Sabrent Voltik 252W charges eight devices at once and shows you exactly what each is drawing

Ask any photographer or filmmaker what quietly eats their desk space and the answer is usually the same: a tangle of chargers. Camera batteries, phone, laptop, wireless mics, an action camera, a drone controller, a card reader. Sabrent’s Voltik 252W is a single brick that takes eight of them at once, and unusually for this category it tells you exactly what each device is drawing. Full details are on the official Sabrent product page.

The headline figure is 252W shared across eight ports — four USB-C and four USB-A. Each USB-C port can deliver up to 100W individually, which is enough to charge a MacBook Pro at full speed, or 125W across a pair. The USB-A ports handle 18W each. That total is a shared budget rather than eight simultaneous maximums, so a port only reaches its peak when the others are lightly loaded, but for a working desk that is rarely the limitation it sounds.

The feature we find genuinely useful is the colour LCD. Cycling through the ports shows real-time wattage, voltage, amperage and internal temperature for each one. That sounds like a gimmick until you have spent an evening wondering why a laptop is charging slowly, or whether a camera battery is actually drawing power or has simply died. Being able to see the numbers turns guesswork into a glance.

Sabrent has covered the practical points too. It supports PD 3.0, PPS, QC 4.0 and QC 3.0, so it should fast-charge almost anything modern, and it is UL certified with protection against overcharge, overcurrent, overheating and short circuits — worth noting given how many high-wattage chargers on the market carry no such certification. There is a Kensington lock slot, a wall-mount bracket in the box, and a 1.2m power cable.

It is not a new product — it has been on sale long enough to accumulate over 10,000 reviews — but it is one that keeps coming up, and it addresses a problem every working creative has. We have a unit incoming, and a full review will follow.

Sabrent Voltik 252W: Specifications

Model: AX-8PTC.
Total output: 252W shared across all ports.
Ports: 8 total — 4x USB-C and 4x USB-A.
USB-C: up to 100W per port individually, up to 125W per pair; supported voltages 5V/3A, 9V/3A, 12V/3A, 15V/3A, 20V/5A.
USB-A: up to 18W per port, up to 36W per pair; supported voltages 5V/3A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A.
Charging protocols: PD 3.0, PPS, QC 4.0, QC 3.0.
PPS voltage range: 3.3-5.9V, 3.3-11V, 3.3-21V.
Display: colour LCD showing per-port wattage, voltage, amperage and internal temperature.
Safety: UL certified, with overcharge, overcurrent, overheating and short-circuit protection; Kensington lock slot.
Input: AC 100-240V.
Included: wall-mount bracket, 1.2m power cable.
Warranty: one year.

Sabrent Voltik 252W: Price and availability

The Voltik 252W is available now direct from Sabrent and through Amazon, with US pricing typically in the region of $60 to $90 depending on promotions. UK pricing varies by retailer — check current pricing before purchase.