Anker Prime 240W Charging Station

Anker Prime 240W Charging Station Specifications
Model Number	A91B2
Total USB output	240W
AC output	1250W
USB-A ports	2 12W
USB-C ports	4 140W
AC outlets	2 Pop up ports
Display	Smart digital display
Dimensions	13.8 × 7.8 × 1.8 cm
Weight	590g
Warranty	$200,000 connected equipment warranty 24 Month Warranty

 

The packaging for the Prime 240W Charging Station has a black background and then taking up most of the front is a picture of the charging station and its power supply. Interestingly, they would include the power supply in the picture and I will touch on it more in a second but I guess with it being large they want to make sure people aren’t surprised. The front of the box mentioned support for Apple, Samsung, and More which is big for me. This is a similar device to the Anker 727 Charging Station when I took a look at their lineup back in 2022. I was a big fan of that charging station as an option on my desk but it didn’t support the fastest charging for my Samsung phone. Down at the bottom on the front of the box they touch on the 240-watt total output, mention wifi control, and list out the 8 total connections that you get which is why they list this as an 8 in 1. The back of the box continues the black background and most of the back is filled with a picture showing the Prime 240W Charging Station in use on a desk. They have a badge for its 24-month warranty and then break down three of its features with descriptions.

When you open the box up the Prime 240W Charging Station comes wrapped in tissue paper rather than the plastic Anker used in the past and it sits in a cardboard tray to keep it safe and sound. You can then lift it up and under that, they have the power supply which also comes wrapped in paper as well. Beyond that, you get a legal paper that has a QR code to the user guide on the front as well as a QR code to support if you need it.

Okay let's address the elephant in the room and in this case, the big animal is the power supply for the Prime 240W Charging Station. The older 727 Charging Station just had a power cable with an AC plug on the end. That one did have a proprietary connection to connect to the charging station because of how thin it is and that is the case again this time. But this time around that plug is wider because it has to pass more than just the three connections through and at the end they have now pulled the power supply out of the charging station itself and put it all at the plug with a huge power wart. In fact, it is 113mm tall, 78mm wide not counting the plug built in. It isn’t too thick though so depending on where you are plugging it in it might not cover any other plugs. Unless you plug into a power strip with the plugs sideways that is, then it is going to cover a lot lol. In my case though, I hope to use this on my desk and this is a big hunk of weight to have plugged into a power strip upside down on my desk. If the power supply can't be integrated into the station, an in-line brick would be better in my case. I can at least put that in my cable management tray and not worry about it coming unplugged. The power supply does feature some of the same styling though including the groves cut in the housing all around it and on the back the glossy rounded space suit like design.

As far as the actual Prime 240W Charging Station, it comes in at 138 mm long, 78 mm wide, and just 18 mm thick. That compact design is what makes it such an ideal solution for your desk.

Where our older 727 had the two power plugs up on top and below it, it looked like a wireless charger but didn’t have any of that. The Prime 240W Charging Station on the other hand fills that space with a display screen in that bottom half and below each of the AC plugs you have buttons that let you turn each plug off. This is where Anker integrated that glossy finish just like on the 250-watt charger and on the power supply for the Prime 240W Charging Station. Both of the AC plugs also have a square around them, this is because the Prime 240W Charging Station is so thin that a power plug would bottom out. So when you plug something in, the port raises up to have enough depth. The bottom of the Prime 240W Charging Station has four small rubber feet in the corners and in the middle, you have the serial number etched in and all of the normal required regulatory information as well, tucked away on the bottom.

The thin design of the Prime 240W Charging Station is really noticeable once you start looking at the sides, especially the right side where it has two Type-A USB ports. It isn’t much thicker than the ports themselves. That side also has the prime branding on it which is the only thing that interrupts the groves that run around the entire outside edge. The left side doesn’t have any ports, but it does have one button. This is for the built-in display to flip through pages. Then at the back, you can see the power cable plug which where the 727 had three pins, this one is wider and has 5 pins in total. This is a proprietary connection but as you can see because of the thickness, it has to be unique. Then up on the front edge is where you will find all of the Type-C plugs, you get four in total. The Prime 240W Charging Station, as the name suggests, has a 240-watt total capacity. But that is split up across the ports. You have a max of 140 watts from any single Type-C connection and the two Type-A ports cap out at 12 watts. The Prime 240W Charging Station also has Bluetooth and wifi support which works with the Anker app and I will touch on that in the performance section.