Looks good, feels good, loads properly, but makes noises

Looks good, feels good, loads properly, but makes noises

Anker® 40W 5V / 8A 5-Port USB Charger with PowerIQ technology and 1.5m power cable for Apple & Android smartphones, tablets, and other USB devices loaded (White) (Accessories)

Customer Review

The product is supplied in an attractive packaging, makes a high impression (weight, processing). I was surprised that the device is even smaller even than I had expected, which makes it an ideal travel companion.

In initial tests, 5 various devices have been loaded without any problems at the same time. The mobile phones even felt faster than the original charger.
Were tested, among other things, a Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, an iPhone 4S, a TomTom Go 500 GPS, GPS Polar Pods, a Wii U Pro Controller, a Kindle Paperwhite and a Logitech Harmony Touch.
The charger hardly heats up even at full capacity.

Why do I still forgive only 3 stars?

The charger makes unfortunately sounds.
In "Idle", it is a mixture of hum and noise. Even if the sound is so quiet that you would no longer even hears from 30cm distance, so I think that's really disturbing, and the device would not be wasted plugged into the mains.
In "partial load" changes the sound in a mixture of Fiepsen and whistles. In a quiet room that is quite even heard from a few meters away, and I could imagine that sensitive persons it even get a headache. An operation in the bedroom, or in a hotel room, I can not imagine. I want the device does not have standing while working at a desk.
Only at a temperature approaching "full capacity" then disappear the sounds, and the device runs as quietly as I would have imagined.

Since the device is running with me but only in exceptional cases in full capacity (normally there are probably only 2 mobile phones and perhaps a third device to be), I'm still not sure if I will keep the device.
The charging function really works properly. But the noise makes me unhappy. My Braun shaver is similar fiepsig loading, but since I can close the bathroom door. The anchor charger I would rather conveniently close to me have (mobile phones).

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