Have you lost your phone charger again? Maybe it slipped under the couch, or it’s under all your clothes in your travel bag, or you left it at a hotel you stayed at last weekend. In any case, losing a charger is always annoying, especially if you have spent a lot of money on it.
However, home improvement furniture giant IKEA thinks it has the answer: a $4 USB-C charger.
A charger you don’t have to worry about
The charger is part of the SJÖSS lineup, which already includes the $7 30W charger and a $24 45W dual-port charger. However, the new 20W USB-C charger offers something others don’t: a price low enough that losing a charger won’t ruin your day.
For comparison, the 25W Anker USB-C charger costs $9.99, while the 20W Belkin USB-C adapter costs $10.85 on Amazon. Its closest competitor, a 20W USB-C adapter from Spigen, costs $6.00. Not to mention, Apple’s first-party 20W charger retails for $14.99.
Yes, the IKEA charger isn’t as compact as the Anker, but it weighs slightly less (2.39 ounces vs. 2 ounces). More importantly, the charger is PD (Power Delivery) compatible, making it more versatile. And yes, the charger should work perfectly with both Android smartphones and iPhones.
It’s currently only available in a subtle light green version, but I’d like to see the company offer it in other colors. The fact that the $4 charger comes from a well-known brand, offers fairly fast charging for modern smartphones, and lacks any fancy features entirely makes it an easy recommendation.
So you can buy just one of these for your bedroom or a few of them for your travel bags without having to think about the price. However, the box does not come with a USB-C cable. So if you don’t already have one, IKEA would charge a few dollars more.
You will receive stickers in six different colors if you purchase more than one and want to distinguish your sticker from that of your siblings or parents. The $4 IKEA 20W USB-C charger is a no-brainer, especially if you have a habit of leaving your chargers behind. Most recently, the company also launched a wireless charger that looks like a donut.
