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Since the GoPro HERO5 Black supports charging through USB Power Delivery over USB Type-C, we'll see if it can be charged using the USB Power Delivery based AC Power Adapter that comes with the BatPower PD6.

After we connect the GoPro HERO5 Black to the BatPower PD6's AC Adapter (through the BatPower round to rectangle connector adapter and BatPower USB Type-C Adapter), we can look more closely at the USB Power Delivery protocol negotiations. We can see the BatPower PD6's AC Adapter advertises its source capabilities of 15 watts (5 volts @ 3 amps), 27 watts (9 volts @ 3 amps), 36 watts (12 volts @ 3 amps), 45 watts (15 volts @ 3 amps) and 60 watts (20 volts @ 3 amps) while the GoPro HERO5 Black's battery is 19% charged. Note we didn't observe the power profiles reaching 90W as seen at the back of its casing.

The GoPro HERO5 Black is then observed to establish 8.25 watts (5 volts @ 1.65 amps) with the BatPower charger adapter.

We can see that the GoPro HERO5 Black is pulling about 2.6 watts (5.2 volts @ 0.5 amps) from the BatPower PD6's AC Adapter when the camera's battery is 19% full. We didn't observe that the full 1.65 amps requested was actually provided by the charger. This current is a lot lower than what we see when the GoPro HERO5 Black gets from its own USB Power Delivery based charger as seen in this review.