Ugreen’s 500W charger can juice up 5 laptops at the same time – even e-bikes
In a nutshell: Ugreen has taken the wraps off the new Nexode Desktop Charger 500W. With a maximum 500-watt output, this thing can simultaneously juice up not just your typical mobile devices, but multiple power-hungry laptops at the same time – and even e-bikes.
The previous generation of this particular charger topped out at 300 watts – the company’s highest – but the new Nexode bumps that up significantly to 500 watts.
The brick packs a total of six ports: 5 USB-C and 1 USB-A. And get this – the main USB-C port can deliver an insane 240 watts all by itself. The other USB ports will share the remaining 260W load however you need, though they cannot exceed 100W.
The sheer power of this power bank means it can juice up up to five laptops charged up at the same time. You could use it to charge a power-hungry gaming laptop at 240 watts, two more at 100 watts each, and another couple of lower-wattage laptops at 60 watts, for example.
The brick measures 5.75 inches wide, 4.51 inches tall, and 2.39 inches deep. It tips the scales at a whopping 1.8 kilograms, or about 4 pounds. With that in mind, it seems geared toward users with a desktop workspace, whether that’s at home or office. While rewarding, traveling with another couple of kilos in your backpack certainly won’t be easy.
Beyond these highlights, the Nexode supports USB Power Delivery 3.1 and Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 standards for fast-charging compatible devices. The fastest ports can quick-charge laptops, while the rest split the remaining wattage for phones, accessories, and more.
Ugreen calls the Nexode Desktop Charger the “world’s first” 500-watt GaN charger for office settings and multi-device users. The only missing bit, we’d say, is a screen to help you get your head around all that wattage and keep track of the right port to use.
There’s no final pricing yet, but the Nexode Desktop Charger 500W is slated to go on sale sometime in March 2025, for now it’s available to pre-order from the Ugreen website.
