Anker Nano 45W ZDNET's key takeaways Tiny 45W charger, smaller than most 30W chargers
Color smart display provides useful insights into what the charger is up to
Foldaway prongs and universal voltage make this a great travel charger. $29.98 at Amazon $39.99 at Best Buy more buying choices
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Chargers come in all sorts of sizes, and while I have a thing for the huge desktop chargers that push out hundreds of watts, sometimes what you need in your life is a tiny charger that charges one thing. The kind of charger you can pop into a wall outlet and let it do its thing.
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But nowadays, even tiny chargers are packed with all sorts of high-tech features. Take the Anker Nano 45W, a petite device that's about as smart as they get.
On unboxing, the Nano lives up to its name. It's a small cuboid measuring 1.34 × 1.40 × 1.57 inches and weighing 2.65 ounces, which, according to Anker, makes this single-port 45W charger around 47% smaller and 36% lighter than a standard 30W charger. If you've been around a while, like I have, then you'll remember the old 5W chargers from days of old, and this device is smaller and lighter than those.
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Sometimes AC outlets are in odd, inconvenient spots. To make the Nano as convenient as possible, the prongs can lock at 90° and 180°, which allows you to get the charger into tight spots.
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