Anker's $70 Nano Power Strip Clamps to Your Desk for Easy Access to 10 Ports

Anker this week launched a utile caller accessory for your desk, debuting the 10-in-1 Nano Power Strip. Priced astatine $70, the Nano Power Strip has a unsocial clamp plan that puts aggregate ports connected your desktop portion eliminating cablegram clutter.


I was capable to trial retired the Nano Power Strip up of erstwhile it launched, and recovered it to beryllium a utile alternate to modular under-desk powerfulness strips. The powerfulness portion comes successful achromatic oregon achromatic and it's made of plastic, but the matte decorativeness adds aesthetic appeal, arsenic does a metallic beforehand sheet for immoderate of the ports.

The clamp is adjustable with an included knob and it fits desktops from 0.6 inches to 1.8 inches. Unfortunately, I person a Parsons-style table that's excessively heavy to usage the powerfulness portion arsenic intended, truthful it's worthy measuring. With my thicker desk, I tin inactive connect it to a limb oregon the backmost of the desk, but it doesn't enactment each of the outlets successful the perfect position. There are silicone pads astatine some sides of the clamp to support furnishings from being scratched.


There are 2 outlets astatine the top, 2 outlets astatine the bottom, and 2 outlets astatine the sides, for a full of six outlets. There are 2 USB-C ports with 70W max charging (split betwixt 45W and 25W erstwhile charging 2 devices), and 2 12W USB-A ports. 70W isn't going to complaint a MacBook Pro astatine its maximum speed, but it's capable for day-to-day use, and it'll accelerated complaint astir different Apple devices. I bash privation determination was much USB-C powerfulness and 1 little USB-A port, but it's casual capable to usage 1 of the apical outlets to plug successful 1 of Anker's tiny multi-port powerfulness adapters.

With the powerfulness portion positioned astatine the borderline of a desk, the 2 outlets connected the apical of the instrumentality are accessible from the desktop. The 4 different outlets are accessible from the bottommost of the desk, truthful cables tin beryllium hidden away. The USB-A and USB-C ports are besides meant to beryllium utilized from the desktop, and the above-desk information is slim, coming successful astatine nether an inch.

Because the Nano Power Strip attaches to a desk, it stays unafraid erstwhile plugging things successful to the ports oregon the apical outlets, which is convenient. I don't request to clasp it down to unplug something, and it doesn't determination astir connected a tabletop. If you've ever had a powerfulness portion with a clump of dense cables plugged in, you astir apt cognize what a hassle it tin beryllium trying to support it upright.

The Nano Power Strip is simply a surge protector, and Anker says that it has overload, short-circuit, and somesthesia control.

Anker's Nano Power Strip tin beryllium purchased from the Anker website oregon from Amazon for $70.
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