It’s one of those things that still feels slightly absurd. You spend a thousand dollars or much more, on a brand new iPhone and it arrives in that beautifully engineered, impossibly thin box. You open it and something is conspicuously missing: the power adapter. Apple, of course, has its reasons, citing environmental benefits and the fact that we all have a drawer full of old chargers. And there's some truth to that. But the charger in that drawer is almost certainly the old 5-watt USB-A model, which charges a modern iPhone at a pace that can only be described as glacial.
So, you need a new charger. A proper one. One with USB-C and Power Delivery 3.0 to actually fast-charge your device. You could buy Apple’s 20W USB-C adapter for $29 AUD. It’s a perfectly good charger. But it’s just the adapter. If you need a USB-C to USB-C cable (say, for an iPad, iPhone 15 and higher or a Mac), that’s another expense. This is the new tax on buying new hardware.
This situation has created a thriving market for third-party accessories. A lot of them are junk. But some of them are quite good and a few are not just good, but also a great deal. This brings me to the USP 20W USB-C PD Fast Wall Charger White And USB-C Cable, which I’ve been looking at. It comes from an Australian outfit called Campad Electronics and sells for $24.99 AUD. And for that price, you get not only the 20W USB-C power brick but a 1-metre USB-C to USB-C cable, too. That’s an interesting proposition.
So, What Is It?
At a glance, it’s exactly what you’d expect: a small, white wall charger with a single USB-C port. It’s unassuming. It’s the sort of thing you’d see and not think twice about, which, for a utility like a charger, is arguably the pinnacle of design. It’s not trying to make a statement. It’s here to do a job.
The headline feature is 20W Power Delivery (PD). This is the standard you want for fast-charging any modern iPhone, Pixel or recent Samsung device. It’s the right amount of power to get an iPhone from nearly flat to 50 percent in about 30 minutes. It does exactly that. I tested it and the charging times are right where they should be, indistinguishable from Apple’s own 20W adapter. It just works.
The charger is smart about its power output, conforming to the USB-C PD spec. It will deliver the 20 watts to a device that can take it, but it will also safely charge lower-power devices like headphones or a Nintendo Switch. There’s no risk of it frying your gear. It’s doing what the USB-C standard was designed to do.
A Thoughtful Shape
Here’s a small detail I appreciate: the physical shape of the adapter. It’s a vertical rectangle, not a cube or a wide block. Why does this matter? It matters because it doesn’t block the adjacent outlets on a power board. This is a classic design blunder that even large companies, including Apple, in years past, have made. There’s nothing more irritating than a bulky power adapter that renders two or three outlets useless.
The USP charger is polite. It stays in its lane. This, combined with its light weight of just 76 grams, makes it a terrific travel companion. It’s exactly the sort of charger you want to toss in your bag for a trip or to keep at the office as a secondary power source. The minimalist white finish fits in anywhere, looking perfectly at home next to Apple hardware.
The Cable Is Key
The fact that this charger comes with a USB-C to USB-C cable in the box is, to my mind, the best part of the deal. Many third-party chargers don't, forcing you to buy one separately. And not all USB-C cables are created equal. To get the full benefit of Power Delivery, you need a cable that is built to handle it.
The included 1-metre cable is rated for 60W, which is more than enough for this 20W charger. This is smart. It means the cable isn’t the weak link in the chain. It guarantees you’ll get the advertised charging speed right out of the box. A 1-metre length is also just about perfect, long enough to be useful at a desk or bedside table, but not so long that it becomes a tangled mess.
For $25, getting both the adapter and a proper cable feels like a genuinely good value. If you were to buy Apple’s 20W adapter and, say, their 1-metre USB-C cable, you’d be spending close to $60. This package is less than half that.
A Word on Campad Electronics
This product isn’t from some anonymous brand on Amazon. It’s from Campad Electronics, an Australian company that’s been in the mobile accessories business for a long time. They’ve built a reputation for selling reliable products at fair prices. They’re not a flashy startup; they’re a classic retailer that seems to focus on sourcing solid, dependable gear.
There’s a certain peace of mind that comes with that. You’re buying a product that meets Australian electrical safety standards from a company with a local presence and a long-standing reputation to uphold. It’s a different proposition from rolling the dice on a mystery brand from an overseas marketplace.
The Bottom Line
The USP 20W USB-C PD Fast Wall Charger is a fundamentally honest product. It promises to fast-charge your modern devices and it does. It has a practical, unobtrusive design. And it comes with the right cable to do its job, all for a very fair price.
Is it as nice as Apple’s official charger? It’s certainly not as expensively manufactured. But for a purely functional item like this, does it need to be? I’d argue it doesn’t. It’s a commodity and the goal with a commodity is to get a reliable one for a good price.
This charger from Campad Electronics nails it. It’s the perfect solution for anyone who has bought a new phone and found themselves without an adequate charger. It’s an ideal, affordable second charger for travel or the office. It’s a simple, no-nonsense answer to a common and frankly annoying, problem. It’s a smart buy.
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