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[–] SpaceNoodle 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is why I've got a charger + cable in every bag.

Every.

Bag.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, plus I don't move my home charger. Home charger, chargers in bag, charger in car, charger at work. Like, they're stupid cheap..

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 1 year ago

Well, you don't want to get the cheap cheap ones, but even the quality converters are pretty affordable these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I have an apple and android charger in the living room and bedroom. Those might as well be part of the outlet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have one backpack I use for everything. I usually keep a 65W USB A+C charger and a 45W Powerbank with a small assortment of cables in there.

Now of course I have multiple USB-PD chargers and powerbanks, however all of those mysteriously disappear when I need them, making it necessary to use the backpack ones at home and being the clumsy dork I am, I always forget them there reducing the backpack charger count to zero. And guess when I come into a situation where I desperately need to recharge \ on the go?

[–] SpaceNoodle 1 points 1 year ago

What you do is keep getting wallwarts and batteries until you reach critical mass and you can't not find one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. This is how I roll. I always take a specific bag on trips. That bag has a specific pocket that has 2 spare cords (short and long), 1-2 spare wall chargers and a power bank. All my cars have cigarette lighters with power-delivery chargers and a cable that never leaves.

The only time my phone dies is when I'm out all day, using my phone way more than I'd thought and I'm with people who still use old iPhones so their whole life revolves around lightning still.

[–] SpaceNoodle 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You don't have a battery backup?

Also, LOL at "old iPhones." The 15 literally just came out, you expect everyone to buy the new one already? Also, you don't have a USB-C cable?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do people just yolo out the door to their vacation?

My charger, like everything else, is on my travel checklist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It’s probably a matter of needing the charger until the last second. Then you’re shortly distracted for whatever reason, take your phone to another room and your fate is sealed.

Though I’ve never left my charger at home, either.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who travels a lot for a living, I have two chargers in my travel pack. Always. When I come home it stays there until I'm out and about again.

Other things that always stay in my carry-on kit:

  • Phone stand
  • Two pairs of socks
  • A t-shirt
  • A network cable
  • A bunch of USB sticks
  • 20000mAh battery bank
  • plastic fork (for eating cup noodles. I used to carry a metal one, but airport security somewhere didn't like it)
  • 13mm spanner
[–] dfc09 2 points 1 year ago

Hmm... does that happen to be my 13mm?

[–] goldenbough 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

…you only have one charger? There’s like 6 spread across the house and another 4 packed away in the travel bags.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They all hide when it's time to go on a trip.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You only have 6? I have 6 in the living room, and at least another 18 spread around the house.

My issue is mistakenly packing a slow charger instead of a fast charger.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's really too bad chargers aren't sold anywhere. Tiny bodegas, gas stations, grocery stores, clothing stores, office stores, your mom, pretty much any store that's open right now...

Edit on a serious note: Actually, now that I think of it, it's a little ridiculous how they're literally everywhere. I've even seen them in a restaurant before. That's one hell of a huge pile of plastic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I travel a bunch for work so I have an extra charger always in my bag ready to go

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

USB-C FTW

still manage to leave without one sometimes though...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I bought an Anker 737 that can charge my laptop and my cellphone at the same time after I forgot both chargers during a trip

[–] Etterra 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My fiancee tends to bring like four bags for an overnight trip, and still manages to forget the charging cord.

In fairness her dietary allergies are severe and she needs to bring her own food everywhere, but still, she's the worst over packer I've ever known.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My boyfriend's girlfriend (not me) is like that. She's also got major dietary restrictions and always ends up bringing 3x more food than she needs. Food anxiety sucks. I'm thankful I have no firm dietary restrictions, just things that don't agree with me.