StarTech announces a new 60W USB-C charger with cable for $65

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Startech charger with folded pins
Startech charger with folded pins (Image credit: StarTech)

Startech 60w Usb C Charger

Startech 60w Usb C Charger (Image credit: StarTech)

What you need to know

  • StarTech has announced a new USB-C charging brick that's rated for 60W.
  • The charger comes with a detachable 6ft USB-C cable in the box.
  • The new charger features foldable pins for portability.

StarTech has announced a new USB-C charger that's rated for 60W and comes with a detachable 6ft USB-C cable in the box. Priced at $65.99, the new charger is suitable for charging various Apple devices as well as other USB-C hardware.

The new charger costs a little more than Apple's $59 67W charger but has the added bonus of that long USB-C cable in the box. It's also available now, while Apple's offering will take up to four weeks to arrive — so bad is Apple's current supply problem.

As for the StarTech part, it's good for charging the 13-inch MacBook Pro as well as the latest iPad Pro and other Apple tablets. You can of course use it to charge the biggest and best iPhone around, but even the iPhone 13 Pro Max won't make proper use of that 60W charging capacity.

This USB-C wall charger is compatible with a vast array of USB Type-C devices such as the MacBook Pro 13-inch, XPS 13, Surface Book 2 and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. A 6-foot (2 meter) USB-C to USB-C cable is included but the USB-C AC adapter is also compatible with other cable lengths.

Those looking to add a 60W charger to their travel bag — its foldable pins and detachable USB-C cable make this thing perfect for that — can order one direct from StarTech now. It's a shame it comes in such an industrial-looking color, but we can't all be Apple now, can we?

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.