FourNines Posted December 6, 2022 #1 Share Posted December 6, 2022 On my recent sailing aboard the Beyond, I wanted to test the output of the USB charging outlets in our stateroom, so I brought my Klein USB tester with me and here is what I found: Charging Box: Bedside USB Outlets: As one can see, the amperage output of the bedside USBs are twice that of the charging box. I know....pretty exciting LOL 😂 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted December 6, 2022 #2 Share Posted December 6, 2022 10 minutes ago, FourNines said: On my recent sailing aboard the Beyond, I wanted to test the output of the USB charging outlets in our stateroom, so I brought my Klein USB tester with me and here is what I found: Charging Box: Bedside USB Outlets: As one can see, the amperage output of the bedside USBs are twice that of the charging box. I know....pretty exciting LOL 😂 All the cruise ships that I have been on with USB outlets have USB-A connecters. All my current devices have USB-C connectors on their charge cables. What type on the brand new Beyond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourNines Posted December 6, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted December 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, Charles4515 said: All the cruise ships that I have been on with USB outlets have USB-A connecters. All my current devices have USB-C connectors on their charge cables. What type on the brand new Beyond? USB-A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted December 6, 2022 #4 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Just now, FourNines said: USB-A I would rather use the regular outlets and plug my fast USB-C chargers into those than use USB-A outlets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourNines Posted December 6, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted December 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Charles4515 said: I would rather use the regular outlets and plug my fast USB-C chargers into those than use USB-A outlets. You are a true geek.... I actually unplugged all of my fast chargers before taking the pictures. I didn't want to taint my experiment 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted December 6, 2022 #6 Share Posted December 6, 2022 10 minutes ago, Charles4515 said: I would rather use the regular outlets and plug my fast USB-C chargers into those than use USB-A outlets. Absolutely! No way on earth I'm waiting on my devices to charge from a USB-A outlet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted December 6, 2022 #7 Share Posted December 6, 2022 43 minutes ago, FourNines said: On my recent sailing aboard the Beyond, I wanted to test the output of the USB charging outlets in our stateroom, so I brought my Klein USB tester with me and here is what I found: Charging Box: Bedside USB Outlets: As one can see, the amperage output of the bedside USBs are twice that of the charging box. I know....pretty exciting LOL 😂 My old eyes are having a hard time reading your meter! When I enlarge it to read, it gets blurry. What were the readings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourNines Posted December 6, 2022 Author #8 Share Posted December 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, markeb said: Absolutely! No way on earth I'm waiting on my devices to charge from a USB-A outlet! Yeah. One would think that being a new ship, they would have at least one USB-PD outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourNines Posted December 6, 2022 Author #9 Share Posted December 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, markeb said: My old eyes are having a hard time reading your meter! When I enlarge it to read, it gets blurry. What were the readings? OUR old eyes, my friend. At the charging box, it's ~1A/5V and at the bedside it's ~2A/5V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dlh015 Posted December 6, 2022 #10 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, markeb said: Absolutely! No way on earth I'm waiting on my devices to charge from a USB-A outlet! I second that!! 😁 Oh, and thanks to the OP for doing the measurements!! Edited December 6, 2022 by dlh015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted December 6, 2022 #11 Share Posted December 6, 2022 OMG! I actually understood some of this. I may not be a dinosaur after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted December 6, 2022 #12 Share Posted December 6, 2022 38 minutes ago, dlh015 said: I second that!! 😁 Oh, and thanks to the OP for doing the measurements!! That's what people don't get when they want to use the USB outlets, or bring on a powerstrip with a 1A USB outlet, etc. Hotels, and now cruise ships, invested in USB charging so long ago that the outlets are all but obsolete. And USB A/C/PD bricks are SOOOO inexpensive today! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Long2NxtCrz Posted December 6, 2022 #13 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Thank you so much for doing this! I wouldn't have imagined that the bedside would have double the amperage, especially on Beyond which is a new ship! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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