About Me

Why I Do This

My name is Marcus Chen. I work as a software developer in Seattle, and I spend an unreasonable amount of time thinking about charging devices.

This started in 2022 when a series of charger failures during a trip to Japan left me stranded with dead devices. That experience made me realize how little I understood about the equipment I depended on daily.

I started researching. Then testing. Then documenting. What began as personal notes became this website when friends kept asking for charger recommendations.

My Background

I am not an electrical engineer. I do not have a lab full of testing equipment. What I have is a systematic approach to documentation and a willingness to use devices for months before forming opinions.

My professional background in software taught me to distrust marketing claims and value real-world performance. I apply the same skepticism to hardware.

Testing Philosophy

I buy everything I test with my own money. This keeps my opinions honest. The moment I accept free products or affiliate payments, my perspective becomes compromised.

Every device gets at least three months of actual use before I write about it. First impressions are unreliable. The charger that seems great on day one might fail by month two.

I test in real conditions: travel, home office, coffee shops, airports. Lab conditions do not reflect how people actually use charging equipment.

What This Site Is Not

This is not a review site in the traditional sense. I do not publish scores or rankings. I do not cover every new product that launches.

Instead, I share what I have learned from extended personal use. Sometimes that means recommending a two-year-old product over something new. Sometimes it means pointing out problems that reviews written after a week of testing would miss.

Contact

If you have questions or want to share your own experiences, reach out through the contact page. I read every message, though response times vary depending on my schedule.