When it comes to charging 12.9-inch iPad Pro, you’re going to be better off thinking outside the box (it came in).
The larger, 29-watt USB-C charger is the one that should have come with the iPad Pro in the first place. It blows the 12-watt included charger out of the water so hard, you’re going to want to get one right now.
Looking at a series of tests by MacStories’ Federico Viticci, it’s abundantly clear that the higher wattage USB-C charger that’s now available in the Apple Store is far more than just more wattage. When connected to an iPad Pro, it results in faster charging than it would thanks to the Pro’s new USB controller system, also found in a 2015 MacBook.
His results are stunning: with the iPad Pro’s screen off, the 29W adapter charged his iPad to 80 percent (the point at which all iOS devices start to trickle charge) in 93 minutes. The 12W pack-in brick did the same job in 213 minutes. That’s a huge difference, but it’s not the whole story.
The holy grail of charging is being able to use your device while you use it. The 12W charger that comes with the iPad Pro charged Viticci’s unit with the screen brightness up to 100 percent in a slow as molasses 732 minutes. The 29W charger? 107 minutes. That’s a difference of over ten hours.
The higher watt charger continued to shine throughout all the testing, like 100 percent bright screen playing CPU-intensive mobile game, OceanHorn, with the 29W charging the iPad Pro up seven and a half hours faster than the 12W one, and almost seven hours faster when playing a video with the VLC app. That’s a staggering difference.
Bottom line, you should go grab the new 29W power adapter from Apple for $49 (which will also need a USB-C to Lightning cable for $35. Your iPad Pro will thank you for all the juice it gets in record time.
Source: MacStories
Rob LeFebvre is an Anchorage, Alaska-based writer and editor who has contributed to various tech, gaming and iOS sites, including 148Apps, Creative Screenwriting, Shelf-Awareness, VentureBeat, and Paste Magazine. Feel free to find Rob on Twitter @roblef, and send him a cookie once in a while; he’ll really appreciate it.
14 responses to “Think outside the box for super-fast iPad Pro charging”
Could you use this method for the 9.7 iPad or a iPhone?
No. You can only use a 12w with an iPad 9.7. iPhone 6 and newer can quick charge with a 12w iPad charger however.
Why, what happens when you plug in the 9.7 iPad or iPhone?
If you plug the 29w charger into the 9.7 iPad or iPhone 6 it will only charge at the 12w rate. Nothing bad will happen.
Correct.
So your previous statement in which you said:
“No. You can only use a 12w with an iPad 9.7.”
is incorrect.
I mean.. sort of? He was clearly giving the information the asker really wanted when they asked if this “method” could be used with the 9.7″ iPad. That’s what’s important: Getting the right information across. Your comment, however, added no new information and no value to the conversation. It was just rude.
That was not a typo. This is a toyo.
Does that include the SE?
The only thing about the 6s is it won’t take 12 w from any Mac unless you upgrade to El Capitan
The iPad Pro can’t charge at 29 watts unless it asks for 29 watts Think of some test that proves the iPad Pro will ask for that current
USB current has to be asked .you can’t just dump on it.
Connect a 12 ” USB c Mac to to iPad Pro. Go to system report. Go to USB. See hoe much current is being used on the iPad
If it’s 2100 ma like all the other iPads and iPhone 6 and above then Federico’s test is invalid
If a current or next generation MacBook USB c charges the iPad Pro at more then 12 watts then Fredric’s test is valid
I have an iPad Pro and the 29 W USB C adaptor (purchased last weekend) – I can’t confirm the exact numbers, but I will confirm this does indeed work. I went from 65% to 85% in just a half an hour (while in use) yesterday.
Did the author check with Apple to see if this voids the warranty? Does apple support the 29 watt charger for the iPad Pro?
IT does not void the warranty and is, in fact, supported by Apple. Go to the USB-C to Lightning cable’s page on the Apple Store and it will suggest it for fast charging.
SO something that is supposed to come free with the ipad pro is now being charged for $80?? Should throw in some lube too with all the butt f*ck on the customers