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@AjTrek1 

Perfectly clear.  I hadn't thought through that you might be indicating hardware for recharging Item 4.  Thanks for taking the time to clarify.  Much appreciated.  I just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something wrt to supplying power to the Move. Cheers :zipper_mouth:

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Currently also on holiday and the Move won’t charge with a 61W charger. Extremely annoying as I never experienced issues with charging any bluetooth speakers. Please come with a fix for this Sonos. It’s worthless like this. 

AjTrek1
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For those of you in the UK, I’ve struggled to find something that will work for travel in UK and EU having tested quite a few. The 45w 20V/2.25A is the key and is very limited for UK/EU from what I have found/tested. Unfortunately all the Anker multi port options are 20V/3a so no good and the one “plug” option is UK only so no good for travel. However I’ve just bought and tested this successfully - I hope it helps:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XPFVF2S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

@tdjohn 

Your choice for the UK version appears to be very similar to that of what I suggested for the US version at 45W. See my post in this thread on the PowerAdd version. 45W appears to be the go-to spec for a 3rd party charger.

Cheers!

 

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For any Aussies reading this, I just bought a Comsol 90w USB-C universal power adaptor from Officeworks and it’s working well. 
It even has a USB-A port so you could charge your phone at the same time while your away from home. 

Check it out here!

 

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Hi AndrewBrian, there were some improvements made for the Macbook charging cables in the Sonos software version 10.5, so if you have that build, as long as your chargers meet the requirements listed in the thread, they should work fine.

 

 

The power adapter must be USB-C PD. For 45W operation the PD source must put out either 20V/2.25A (or higher current) or 15V/3A (or higher current). For 36W operation the PD source must put out 12V/3A or 15V/2.4A and charging speed is reduced if listening to audio at the same time. Anything less than 36W will not power or charge Move.

 

What kind of intermittent issues are you seeing with your charging cables?

The Move is on 10.6, and almost completely unresponsive to the MacBook charger. It will eventually charge, but I can’t find any pattern to how or why. It’s been plugged in now for two days and has not charged at all. I’ve tried multiple outlets, and two different 61 watt MacBook chargers with no success. 

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Hi AndrewBrian, there were some improvements made for the Macbook charging cables in the Sonos software version 10.5, so if you have that build, as long as your chargers meet the requirements listed in the thread, they should work fine.

 

 

The power adapter must be USB-C PD. For 45W operation the PD source must put out either 20V/2.25A (or higher current) or 15V/3A (or higher current). For 36W operation the PD source must put out 12V/3A or 15V/2.4A and charging speed is reduced if listening to audio at the same time. Anything less than 36W will not power or charge Move.

 

What kind of intermittent issues are you seeing with your charging cables?

The Move is on 10.6, and almost completely unresponsive to the MacBook charger. It will eventually charge, but I can’t find any pattern to how or why. It’s been plugged in now for two days and has not charged at all. I’ve tried multiple outlets, and two different 61 watt MacBook chargers with no success. 

Hi @Ryan S just to follow up on this, I arrived home today and placed the Move back on its base. It fired up right away. I took it off again and tried a third MacBook charger ... the 87 watt one … and got the flashing orange light again. Seems like something is not right with the USB-C charging on my Move?

AjTrek1
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Hi AndrewBrian, there were some improvements made for the Macbook charging cables in the Sonos software version 10.5, so if you have that build, as long as your chargers meet the requirements listed in the thread, they should work fine.

 

 

The power adapter must be USB-C PD. For 45W operation the PD source must put out either 20V/2.25A (or higher current) or 15V/3A (or higher current). For 36W operation the PD source must put out 12V/3A or 15V/2.4A and charging speed is reduced if listening to audio at the same time. Anything less than 36W will not power or charge Move.

 

What kind of intermittent issues are you seeing with your charging cables?

The Move is on 10.6, and almost completely unresponsive to the MacBook charger. It will eventually charge, but I can’t find any pattern to how or why. It’s been plugged in now for two days and has not charged at all. I’ve tried multiple outlets, and two different 61 watt MacBook chargers with no success. 

Hi @Ryan S just to follow up on this, I arrived home today and placed the Move back on its base. It fired up right away. I took it off again and tried a third MacBook charger ... the 87 watt one … and got the flashing orange light again. Seems like something is not right with the USB-C charging on my Move?

Hi @AndrewBrian 

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the Move’s USB-C charging such as a design defect. I believe it’s more that the Move is extremely picky about the source from whence the charge originates. :thinking:

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It doesn’t sound like a problem with that particular unit, as AjTrek1 says, it can be picky sometimes. Have you tried a different cable or another charger that is known to work? I’ve seen some Macbook chargers work, but that doesn’t mean all will.

