M1 Macbook Air 2020
Device with potential issue: Baseus 8-in-1 USB-C hub.
Battery time remaing when not using the usb-c hub can reach almost 20 hours. However, when i plugged the hub in, I noticed that the battery drains fast and upon checking the time remaining of the battery, it shows around 8 hours.
DcTee19 wrote:
usb c hu which is $20 more expensive than the current one I have (return the current and buy the anker)??
It very well can be, or even worse.
Your options are:
-Purchase a hub with a built in power supply, i.e. has its own wall adapter
-Purchase a hub like the one you mention with USB-C power passthrough and purchase the 61 watt Apple Power adapter. From my personal experience, the 30 watt adapter that came with the MacBook Air is too weak to supply both the hub and power the MacBook Air and keep it charged, I have a Belkin Multi Media Hub and its uses 15 watts of power before it even supplies the MacBook Air, leaving only 15 watts to power it which is not enough in many cases and the MacBook Air would pull power from the battery.
DcTee19 wrote:
usb c hu which is $20 more expensive than the current one I have (return the current and buy the anker)??
It very well can be, or even worse.
Your options are:
-Purchase a hub with a built in power supply, i.e. has its own wall adapter
-Purchase a hub like the one you mention with USB-C power passthrough and purchase the 61 watt Apple Power adapter. From my personal experience, the 30 watt adapter that came with the MacBook Air is too weak to supply both the hub and power the MacBook Air and keep it charged, I have a Belkin Multi Media Hub and its uses 15 watts of power before it even supplies the MacBook Air, leaving only 15 watts to power it which is not enough in many cases and the MacBook Air would pull power from the battery.
is it really that bad? from 20 hours estimate down to 7-8 hours? Or is it worth it to buy the Anker PowerExpand 7 in 1 usb c hu which is $20 more expensive than the current one I have (return the current and buy the anker)??
Of course the hub will drain power from the Mac as that is where it gets its power from when you are on battery. And depending on the devices connected to it, it could drain power quite fast.
USB-C Hub drains battery? Macbook Air M1
