Universal Laptop Charger FSP NB Q90 Plus Review

The major task of technological progress is to provide people with more efficient, more convenient, and more user-friendly devices to be used at home and in office. The list of all those facilities has become of vital importance for consumer electronics segment. That is because people would like to be saved from multiple wires, cables and schemes when they use their PCs, laptops or other gadgets. Nevertheless, it is impossible to avoid cable grooming when it comes about PSUs or chargers. FSP company dared to solve this problem by releasing a compact and ergonomic laptop charger, codenamed NB Q90 Plus. The employment of this device is called to facilitate the laptop charge-in and save people from cable foul-ups.

Design and Ergonomics

The first thing that differentiates laptop charger FSP NB Q90 Plus from dozens of other models is its dimensions which do not exceed 135x72x19 mm. This makes it easily portable even in a tiny handbag. The series of charges is represented by models of white, black and pink colors. The casing is made of plastic and has got rounded edges. The charger goes with an alternating network potential adapter that works at constant 19 V. The low-profile cable is rather short (11 cm) and ends up in a universal socket base with eleven sockets; it is located along the charger casing. Such cable grooming technology is called EZ Cable Management. One can consider the length of the cable a drawback, nevertheless it protects the charger from falling out of the table and saves much spacing on the working surface.

The other advantage of NB Q90 Plus charger is the availability of an integrated USB slot on the side plate of the casing. This USB is predestined for the charge-in of compact devices, such as cellular phones, players, and other portable gadgets. The network cable length achieves the margin of 170 cm, and that is sufficient for the unimpeded connection to the socket bases.

The manufacturer decided to pamper its customer with the additional accessories in the delivery kit. The most useful accessory is a bag made of cloth destined for the convenient transportation of charger itself and its accompanying cables.

Performance

It should be stated that, despite rather compact dimensions, this charger proves to demonstrate quite decent performance. The nominal power index equals to 90W; this is sufficient to power practically all laptops with 15 inch display dimensions. At the same time, the maximal power consumption at the USB socket is 5W. In this light, NB Q90 Plus will be a perfect match for charging external hard drives of 2.5 inch form factor.

This charger also demonstrates high voltage output stability; the dispersion is not big on idle running and approximates 18.98V, and 18.89V on 4.5A current. Exactly because of such stability the beat dispersion does not exceed the margin of 10 mV.

Specifications

FSP NB Q90 Plus is delivered with the whole range of integrated technologies which are sure to protect the connected laptop or other device from any malfunctions. For example, a customer will revel in the option that saves the laptop from overvoltage, overloading or short circuit. Other specifications of this charger model include:
— efficiency level: 87%;
— compatibility with the majority laptop models (Lenovo, Asus, Sony, Dell, HP, etc.); — input voltage: 100-240V;
— output voltage: +18V, +20V;
— working frequency: 50-60 Hz;
— protection standards: FCC, CB, BSMI, CE.