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I’ve been using http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=15758 and other than the C connector is a bit loose (could be the tablet) it works well for USB C power passthrough, HDMI out to a 1440p monitor, and hooked up to a USB 3.0 hub for keyboard/mouse/other. The power is provided by the iVoler charger seen in the review here.

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If the Anker charger you’re looking at is the one mentioned by Benson Leung as supporting USB PD including 20v I think it’ll be a good purchase. Out of all their chargers it seems like only the 5 port one with a C port supports USB power delivery (at least Anker is very open about that). https://www.anker.com/products/taxons/108/USB%20Chargers

https://plus.google.com/+BensonLeung/posts/71FgNerD8TB

He also posted a wishlist of tested USB C to C cables and you just have to look closely and read reviews to see what kind of capabilities they have. Monoprice is pretty open about the wattage/voltage their C cables support which is made me pay very close attention to all the miscellaneous ones you see around. http://www.monoprice.com/pages/usb_31_type_c

I’d hope the companies that make USB C PD chargers like iVoler, RavPower, Anker, etc. also have C cables that support that kind of charging available.

 

 

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The Cube i7 Book seems to charge fine with chargers the implement the USB C power delivery spec and can do 20V output. I have successfully charged it with the iVoler 75W which can be found at https://www.amazon.com/iVoler-Charger-Delivery-Macbook-Chromebook/dp/B01ET7SDXK as well as the RavPowr 36W https://www.amazon.com/Charger-RAVPower-MacBook-iSmart-iPhone/dp/B01IB1EXX4

As an example, when the battery is full and system is idle it pulls about 20V/370mA. When running prime95 it pulls 20V/.7-1.2A for a ~15-23W draw. This is with both the iVoler and RavPower adapters.

I tried a couple C chargers that do 5v/3A and the best I could get the tablet to say was “plugged in, not charging” and sometimes it didn’t even do that.

I think you must use a USB 3.1 C to C cable capable of handling the higher power output of these chargers but haven’t tested this. Finding anything longer than a 1m cable is hard.

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The RJ45 ports on the USB C adapters I’ve used simply show up as a normal USB ethernet adapter. They don’t seem to be USB C specific. You should be able to plug in any USB to ethernet adapter if you need wired ethernet as long as your adapter has USB ports, or you use the included micro USB 3.0 adapter, or one of the keyboard USB ports.

In the US you may buy http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=15758 from monoprice which I have used to simultaneously output HDMI to a 1440p monitor, power the i7 book via the female C connector, and hook up a USB 3.0 hub (for keyboard and mouse) to the single USB 3.0 port. It’s also $50 USD less than the Apple equivalent.

PS-first post here as this is a great tablet for the money and the C port really makes it flexible and usable with desktop monitors, keyboards, etc.

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