RapidX Mini PD 65W GaN Charger REVIEW — MacSources

Portable, powerful and practical charger to juice up your gear.

Despite modern tech advancements, we remain limited by the quality of our batteries and the tether to wall outlets. Most devices come packaged with a charging block of some kind. Some traditional power blocks are larger than others and take up a large footprint. With portable, on-the-go space at a premium, I have turned to GaN (Gallium nitride) chargers to fulfill my charging needs.

GaN chargers seemed to spring to the market around 2020 and were quite ubiquitous at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2020. Originating in LED lights and satellite solar arrays, the material was found to produce much less heat than silicon chargers and allowed the internal components to pack tighter together.

Smaller chargers with the same or greater power output have allowed GaN chargers to surpass traditional chargers. In fact, the charbycharge.com website suggests that GaN chargers run at 95% efficiency, while silicon-based chargers only acquire 87% efficiency.