Until now my chargers have been outliving the devices they came with
I’ve never had to replace a charger.
Same.
Um, never?
I’ve lost chargers on several occasions, and I’ve switched from older ones to newer ones for faster charging, but the older ones still work as spares.
Cables, on the other hand…
I can’t remember a charger ever going bad on me. It’s always been the cables!
Not often. I still use ones from 10 years ago. The only reason I typically buy a new one is because I’m relying more and more on USB C charging and things like my Steam Deck and laptop require a relatively high wattage
Got my first phone in 1997, and I have yet to experience a charger needing to be replaced.
Best to go with chargers with replaceable cables. If you do that, I don’t see any reason the charger shouldn’t outlive the phone.
If it’s a USB charger…frankly, I have more USB power supplies from various devices than I will ever use already. I do hang onto them, as every now and then I get a device that doesn’t have serious power requirements that doesn’t come with a power supply and can draw from USB. Have a digital carbon dioxide meter that can be powered by USB and didn’t come with a USB power supply. A headphones amplifier that didn’t come with a USB power supply and had audible noise spill into the audio when I tried plugging it into a powered hub running other devices – power on USB is astonishingly dirty – and that was solved by putting it on a dedicated USB power supply. But other than that, I tend to accumulate them faster than I use them.
Only time I get a charger is if I have a device that can draw more current than any of my existing unused chargers can put out (e.g. USB-C PD can now do something crazy, like 270 watts).
I only replace them if they break, are lost or new technology comes out that makes sense to upgrade to. I think if you stick to that you can avoid making ewaste
when I brake them
I’ve never had a wall charger just stop working, but I have certainly lost some, and broken a few USB ports. A good quality charger should last long enough that you’ll replace it only because newer & better charging tech is available.
I dont even remember when I got mine but its been 5+ years for sure.
As often as the previous charger’s tech becomes obsolete.
I break cables a lot but not the charger itself. Maybe once a year?
I take good care of my chargers, and I have never had a single one break. I really only plug my device in before bed.
