It’s hard to believe charging five tech devices used to require five charging blocks and five outlets. Times have changed, but even we were surprised to see UGREEN’s Nexode Pro 160W step up to power five devices simultaneously, and do it at a newly lowered Amazon price of just $65. Not only does the Nexode Pro free up four outlets and replace a pile of old blocks in your tech drawer, it comes with a small touch display to let you know exactly how much juice is flowing into each device.
The big flashy number is the 140W that you can deliver on a single USB-C port. That’s basically begging for 16-inch MacBook Pro owners who typically need a 140W adapter to push the laptop toward a full charge at anything close to its maximum rate. Ugreen says the Nexode Pro can take a 16-inch M4 Max MacBook Pro from dead to 56% in 30 minutes on that port, which tracks with what 140W PD is capable of doing to a battery that size. Most 5-port chargers top out at 65W or 100W per port and ask you to compromise on your primary device. This one doesn’t.
Bring All Your Gear
While your MacBook Pro is getting a fast charge, the other 4 outlets on the Nexode Pro don’t need to sit by idly. Your smartphone, tablet, and wireless earbuds can get their share of the juice at the same time, and even then there’s one more port you can use. The charger’s internal power allocation adjusts automatically depending on how many devices are connected, but with the Ugreen Nexode Pro’s total 160W, there’s enough leeway that adding a phone to a charging laptop doesn’t slow down either one as dramatically as it would on a 65W block.
The touchscreen shows total output wattage, per-port power data, the active charging protocol, and internal temperature in real time. You can confirm that your laptop is actually pulling 140W rather than stalling at a lower rate because of a cable or port limitation, and keep a close eye on the temperature to make sure nothing’s overheating.
Built for Home or the Road
The foldable AC prongs are your cue to take the Nexode Pro on your next trip, especially if you’re booked at a hotel and you don’t want to be at the mercy of their outlets. Ugreen also built the Nexode Pro with GaN internals for heat efficiency, and overheat, overvoltage, overcurrent, and short-circuit protection, and it’s as close to universally compatible as it can be, with Ugreen’s list including over 1,000 devices across iOS, Android, and Windows, which means it supports standard USB-C PD, USB-A QC, and Apple Fast Charge.
Now that Amazon’s dropped the price of the Nexode Pro to $65, it’s safely seated in a price range where most competing multi-port chargers either cap out below 100W or skip the display. If you’re running a MacBook Pro alongside multiple phones or tablets and want one charger to handle all of it, this one will let you charge them all while sparing the rest of your power strip.