Promate PowerBase-GaN285 285W GaN Charging Station, 6-Port USB-C Desktop Charger with PPS, 100W/65W/30W Outputs, Overheat Protection, Stand and 1.5M Cable / POWERBASE-GAN285 / POWERBASE-GAN285

The Promate POWERBASE-GAN285 is a GaN desktop charging station delivering 285W total across six USB-C ports. It measures 96 x 96 x 33mm, weighs 297.8g and ships with a stand and a 1.5m cable. One unit covers laptops, phones and tablets at the same time instead of a power strip full of individual adapters.

USB-C1 is the high-power port, running the full Power Delivery ladder at 5V, 9V, 12V and 15V at 3A, and 20V at 5A for 100W. That is enough to charge a 16-inch class laptop at full speed while it is being used, which is the test that separates a real desktop charger from a phone charger with extra sockets.

The first port also supports Programmable Power Supply across 3.3V to 11V at 5A and 3.3V to 20V at 5A. PPS lets the device request voltage in fine increments instead of fixed steps, so the charger tracks the battery's actual needs. Less energy is wasted as heat, and the battery runs cooler while charging.

USB-C2 delivers up to 65W, reaching 20V at 3.25A, with PPS across 3.3V to 11V at 4.5A and 3.3V to 21V at 3.25A. Sixty-five watts is the standard figure for thin-and-light laptops and larger tablets, so the two top ports between them cover a workstation laptop and a second machine at once.

USB-C3 through USB-C6 each deliver up to 30W, running 5V and 9V at 3A and 12V at 2.5A. Thirty watts covers fast charging on virtually every phone, plus tablets, earbuds cases, handheld consoles and portable batteries. Having four of them is what lets an entire desk or family charge from a single wall socket.

The four 30W ports also carry PPS, at 3.3V to 5.9V at 3A and 3.3V to 11V at 3A. That matters for modern Android phones, which rely on PPS to reach their advertised fast-charge speeds. A charger without PPS on its lower ports quietly drops those phones back to a slower standard profile.

Gallium nitride switches faster than silicon and wastes less energy as heat, which is what allows 285W of output in a 96 x 96 x 33mm body weighing 297.8g. A conventional silicon charger of the same capacity would be several times the size, and would not sit unobtrusively on a desk.

Input is 100 to 240V at 50 or 60Hz, which is the full global mains range. The station works on South African mains and on any other supply you are likely to meet, so it travels without a voltage converter and only ever needs a plug adapter for the socket shape itself.

Built-in overheat protection monitors the station through sustained high-power sessions, which is when a six-port charger is under the most thermal load. The included stand holds a device upright beside the charger and the 1.5m cable gives enough reach to place the station where you want it rather than at the wall.