@Pouasson I’ve looked at Anker but I’m honestly a big fan of Satechi, specifically this one here. I like that it has more length and extra ports, plus the same GaN technology. I’ve gotten a few things from them before and they haven’t let me down. Plus, looks aren’t everything of course but they look pretty nice too!
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The framework charger uses a C5 cord and has a type C port the cable lengths can be replaced with longer or shorter ones.
I didn’t buy the charger either but I did purchase one that had a ground connection.
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I haven’t received it yet but I bought a 150w 3 type C 1 type A charger from alibaba not sure if I’m allowed to post the link but here it is.
You could give Belkin a try
I’ve tried Belkin’s other products, they seem relatively solid, they may not have all the functions and features, but the ones they do have seem to work.
I wouldn’t recommend getting cheap power supplies from china, they often have very dubious quality and some are very dangerous, they can give electrical shocks or catch on fire. Or to say it with Big Clive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioAq7PI1Uwg
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Hi, thanks for the thread, I also belong to the Batch 8 Guild.
I have ordered a DIY kit with the 7840U processor. I will add later on 32 GB of RAM, For the moment thinking on buying a Crucial kit, since they are at a good price in Spain and people reported they are working ok (or at least I think I remembered reading that). For SSD planning on a 2TB SK Hynix P41, good price also here for it. If the Solidigm P44 gets a bit down in price I might think on it, but right now it is like 80 euros more here in Spain, for basically the same drive.
Since it is my first FrameWork laptop, ordered 3 USB-C expansion cards, 1 USB-A, 1 Display Port one (2nd gen), 1 HDMI (3rd gen) and 1 Ethernet one.
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First post for me. Excited to get my Framework 13, also ordered a 16 but that won’t get here for a long time! hopefully they can get orders out quickly before the holiday shipping problems start. The 13 will probably go to my wife once I get the 16.
That said, ordered a 7840 AMD chip. Their APU’s really seem to be top notch still! planning to buy the RAM/SSD for it during the black Friday sales :). Really love the concept of building my own laptop and being able to upgrade it. Really hoping we will see a better screen soon, 60Hz isn’t going to cut it… 120Hz or even 240Hz OLED is my dream 
I wasn’t originally looking to get one from china I was looking for at verbatim 4 port 150w charger and a couple other companies but couldn’t find one that would ship to the US. A little search later and found some carbon copy looking ones on amazon by companies that I have never heard of and said since there all made in the same factory in china I’ll try and find the source.
I don’t plan to just yolo it and plug it in to the framework I have a 100w USB C load tester, voltmeter and basic oscilloscope I was going to use to see how well it worked. If in my non professional opinion it looked bad I’ll trash it, if it looks good I’ll try it.
I wanted a grounded charger because on other metal laptops I’ve had I can feel a slight tingle in my arm if I rest it on the laptop when on a non grounded charger. Options are slim for those I may still buy the framework charger but I’d prefer one with extra ports.
If you want a review on the framework charger here are a couple
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Framework confirmed in the comments section of this video that the current batch (Batch 9) ships in December.
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So if Batch 9 is shipping in December I guess we should all be expecting a November shipment…
Exciting!
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Hope it would be right around black friday!
It looks like they’re currently emailing Batch 4, so I’m keeping an eye on the Batch 5 thread. Things seem to be moving pretty quickly!
That’s not necessary the case. Batch 9 could ship end of december so batch 8 could be shipped middle of december.
But I think every week one batch will be shipped from now on so ours could get shiped end of november.
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Here is my very non professional opinion on the charger.
Voltage drops a little with a 100w load to 19.42V on a 6ft 240w cord. My volt meter is nothing special so there is probably error in that reading.
Voltage looks stable no major spikes again my oscilloscope is a low dollar one and I’m not an expert.
The charger is grounded and has a 1m ohms resistor in line.
Overall I think it’s good I may buy a second one.
The charger is heavier than I thought it would be so I may still buy the framework one for better portability.
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batch 6 have gust got emails so not long now
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$5 says batch 8 starts shipping Nov 27 
Oct 27 - We’re preparting Batch 4 email
Nov 2 - We’re preparing Batch 5 email (6 days from batch 4 prep)
Nov 3 - First batch 4 shipment (7 days from prep email)
Nov 8 - We’re preparing Batch 6 email (6 days from batch 5 prep)
---- very scientific linear extrapolation begins ----
Nov 9 - Batch 5 starts shipping
Nov 14 - We’re preparing Batch 7
Nov 15 - Batch 6 starts shipping
Nov 21 - Batch 7 starts shipping
Nov 20 - We’re preparing Batch 8
Nov 26 - We’re preparing Batch 9
Nov 27 - Batch 8 starts shipping
Dec 3 - Batch 9 starts shipping
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Im glad that they are starting to feel reachable but by golly by jove it still feels so long away.
Reminder, if you have any changes you want to make to your order, contact support ASAP!
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