk.
Totally shifts the balance between dynamo vs cafe charging if you’re not going somewhere completely remote for days on end. Saw someone saying that in 1hr on a wall plug he’s getting more mAh than he would in a full day of trickle charging from a dynamo.
I wonder if maybe the incompatibility issue is actually part of a fairly recent bit of powerbank tech designed to make these things more efficient by switching off when not needed?
This rec got me really excited til I saw the next post saying it charges Joystick but not Strada. And yes, this is exactly the issue for me. I think given the size/weight penalty of the Anker what I’m ideally looking for is a really simple and size/weight efficient 20k plus a 10k version of the high-tech Anker. Could always use the 20k to recharge the 10k if I needed the high tech version more than once, but then I’m not having to carry that massive 630g brick everywhere. So far doesn’t look like such a product exists though.
That’s good to know - decent weight saving over the Anker too. It’s only 18w output though. That doesn’t really matter for bikepacking but I expect it probably also means the input isn’t very fast. Still the lightest and most compact product in this thread so far that will charge the Strada!