Use stock 3 amp charger or other 2 amp charger?

[swa100]

Hey all,

I was wondering what you guys think of the following:

Is it better for your battery to use the stock 3 amp charger all the time or is it better to charge it more slowly with an 2 amp charger? In my thoughts, slow charging is better for the battery. What do you think?

 

[therock3181]

Slower is better.

Tons of articles on the net discussing this!

 

[swa100]

Slower is better.

Tons of articles on the net discussing this!

Yeah I've read some, but they are a bit inconclusive. That's why I started this topic.

Edit: thanks for your reply btw!

 

[v12xke]

Use a USB-C 5V 3A charger. If you monitor your charging amps you will only ever see 3A when fully discharged and it then tapers off to less than 0.5 amp when close to full. Suit yourself, but I'm using USB-C chargers designed for the phone.

 

[swa100]

Use a USB-C 5V 3A charger. If you monitor your charging amps you will only ever see 3A when fully discharged and it then tapers off to less than 0.5 amp when close to full. Suit yourself, but I'm using USB-C chargers designed for the phone.

Since the battery of the 6p degrades very fast, I was interested if people here would think using a 2 amp charger would help stay the battery in better condition.

 

[v12xke]

Since the battery of the 6p degrades very fast, I was interested if people here would think using a 2 amp charger would help stay the battery in better condition.

As mentioned earlier the charging current is not constant and is regulated by the phone. The fast-charging phase of the charging cycle only runs up to ~40% battery capacity and then tapers off. If you doubt this, you can simply install any program that monitors charging current (eg. Accubattery) and see for yourself. See the Accessories sub-forum or the "Charge Time" section here for more information.

 

[swa100]

Use a USB-C 5V 3A charger. If you monitor your charging amps you will only ever see 3A when fully discharged and it then tapers off to less than 0.5 amp when close to full. Suit yourself, but I'm using USB-C chargers designed for the phone.

As mentioned earlier the charging current is not constant and is regulated by the phone. The fast-charging phase of the charging cycle only runs up to ~40% battery capacity and then tapers off. If you doubt this, you can simply install any program that monitors charging current (eg. Accubattery) and see for yourself. See the Accessories sub-forum or the "Charge Time" section here for more information.

I know that. I'm monitoring the charge speed with accubattery. When under 40% it charges up to 2900 mah, and when it gets higher it goes down to around 2000mah. Average charging speed for last charge (20%-80%) was around 2550 mah. I know that's normal for normal phones, but I was wondering if it would help if I would use a 2 amp charger, to slow the charging down. Only because our nexus 6p stock batteries seem to be quite crappy.

So, I know the charge rate is fine if the battery would be of good quality, but it seems that ours are not.