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7 reasons the smallest 65-watt charger replaces every brick in your bag

It weighs 72 grams. It runs a MacBook. It charges your phone, your tablet, and your laptop from one USB-C port. Here is the long version, in numbers and in plain English.

M. Reichardt4 min read
The Rolling Square Super Tiny 65-watt GaN charger on warm cream paper, three-quarter angle.
The Rolling Square Super Tiny 65-watt GaN charger on warm cream paper, three-quarter angle.

Most laptop chargers are bigger than they need to be, and most people are carrying three of them. The Super Tiny is a 65-watt USB-C charger built in Switzerland that weighs 72 grams, fits inside a closed fist, and runs a MacBook at the same speed as the brick it ships with. It also charges your phone, and your tablet. Just not at the same instant. Here are seven reasons we built it, in plain English.

The three chargers most people carry

Here is the comparison most people are actually making:

  • Weight, Super Tiny 72 grams. Apple 70 watt 165 grams. HP EliteBook brick 280 grams.

  • Volume, Super Tiny 54 cubic centimetres. Apple 70 watt 120. HP brick 340.

  • Ports, Super Tiny one USB-C. Apple 70 watt one USB-C. HP brick one barrel jack.

  • Universal voltage, Super Tiny yes. Apple 70 watt yes. HP brick no.

  • Folding prongs, Super Tiny yes. The other two, no.

  • Fits in a coin pocket, Super Tiny yes. The other two, no.

The Super Tiny is the only one of the three that fits in the same pocket as the AirPods case.

1. It is the smallest 65-watt charger anyone has shipped.

44 millimetres on its longest edge. Smaller than the AirPods case in your pocket. The cube fits inside a closed fist with room around it. This is the form factor first, and the spec sheet second. Everything else in this list is downstream of that decision.

The Super Tiny next to a golf ball for size comparison

2. One USB-C replaces the three chargers in your bag.

Most people carry a laptop brick, a phone charger, and a small tablet adapter. Three plugs. Three cables. Three pieces of plastic. The Super Tiny does all three jobs from one port, because the port is the highest-spec one in the bag. The other two can stay home.

The Super Tiny next to a larger Apple 70W charger at true scale

3. It uses gallium nitride, so it runs cool even at full power.

Older chargers use silicon, which loses energy as heat. Gallium nitride, or GaN, is a newer semiconductor that runs faster and cooler in the same footprint. That is why the Super Tiny can deliver 65 watts from a cube the size of a sugar lump. The housing stays warm to the touch even when a MacBook is pulling full draw, not hot.

The Super Tiny with a cool blue ambient glow indicating low operating temperature

4. It charges a MacBook from empty to ninety percent in forty-five minutes.

We tested this on a 14-inch MacBook Pro. Dead battery to 90 percent in 45 minutes. Dead to full in about 75. The same MacBook on its own Apple 70-watt charger takes roughly the same time, because the bottleneck is not the brick, it is the laptop. You do not lose speed by going smaller.

The Super Tiny plugged into a wall outlet, connected by USB-C cable to a MacBook Pro

5. It works on every grid in the world.

100 to 240 volts, 50 or 60 hertz. The same charger that runs in your kitchen in Geneva runs in a hotel in Tokyo, in São Paulo, in Boston, in Sydney. You only need a plug-shape adapter for the wall, never a voltage converter. The Super Tiny ships in US, EU, and UK plug versions, all with folding prongs.

The Super Tiny against a thin wireframe globe backdrop

6. It was designed in Switzerland. The cadence shows.

Switzerland has a long history of building small precise objects that work for decades. We designed the Super Tiny in that tradition. The fold of the prongs, the radius on the housing edge, the click of the port collar. These are small details that no spec sheet captures. You feel them in your hand the first time you pick it up.

Macro detail of the Super Tiny showing the vertical ribbed thermal pattern and USB-C port collar

7. Real reviews. 30-day return. Nothing to lose.

Over 5,000 backers on Kickstarter brought the Super Tiny to production. The product has been featured in Wired and The Verge. Every order ships with a 30-day return window. If the charger is not in your bag at the end of the first month, send it back for a full refund. Most of them stay.

Press wall: Wired, The Verge, Forbes, 9to5Mac, ZDNET

Pick the version you need

The Super Tiny is the charger on its own, with a US, EU, or UK folding plug. It comes in two bundles. The first pairs it with our 2-in-1 USB-C cable, in case the household still has an old Lightning device. The second pairs it with the cable and an inCharge X tracker-cable, for the bag that goes everywhere.

Free shipping on orders over the regional threshold. 30-day return on every order, no questions. 2-year warranty on the charger. Most orders ship within 48 hours from the warehouse closest to you.

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A few questions people ask before buying

Will it charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro?

Yes, at 65 watts. The 16-inch MacBook Pro can draw up to 96 watts at peak, so the Super Tiny will charge it slightly slower than its native 96-watt brick under heavy load. During normal use, you will not notice the difference.

Does the cable come in the box?

The single-charger version is the charger only. The bundle versions include cables. Choose the version that matches what you already own.

What is the difference between this and a regular GaN charger?

Most GaN chargers are 100 to 150 grams and the size of a deck of cards. The Super Tiny is 72 grams and the size of a sugar cube. The difference is the engineering tolerance and the housing geometry, not the semiconductor.

Where does it ship from?

Orders ship from regional warehouses in the EU, US, and UK. Delivery is typically 2 to 5 business days.

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