With regards to your question. You can surely purchase 3rd party portable USB-C chargers, the hardware will function fine. Having said that, we do not recommend the same and we cannot guarantee the performance.
First, the USB-C charger would need to support USB Power Delivery, which some don't because they're only intended to charge smartphones and the like. Second, Ideally you'd want a charger that can supply the same wattage your AC adapter can. Sometimes PCs can use lower wattage chargers by reducing charging speed and/or system performance (or you can use those lower-wattage chargers only while the system is powered off), and this flexibility is handy because USB Power Delivery only allows 100W while some systems are sized for 130W AC adapters. I don't know about the XPS 13 2-in-1, but the regular XPS 13 uses a 45W AC adapter. There are definitely "wall wart" style chargers that can handle that, and Anker actually has a brick that has a 45W USB Power Delivery port as well as some regular USB-A ports (although it's a brick with a power cord, not something that goes straight into the wall), but I don't know if portable battery packs can go that high yet. As I said, you might still be able to make them work even if they only supplied 30W, for example, but I'm not sure.
DELL-Lijo J
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March 28th, 2017 21:00
Hi,
Welcome to our community.
With regards to your question. You can surely purchase 3rd party portable USB-C chargers, the hardware will function fine. Having said that, we do not recommend the same and we cannot guarantee the performance.
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November 30th, 2017 06:00
First, the USB-C charger would need to support USB Power Delivery, which some don't because they're only intended to charge smartphones and the like. Second, Ideally you'd want a charger that can supply the same wattage your AC adapter can. Sometimes PCs can use lower wattage chargers by reducing charging speed and/or system performance (or you can use those lower-wattage chargers only while the system is powered off), and this flexibility is handy because USB Power Delivery only allows 100W while some systems are sized for 130W AC adapters. I don't know about the XPS 13 2-in-1, but the regular XPS 13 uses a 45W AC adapter. There are definitely "wall wart" style chargers that can handle that, and Anker actually has a brick that has a 45W USB Power Delivery port as well as some regular USB-A ports (although it's a brick with a power cord, not something that goes straight into the wall), but I don't know if portable battery packs can go that high yet. As I said, you might still be able to make them work even if they only supplied 30W, for example, but I'm not sure.
efx_9
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November 30th, 2017 06:00
Hello.
3rd party chargers work as long as they have PD (USB Power Delivery) standard with at least 30W (original charger power rate).
I've been using one from tronsmart and it works great: https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Tronsmart-USB-PD-Type-C-Charger-US-373741.html?gclid=CjwKCAiA9f7QBRBpEiwApLGUirJh2RHIb1T3HX-M6CToUsTjmslA_9FE9lTHlfezNNtwgYczXTQ5hhoCiTYQAvD_BwE
The charger usually to specify this. If it won't, probably doesn't have it.