The EZQuest WorldTravel 65W GaN 5 Port with PD Wall Charger can keep your notebook, phone, tablet and smartwatch powered up in more than 200 countries. It packs four USB-C ports plus a USB-A one for compatibility with a range of electronics.
Of course, the travel adapter includes retractable power prongs for Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and most of Asia. And EZQuest built in some welcome safety features.
I tested the 65W power plug adapter out, and it’ll certainly go on my next international trip. Here’s why.
EZQuest WorldTravel 65W GaN 5 Port with PD Wall Charger review
I’m old enough to remember when the only device I took with me on a trip to Europe was a point-and-shoot camera. Those days are long gone. Now I bring an iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch … at the very least.
Keeping all that gear going, no matter the destination, requires a multiport travel adapter that can handle power sockets with a range of designs and voltages.
The EZQuest WorldTravel 65W GaN 5 Port with PD Wall Charger can do that. One of its ports goes up to 65W, and the others offer up to 15W/18W. Plus, it includes the prongs to handle wall sockets used across most of the world.
EZQuest’s international travel charger comes equipped with four different power prong types for the wall sockets of 200+ countries and regions. It can output up to 65W through four USB-C ports and one USB-A port.
- Power prongs for 200 countries
- 5 useful USB ports
- Bulky
Table of contents: EZQuest WorldTravel 65W charger review
- A travel adapter with all the extras
- 4 types of prongs
- Lots of plugs, too
- 5 useful ports: USBC and USB-A
- EZQuest performance testing results
- Safety measures
- EZQuest WorldTravel 65W GaN 5 Port with PD Wall Charger final thoughts
- Pricing
A travel adapter with all the extras
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This power adapter brings a plethora of prongs, plugs and ports. It seems like almost every square inch of the exterior has one or another of these.
EZQuest used Gallium Nitride (GaN) in the internals of the hardware, which keeps the required size down, but all those ports and the electronics to power them make for an unavoidable amount of bulk. That’s why its travel wall charger ends up 2.9 inches tall by 2.5 inches wide by 2.5 inches thick, and 0.4 pounds.
That’s not pocket-size, but it fits easily into a suitcase. It might be a lump in your backpack, though.
My review unit is white plastic that matches Apple accessories, or you can choose black instead.
4 types of prongs
Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
One side of the EZQuest WorldTravel Wall Charger includes the range of power prongs so necessary for any international charger. These are controlled by a set of sliders on an adjoining side.
Near the top is a slider to bring out the Type A prongs for the United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Japan and more. These same prongs rotate slightly to become Type I for use in Australia, New Zealand, parts of China and more.
The middle slider brings out the Type G prongs for use in the United Kingdom, Ireland and more. And the bottom slider brings out a pair of prongs in the Type C configuration for the European Union.
But take note: The travel adapter does not work in India or South Africa.
I already own an adapter for plugs from around the globe. It let me test the EZQuest WorldTravel Wall Charger’s Type C, Type G, etc., plugs. They all fit, connect and transfer power, as expected.
Lots of plugs, too
On the opposite side of EZQuest’s international travel charger from all those prongs are a set of plugs for the wall chargers most used by travelers globally. This allows you to insert a non-USB device to draw current from a wall outlet, with the second device using any of a wide range of prong types.
To understand why, suppose you bring an electric razor with you when you travel. This adapter lets you use it in the United Kingdom, European Union, etc., even though it has U.S. prongs.
But don’t miss this important warning from EZQuest: “This adapter does NOT convert voltage.” That means the non-USB device you insert into these plugs must be able to handle the local voltage on its own. If it can’t, the overvoltage could burn it out. To be clear, this does not affect the USB ports — they use the global USB standard.
5 useful ports: USB-C and USB-A
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All alone on one side of the EZQuest WorldTravel 65W GaN 5 Port with PD Wall Charger sits a single USB-C port. When used by itself, this can output the full 65W offered by this accessory with PD support. When used with other ports, it drops to 45W. Still, this is your priority plug — use it for the devices you want to get the most power, such as a MacBook or iPad.
