cocoanud
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M6 II - in camera charging experience.
8 months ago
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Hi,
TLDR: M6 II needs 65W capable supply to charge the battery in camera and surprisingly R6 can make do with 60W !
If anyone is planning on travelling with M6 II and don't want to carry the mains charger... here is my experience on what works.
The good thing is that I am not travelling soon so have the time to try out things and see what works.
I tried the following
Amazon Basics 60W GaN charger.
This has USB-C PD and a USB-A output.
With this I was able to (Note that nothing else was being powered by the adapter other than the devices listed individually)
- Power my 16" MacBook Pro
- Charge iPad Mini 5
- Charge R6 battery in camera
- NOT charge M6 II battery in camera :-/ (this is surprising, didn't work with the 100W rated expensive as hell Apple Original USB-C cable)
Anker 65W IQ3 Single USB-C output port charger
With this I was able to (Note that nothing else was being powered by the adapter other than the devices listed individually)
- Power my 16" MacBook Pro
- Charge iPad Mini 5
- Charge R6 battery in camera
- Charge M6 II battery in camera
Baseus 65W (74Wh) power bank
Never heard of this brand before but Anker power banks are crazy expensive now.
With this I was able to (Note that nothing else was being powered by the adapter other than the devices listed individually)
- Power my 16" MacBook Pro
- Charge R6 battery in camera
- Charge M6 II battery in camera (didn't even need the 100W rated USB-C cable)
Had to return the Amazon Basics charger and lucky that I had that Anker 65W for a while.
During travel I am planning on taking
- Apple 96W charger + 100W USB-C cable
- Anker 65W charger + 100W USB-C cable
- Baseus power bank
Hopefully the above will suffice our charging/power needs for M6 II, iPad mini 5, a couple of smart phones, a couple of small Kindle fire tablets. Would have been great if the Amazon Basics 60W was able to charge M6 II batter in camera though.
HTH