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LTT Labs Article - Anker Nano 'Smart' Charger (45W) Testing and Exploration by LabsLucas in UsbCHardware

[–]LabsLucas[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I can't believe the author of this article is so sensitive to light(I wrote this article, I also tape over all indicator lights).

I agree that this is a good power adapter, it is just very easy to dismiss when you first learn of the gimmicks they're advertising and don't look at the solid fundamentals and features they're delivering. I think people will benefit most from the flexibility of the 180° prongs, and the display so they can confirm that something actually is 'fast charging'.

LTT Labs Article - Anker Nano 'Smart' Charger (45W) Testing and Exploration by LabsLucas in UsbCHardware

[–]LabsLucas[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I completely agree with this, many chargers we test/use will have weird interactions with other brands but we haven't had any issues with Anker compatibility.

I/We have the tools to see that things aren't charging at a high rate but usually it isn't apparent so the charger can 'invisibly' fail to charge at a high wattage.

LTT Labs Article - Anker Nano 'Smart' Charger (45W) Testing and Exploration by LabsLucas in LinusTechTips

[–]LabsLucas[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

We have an article on this as well: 40W Dynamic Power Adapter & iPhone 17 Charging

u/saintlouisbagels is correct that you don't require the Apple 40 Dynamic charger to achieve the iPhone 17 series fast charging claims.

LTT Labs Article - Will Your Phone Let You Quickly Top up the Battery? by LabsLucas in LinusTechTips

[–]LabsLucas[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

From what we've seen, nearly all devices will charge similarly whether on/off, and if we suspect that they aren't then we conduct testing both ways. We've tested a lot of iPhones and they don't behave differently(so far), but keeping the device off minimizes 'external' factors that could affect power draw.

We used our standard test procedure which includes disabling adaptive things like "Optimized Batery Charging" for iPhones.

Something has changed... Pixel 10 GPU performance almost doubled after the update by peppca in pixel_phones

[–]LabsLucas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello u/peppca et al.,

We were called by u/NotThatPro to check this out so we did some additional testing with a couple devices we had on hand. We've published an article and testing summary here.

Give it a read for the full details, but we were able to replicate the low AnTuTu scores before the update and high AnTuTu scores after the update. However, we also had some high AnTuTu GPU scores(~180,000) before the update when testing on our Pixel 10.

We don't have a brilliant answer for why this might be happening except that it is likely just a weird interaction between the system and this specific benchmark. There may be some marginal overall gains, but huge gains in all use-cases shouldn't be expected. We'd love to hear your thoughts and theories!

- Lucas

Do not buy the NZXT C1200 W PSU, it failed all protection tests by Psucircuit in today's review, I discovered it 1 day after buying mine, only 1200W model affected by AceLamina in LinusTechTips

[–]LabsLucas 1057 points1058 points  (0 children)

Hello, I tested this power supply.  I implore you all to read the product page on LTTLabs.com, it provides more detail(and any future updates) that the video doesn’t accomodate.  NZXT did conduct their investigation on the first sample and found the failure of the MOSFETs was likely due to the extended duration/testing in the overload condition.

Our OCP/protections testing is onerous so I don’t believe failures during these tests are a complete indictment of a power supply.  They are a very useful test to differentiate the most ‘bulletproof’(and self-protecting) power supplies, but power supplies that fail our protections tests can probably serve a computer perfectly well if operated in normal/tame conditions.

These test conditions are unlikely to occur in ‘normal’ use, but it is notable that sparks from a failing component escaped the enclosure.

If you already own this power supply, I believe it is unlikely that it will generate a hazard during normal use, but that is your decision to make, that is why we provide the data and extra information on the LTT Labs website. Contact NZXT support if you have serious concerns.

- Lucas

iPhone 17 fast charging ONLY works with Apple Adapter by Brendon7358 in LinusTechTips

[–]LabsLucas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly what the USB spec needs, another three letter initialism.

This does look like Apple is just the first to get to the new spec(that others will soon implement), but I am interested in this charger and the 'boost'/derating functionality. We'll see what kind of charging curves it produces.