On the other side of the coin, there are four more USB ports, with a mere 15W to divide between them. (There’s one small exception I’ll explain in a second.) This is the one real weakness of the travel adapter: 15W is not a lot if you use it to charge up four devices at once.
There are three more USB-C ports on the bottom edge of the international travel charger. With a total maximum of 15W (not 15W each), these can charge up your and your spouse’s iPhones, but you must give them enough time.
On another side of the product, below the sliders I mentioned earlier, sits the sole USB-A port. When used alone, it can output up to 18W (that’s the exception I mentioned), but otherwise it must split the same 15W with the trio of USB-C ports. Still, it’s not a bad option for the old Apple Watch wireless charger you keep in your luggage for travel.
EZQuest promises “intelligent power allocation based on what devices are connected,” and my tests bear that out … as long as you keep in mind that the lone USB-C port on the right side receives priority power. Whatever you plug in there gets as much as it can take, up to 65W or 45W depending on what other ports you’re using, as confirmed by the voltmeters I use for testing. The other four USB ports get to split up 15W.
EZQuest travel adapter performance testing results
As part of testing, I plugged a power-sucking external battery into the priority USB-C port and it took in 62W. But as soon as I plugged a second power bank into another USB-C port, the power going to the first dropped to 42W, while the second was getting 12W — as expected.
I added my iPad and iPhone to the mix, plus another power bank. The trio of USB-C ports provided 6W, 6W and 2W, respectively. I then plugged a battery-powered speaker into the USB-A port and it took in just 2W, while the trio of USB-C ports dropped to 5W, 5W and 1W. As I said: They all must split 15W between them. Note that all this time, the priority USB-C port continued to put out 42W.
I’m throwing out all these numbers not to make your eyes glaze but to demonstrate that the EZQuest WorldTravel 65W GaN 5 Port with PD Wall Charger does the best it can to share power to all your devices. But the more you plug in, the slower they charge.
Safety measures
The EZQuest WorldTravel wall charger includes some safety features none of my other travel adapters do. Most notably, there’s a built-in 10A fuse to (hopefully) keep poorly made electrical grids from frying your devices. There’s even a spare fuse so you don’t get left in the lurch of a hotel thousands of miles from home.
It also includes over-current, over-voltage, over-temperature and short-circuit protection.
EZQuest WorldTravel 65W GaN 5 Port with PD Wall Charger final thoughts
When considering EZQuest’s travel adapter as a whole, I like that it’s built with one USB-C port that gets priority on power. On the road, there’s always one device I have to be sure is charged up — usually it’s my iPhone, but sometimes it’s the MacBook. With this accessory, I get to decide which is most important and make sure it’s juiced up.
I also like the large number of ports. At night, I want to be able to plug in a MacBook, iPhone, Apple Watch and emergency battery and (hopefully) have them all at 100% when I wake up.
What I do not like is that most of the ports must split a mere 15W between them. The result is this is an outstanding charger for a laptop and a phone, but it’s just OK when you need a travel adapter for more devices.
I understand the bulk — this power plug adapter packs in a lot of features — but the product is a bit too large to ride comfortably in my backpack. It’s best in a suitcase.
★★★★☆
Pricing
The EZQuest WorldTravel 65W GaN 5 Port with PD Wall Charger sells for $59.99.
Buy it from: EZQuest
EZQuest’s international travel charger comes equipped with four different power prong types for the wall sockets of 200+ countries and regions. It can output up to 65W through four USB-C ports and one USB-A port.
- Power prongs for 200 countries
- 5 useful USB ports
- Bulky
If you’re looking for something significantly smaller and can get by with a single USB-C port and a 30W maximum, I suggest the Rolling Square Pocket Travel Charger, which I also reviewed.
EZQuest provided Cult of Mac with a review unit for this article. See our reviews policy, and check out more in-depth reviews of Apple-related items.
