[Huawei P20 Lite Real Life Review] BUDFORCE:
Ok charger testing and results as promised:

Purpose:

To test various different charging standards on the Huawei P20 lite to see what standards/third party chargers the phone is compatible with, and as a side affect, has also confirmed charging times which hopefully should answer some of the questions on this thread.

I have tested 3 different chargers:

1. An Aukey USB-C PD (Power Delivery 3.0) charger, with USB-C to USB-C Charging cable

2. A Shaw, Qualcomm Quick charge 3.0 (QC 3.0) charger with USB-A to USB-C Charging cable

3. The original Huawei charger that came in the box with the phone (EU shipped version with UK plug) and the original cable (USB-A to USB-C)

All tests were done with the phone turned on, but screen off (other than very quick occasional checking of charge amount), charging from 10%-80%, so 70% in total. All apps running in the background were the same, so should give an relatively accurate comparison. The phone is an EU model Huawei P20 lite, purchased in the UK, and supplied with UK plug Huawei charger that came with the phone.

First up, USB-PD

[IMG="USB-PD"]https://s7.postimg.cc/lb7xkwx5n/USB-_PD.jpg[/IMG]

Result:

Phones displays: "Charging"

So it took this charger 1h 12 m to charge the battery by 70%. I had before testing, imagined that this charger would be the fastest, seen as in theory, this charger will output 3a and 9v, which is a higher value than the phone requires and also has a true, USB-C to USB-C dedicated charging cable.

Second, QC 3.0

[IMG="QC2.0"]https://s7.postimg.cc/3xxn61u4r/QC20.jpg[/IMG]

Result:

Phone displays "Fast Charging"

So seems the QC 3.0 charging standard beat the USB-PD, although not by much. The screen displayed "Fast Charging" so seems the phone recognises the QC 3.0 charging standard.

And last, the original phone charger

[IMG="Original"]https://s7.postimg.cc/8jtree7y3/OEM.jpg[/IMG]

Result:

Phone displays "Fast Charging"

So the result is almost identical to the QC 3.0 charger, which would indicate that the Huawei P20 lite either adopts this standard as default, or at least is compatible with it.

Summary:

The Power Delivery (PD) and Qualcomm (QC) are quite common charging standards for third party standards, and are easy to get hold of at any online retailer. Seems that QC 3.0 chargers will fast charge as fast as the original charger supplied with the phone, and QC standard chargers are probably the most common available to purchase. This is good news for Huawei P20 lite owner such as myself, as it means buying a spare/replacement charger that will fast charge the phone can be done easily.

I am still not sure which charging standard the Huawei P20 lite uses as default, and the 5v/2a - 9v/2a system mirrors Samsumg's charging standard, and Huawei also have their own, so really I am not sure.

However, it seems you can fast charge the phone with a QC 3.0 certified third party charger - I would always recommend buying a good quality charger, and high quality charging cables that are made by well know high quality brands.

As a side note:

For those that have charging speeds slower than the above, with some posters in this thread mentioning several hours charging time, I can only suggest 3 possibilities (I would also like to strongly point out the below are just assumptions and I have not done any testing to confirm):

1. The charger/cable is not correct for the phone

2. Non EU models do not support fast charging (?)

3. There is a fault with the phone

I would also like to point out, I am not a tech lab, or scientist, in any way, I am just a regular guy who tested some chargers, if anyone else would like to test more, and find different things to my results or have different things they found, please post on here, I really dont mind, actually welcome it.

Thanks all, and hoped this has helped some people.