Dash charging adapter / cable?

Gadgetguy2005

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Hello all,

some reviews are saying that for dash charging one needs a special kind of cable - is that true?

Are there power banks which offer dash charging?

Thank you for your input
 

fourcc

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Hi there,

Does anybody know if all the cables/adapters compatible with Dash Charge for Oneplus 1,2,3,3T,5,5T are automatically compatible with Oneplus 6 too? Many Dash charge accesories providers didn‘t update their product description pages and I‘m womdering if I am safe when buying them for my brand new Oneplus 6.
any help would be appreciated.
 

Eric214

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Actually there are Dash-compatible power banks, they just don't call it that. Dash is the same thing as VOOC, and there are VOOC power banks. Here's one:

https://www.amazon.com/Sdoutech-10000-Portable-Charge-Oneplus/dp/B078K8TZQ1
Interesting, has anyone tried one of these? I thought that VOOC/Dash Charging was a patented, proprietary tech that OPPO/Oneplus didn't license out? I'm curious if anyone has tried this and found it to charge as fast as the Dash brick/cable combo.
 

iElvis

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Interesting, has anyone tried one of these? I thought that VOOC/Dash Charging was a patented, proprietary tech that OPPO/Oneplus didn't license out? I'm curious if anyone has tried this and found it to charge as fast as the Dash brick/cable combo.
I have not but I have been thinking seriously of getting one. Will report back if I do.
 

iElvis

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This is interesting. But, considering how dash charge works, doesn't the Power Bank battery get any stress?
Not if it's built correctly. VOOC is 20W max - not really that much. I think QC 3.0 is 18W. I have a 20W Macbook backup battery I've been using for years and it still works fine.

It probably will wear out faster, but that's the case with any battery - slow charging means longer life. It's a trade-off.
 
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x111

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oneplus should call it 5V-4A charging and make it work with any usb-c cables and other chargers that able to deliver 5V-3A.