The question for anyone still plugging their laptop, tablet, or smartphone into the default charger that came with the device is simple: Why? Those proprietary charging blocks tend to be too big, too heavy, too slow, and too prone to overheating. Jump on this limited-time Amazon deal that drops the price of the Anker Prime 160W charger to $100, and relegate three of those bulky blocks to the junk drawer.
Anker rates this small yet mighty device at 1.35W/cm³ of power density, which shakes out to a charger roughly the size of an AirPods Pro case pushing 160W of total output across three USB-C ports. That’s a massive ratio. Most 100W+ chargers are still chunky enough to earn a second look before you pack them. The Prime fits in a palm, and as a Gallium Nitride (GaN) device, it conducts more power more efficiently and with less heat.
Prime Power Sharing
The single-port output is where most multi-port chargers hide their flaws in the fine print. Add a second device, and the lead port drops from 100W to 65W. The Anker Prime doesn’t do that. Single-port output holds at 140W without derating regardless of which port you use, which means you can charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro from zero to 50% in 25 minutes without hunting for the “right” port or disconnecting your phone first. For a laptop charger, that’s the advantage you’ll enjoy every day.
Anker’s PowerIQ 5.0 tech handles the multi-device distribution: 140W to the laptop port, 35W each to the remaining two, running all three simultaneously at the same combined speed you’d get from three separate original chargers. That means a MacBook Pro, an iPhone, and an iPad Pro all stay topped up at full speed from a single compact brick.
Live Updates
The AnkerSense View display built into the Prime Charger gives you real-time wattage on a small screen, with a touch control to switch between modes. A companion app via Bluetooth unlocks custom charging profiles. It’s not a headline feature for most users, but knowing exactly what your laptop is pulling at any given moment is more useful than it sounds when you’re diagnosing a slow charge or checking whether a cable is underperforming.
The $100 Amazon deal on the Anker Prime 160W charger doesn’t include a USB-C cable, and before you reach into your tech drawer to grab just any cable, it needs to be rated for 140W if you want to use it with your MacBook. But that’s a small price to add onto a genuinely great deal on a 3-port charger that brings the juice like the Anker Prime.