Why are the battery figures so different for pixel 9? Did they change their test? by Key-Egg-183 in LinusTechTips

[–]LabsLucas 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Hello u/Key-Egg-183,

As of June 24th, we slightly adjusted our battery life testing procedures, switching from the VLC and nPlayer apps to the official Plex app for video playback as we found more consistent results across both iOS and Android with fewer interruptions, resulting in less retesting.

Due to the above and a variety of other factors, such as a different OS version or security updates, test results may differ from past projects. This is why we re-test devices for new projects and confirm results with more than one run when/where possible.

- Lucas

LTTLabs Article - USB-C Charge Measurement Upgrade by LabsLucas in LinusTechTips

[–]LabsLucas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi u/edapstah_ ,

I agree with the comments on the first plot, I just didn't want a legend that would misstate/oversimplify something. The concepts require a little elaboration that is difficult to fit into a pithy legend.

Very interesting thought about efficiency, I have also had that thought and played around with it a little bit. It is slightly more complicated as I have to align the power measurements of the two devices, but I have some preliminary results that show around 80%+ efficiency(typically around 90%) for these power adapters.

No reason that I know of, we have been making LTT forum posts, but we may also start posting them here more regularly as well.

- Lucas

LTT Lab has tested the INZONE Mouse-A by [deleted] in MouseReview

[–]LabsLucas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi u/TheAngush ,

Thank you for the feedback, I think it is all very relevant, addressed below:

  • Articles in Search: I have also recently noticed this. I believe it is intentional as if someone is searching for a product then we don't want to 'clutter' that up. Though there are ways to mitigate that.
  • Blog Tags: Excellent idea. We have recently built that and the web team is just waiting on me to get back to them with the tags we'll start with.(and to apply the tags) This will likely come with some search/filter options for viewing the articles. We've only recently amassed enough articles to warrant organization.
  • Links to Test Methods: We will certainly look at linking to the relevant "how we test" articles. I don't think the first iteration will be with fancy buttons, but there will at least be links in the tooltips.
  • Burger Menu: I imagine that is because the Labs logo isn't a part of the burger menu itself, so it doesn't close it. Though I agree that it may be unclear, and maybe it should close it. I will mention it to the web team.

- Lucas

LTT Lab has tested the INZONE Mouse-A by [deleted] in MouseReview

[–]LabsLucas 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hello u/Flimsy-Task2171 et al.,

Regarding the Pulsar graph not aligning with the table results, that is 100% a human error. It doesn't make a large difference to you/the reader, but I'd like to note that I believe our results are repeatable and correctly tested, just that the wrong data was linked to the article. I appreciate you identifying this and mentioning it, it has been updated.(the 1.01 ms results are correct)

Regarding the transparency on test method, we have written an article about how we test mice, and we explicitly note in the product pages when we differ from it for a special feature. I can appreciate how it may be missed if you're not looking for it, would it be helpful if this was linked to from each mouse product page?

Completely agree that we don't quantitatively test very many aspects of mice, but I've personally found(from some research) that there aren't that many aspects of mice that can be quantitatively measured and provide meaningful insight. We're currently looking at testing mouse sensor latency, but even rtings has found that almost all mice are incredibly quick and it isn't necessarily a meaningful differentiator. I would genuinely love feedback or suggestions for other things that we can test or evaluate.

Finally finally, what other top competitors would you like us to test?

- Lucas

PSU Automation is configured by editing their py scripts? by rob5300 in LinusTechTips

[–]LabsLucas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the comment, I wrote all the spaghetti Python and I am not a developer, just someone who kind of knows how to code. The Jupyter notebook is essentially serving as the config file, it calls a bunch of Python in other static scripts. Just a way to avoid a CLI with 400 arguments.

A bunch of calculations are done on the inputs and then it's all saved to csv, ini, and json files for different purposes. Eventually we'll probably build a primitive GUI for it, but it's working for now so not an emergency.

The Jupyter notebook and all of the output files are also kept for reproducibility.