100W USB-C Laptop Chargers

Who needs 100 watts

100 watts is the top of USB Power Delivery's Standard Power Range, made from 20 volts at 5 amps. It suits larger laptops with powerful processors, and it leaves room to charge a phone or tablet alongside a smaller laptop. Apple's own specifications, for example, say the 14-inch MacBook Pro fast-charges from a USB-C power source of 96W or more. For your own laptop, the figure on its original charger is the one to go by. Every charger here has a UK three-pin plug.

What you will find here

• Single-socket GaN chargers that give the full 100W to one laptop.
• Three and four-socket wall chargers, mixing USB-C and USB-A, several with a display of the watts going out.
• Desktop charging stations on a lead, which sit on the desk and charge a laptop, a phone and a tablet together. One has retractable cables built in.
• A six-socket desktop charger with three USB-C sockets that each give up to 100W on their own.
• Chargers offered in more than one power, where you choose the 100W version.

How to choose a 100W charger

Check the single-socket figure, not only the total. On a multi-socket charger, the 100W is usually what one USB-C socket gives on its own, or what all the sockets share. With two laptops or a laptop and a phone plugged in, the laptop's socket may drop well below 100W. One of the chargers here, for example, shares its power as 65W and 35W across two USB-C sockets. The descriptions give the split; read it for the way you will use the charger.

A 100W charger needs a 100W cable. Certified USB-C cables are labelled 60W or 240W, and a 60W cable holds any charger to 60W. Use a cable rated 100W or 240W from USB-C to USB-C laptop cables.

If your laptop's own charger is 140W, a 100W charger will still charge it, more slowly. The 140W chargers give it the full power.

Questions people ask about 100W chargers

Is 100W too much for my 65W laptop?

No. A USB-C laptop asks for what it needs, so a 65W laptop takes 65W and leaves the rest for another device.

Can a 100W charger charge two laptops?

A multi-socket one can, with the 100W shared. Each laptop then charges more slowly than on its own charger.

Does a desktop charging station need its own socket?

Yes. It plugs into the wall on its own lead with a UK plug, and sits on the desk.

Delivery is included in every price and tracked to your door.

More to look at

• 65W USB-C laptop chargers
• 140W USB-C laptop chargers
• 100W laptop charging
• USB-C to USB-C laptop cables
• Laptop docking stations
• Guide: USB-C explained: ports, cables, power and video
• Guide: Laptop chargers explained: watts, USB-C charging and UK plugs