Let me claim first. It’s a simple+ review but not a full review because I only tested it with a few devices and didn’t check the components inside.

Official Specifications

SKU: CC03001-US

Model: PDS114-5UT01

Input: 100-240V, 50/60Hz

USB-C Output: 5V/3A, 9V/3A, 12V/3A,15V/3A, 20V/4.35A

USB-A Output: 2 USB-A ports into a group, maximum 5V/2.4A for each group & each port.

Maximum 5V/4.8A for 2 groups in total.

Total Power Output: 111W

Dimensions: 160.5*77*29mm

Weight: 414g

This charger is sent by Inateck Technology Inc.

Fast Charging Protocols

Ports Product Description Detection 4 ✕ USB-A Ports 5V/2.4A each, 4.8A total Apple 5V 2.4A

Samsung 5V 2.0A

BC 1.2 DCP 5V 1.5A 1 ✕ USB-C Port PD 5V/3A, 9V/3A, 12V/3A,15V/3A, 20V/4.35A PD 2.0 5V/3A, 9V/3A, 12V/3A, 15V/3A, 20V/4.30A

Apple 5V 2.4A

BC 1.2 DCP 5V 1.5A

QC 3.0 up to 12V

Samsung 5V 2.0A

Samsung AFC up to 12V

Huawei FCP up to 9V

PDP: 86W.

Normative Voltages and Currents: 5V@3A, 9V@3A, 15V@3A, 20V@4.30A.

Optional Voltages and Currents: 12V@3A.

In addition to PD, the type-c port also supports many other fast charging protocols.

Power Delivery Analysis

Let’s focus on PD a little bit. I tested it with my Dell Venue 10 Pro 5056 tablet. The Inateck CC03001 Charger was connected to the CT-2 PD analyzer via the Inateck type-c cable.

Let’s take a look at the PD negotiation process.

The Cable Capabilities are detected. The Inateck CC03001 Charger declares it supports 15W (5V@3A), 27W (9V@3A), 36W (12V@3A), 45W (15V@3A), and 86W (20V@ 4.3A) PDOs. Dell Venue 10 Pro 5056 tablet requests the 5th PDO but only operating at 1.5A. The charger accepts the request and delivers the voltage and current the tablet wants. The tablet tries to perform a Data Role Swap by sending a DR_Swap Message. (The PD Analyzer PC program can’t decode it correctly, so marks it as Unknown.) The charger rejects the request as it doesn’t support that.

Measurements

It weighs 15.7oz (446g).

No-load output voltages (YMMV)

USB-A ports: 5.0821V

USB-C port: 5.318V, 9.278V, 12.270V, 15.261V, 20.173V.

Charging Curves

Hover the mouse cursor over or tap on a curve for more details



It takes around 1h 59min to charge the Dell Venue 10 Pro 5056 tablet from 1% to 100% when the tablet is on.



These curves look smoother.

It takes around 1h 51min to charge the Stouchi MacBook Pro 60W Power Bank 20000mAh from 0% to 100%.

Power Factor and Power Factor Corrector

Type-C Port PF V A W 0.593 11.867 3.0079 35.695 0.900 15.176 0.6709 10.181 0.907 20.110 0.4915 9.884 0.995 19.777 3.0412 60.146 0.998 19.333 4.5059 87.115

The PFC does nothing when outputting at 12V or lower.

The PFC starts working when the output power is 10W and the voltage is 15V or higher.

The PFC does a good job when the output power is high.

Max Output

Cable Capability W A USB-C 3A 72.064 3.6228 5A 96.932 5.0706 USB-A 14.160 2.9185

It does not provide cable voltage drop compensation.

Before entering OCP, the USB-C port can handle about 3.6A of current using a 3A type-c cable and 5A of current using a 5A type-c cable, while a USB-A port can hold up around 2.9A of current.

All ports can work simultaneously and the max total power output is about 140W.

When the USB-C and any of the USB-A ports are working at the same time, they are independent and do not interfere with each other. So OCP will only happen on a single port. However, if there is no load on the c port, the situation is different.

When there is no load on the c port, the USB-A ports will affect each other. If there are loads on three or more ports, the OCP triggered on one port will also force the other ports to enter OCP.

It is possible to draw 2.9A current on three USB-A ports simultaneously without any problems, but 2.0A is the limit to keep four ports working properly at the same time. Higher current draw on one port will result in a voltage drop on each port.

Noise

The noise is low in general, but the strange thing is that V pp is relatively high when it’s at 5V/2A on the type-c port.

Conclusion

This charger basically performs well, but the USB-A ports are not friendly to Android devices. I wish the USB-A ports could also support multiple charging protocols like the USB-C port. The included type-c cable is a 5A USB 3.1 Gen 2 one, not bad. It works effectively when output voltage is 15V or higher and the power is 10W or higher.