On 31 Mar 2015, Leif Neland wrote:

I've seen horror stories about the lack of quality and security if
chinese USB chargers.

You buy a $500+ phone and then a $2 charger. You get what you pay for.

Both Dave Jones (eevblog.com) and Mike Harrison (electricstuff.co.uk) have
pulled apart these cheep chargers on their YouTube channel videos. Very scary
whats inside.

All those CE and UL markings on the units --counterfeit and meaningless...