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AjTrek1
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@AndrewBrian 

Please note that some devices are designed to reject power from a source that is not 100% spec to it’s requirment. This is done to protect the device from overload and/or heat build-up. Of course underpowered charging sources will be rejected as well. 

Maybe you’re just trying to save money and I get that. However, if you scroll up in this thread you’ll find my recommendations for the US and one by @tdjohn for the UK.

Cheers!

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@AndrewBrian

Please note that some devices are designed to reject power from a source that is not 100% spec to it’s requirment. This is done to protect the device from overload and/or heat build-up. Of course underpowered charging sources will be rejected as well. 

Maybe you’re just trying to save money and I get that. However, if you scroll up in this thread you’ll find my recommendations for the US and one by @tdjohn for the UK.

Cheers!

Thanks, those are great recommendations … I’m mostly trying to save bulk. I’m already lugging a big ‘ol speaker around and adding more chargers/cables to the mix is annoying. Plus, this thing is not a cheap little speaker that shouldn’t be able to figure out how to pull power from a pretty well defined source. I could see if it were rejecting some kind of knock-off supply, cheaply built, etc. But that it’s rejecting a clean source like a Mac charger is baffling. I’m by no means a USB-C power delivery spec expert but it seems like by Ryan’s admission the Mac chargers should be working and they’re not. A $400 speaker shouldn’t be this fickle, is, I suppose, the broader point. 

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I found these two chargers and they work great for my Move

 

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For those of you in the UK, I’ve struggled to find something that will work for travel in UK and EU having tested quite a few. The 45w 20V/2.25A is the key and is very limited for UK/EU from what I have found/tested. Unfortunately all the Anker multi port options are 20V/3a so no good and the one “plug” option is UK only so no good for travel. However I’ve just bought and tested this successfully - I hope it helps:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XPFVF2S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

 

Hi, im from uk and the link you have posted doesn't  work. Can you re up it please. 

 

Also does anyone know if the samsung 45w charger will charge the move? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I am a bit late to this thread, but have had a Move for a couple of weeks, and am not impressed with the standby battery life.  Losing 15-20% per day?  I use it in a bathroom in the UK, where we aren’t supposed to have mains electricity.  I am therefore looking at portable chargers, or possibly putting a wall charger in the next room, drilling a small hole in the wall and passing a USB cable under the bath and up to the shelf where the speaker lives (not above the bath).  Most of the products in this thread aren’t available in the UK.  Thoughts?

( @AjTrek1 if that works)

So either:

https://amzn.to/38Dx3Bs RAVPower USB C Power Bank 20100mAh 45W PD 3.0 Portable Charger External Battery Pack (USB-C Input, 45W Type-C Output)

OR

https://amzn.to/3cN4ggT TOMMOX USB C Charger - Dual Port Wall Charger, USB PD Port 45W with Power Delivery

https://amzn.to/2TUUYXx AmazonBasics USB Type-C to USB Type-C 2.0 Cable - 2.7 m

By the way, the Move charges well with a Lenovo ThinkPad 65W power brick that I happen to have.  From 30% to 90% in an hour. I would use this to charge the Power Bank below if I took that option.

I see same, regarding standby battery drain. 

Haven’t found a power bank that works with this. Tried a RAVPower USB C 45w bank that did not work, consistently. 

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Delta Charger

I found this on Amazon UK for those still looking.

Works great, and not a wall wart, which was a priority for me.

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07HYSGRNS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

jgatie

Would help if Sonos listed one on their website

 

Unless they have some sort of partnership with them, Sonos never makes recommendations on third party hardware.

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Just wanted to confirm a charger that actually works for the Sonos Move, and does charge very fast & well, and it takes up really small space so that’s a bonus:

https://www.anker.com/products/variant/powerport-atom-iii-slim-four-ports/A2045111
with this cable
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Powerline-Certified-Delivery-Charging/dp/B07ZPQZ2Z1
 

And to spare some people the frustration, I also own loads of other Anker’s and none of them worked - please note, the following chargers do NOT work:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IUTIUEA
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N2HIR9R
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071WLTPTY

Just wanted to share with you folks out there in case you’re looking for a good charger for the Sonos Move which I found rather picky on it’s chargers

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For Sonos Move owners in Sweden, Teknikmagasinet has a slim USB-C charger that works with the unit and it is right now on discount sale.

https://www.teknikmagasinet.se/produkter/hemteknik/batterier-laddare/laptopladdare/usb-type-c-laptop-charger-45w

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I failed to get my Apple 61 W USB-C charger to work with the Move. But when I swapped the original 2m Apple USB-C/USB-C cable to the cable supplied with the charger mentioned above it works.

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