How to charge iPad or other tablets from laptop

If you've had a tablet, Android or iPad, for a while, then you know that laptop USB ports don't provide enough power to charge your tablet, but a new gadget is coming to solve this problem for any kind of laptop.

In the video clip below you can see Satechi uCharger, a gadget that can be plugged into a laptop's USB port and allows a higher amperage to be drawn through that port to charge a tablet that is connected to it via a charging cable.

According to the manufacturer Satechi uCharger, it detects the charging specifications of the device connected to the gadget and forces the laptop to provide enough power to facilitate charging a tablet, a camera, or other gadgets.

Satechi uCharger is able to increase by up to 4 times the charging speed of a mobile terminal using the USB port of a laptop, the achievement being impressive from any point of view, but of course there are some risks in using such accessories.

However, using the Satechi uCharger Hi-Speed ​​USB Charging Adapter, charging speed from a laptop or computer USB port increases up to 4 times faster. The uCharger works by detecting the charging specifications required by your device and exchanging protocols with the computer to match the charging power required by your device. Charge smartphones, tablets, music players, e-readers, portable batteries, cameras, handheld video game consoles, and more from the USB port of your laptop, as quickly as charging from a wall outlet when using the uCharger.

Using the Satechi uCharger there is a risk of negatively affecting the internal components of your laptop that would have to supply more energy than they were intended to do, so you must be very careful with accessories of this kind.

Satechi uCharger can be purchased from this page at the price of 11 dollars, but also accepting the related risks.