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I always see these USB-C irons marketed a lot, but I've recently bought a travel iron that's the same form factor with adjustable temperature and all that jazz
by moffkalast 2y ago
I always see these USB-C irons marketed a lot, but I've recently bought a travel iron that's the same form factor with adjustable temperature and all that jazz but just ends with an outlet plug for $16 and couldn't be happier with it tbh.
Unless you're somewhere out in the wilderness, finding an outlet to do any on the road repairs is pretty trivial and you don't need to lug around a large heavy box that does grid to USB-C DC conversion nor a powerbank.
- anamexis 2y agoYou don't need a "large heavy box," just a standard USB-C PD power brick. e.g. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1FZWT8M/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1FZWT8M/
- moffkalast 2y agoOn one hand I agree that if everything you have uses PD, your laptop, your phone, your powerbank and a charger like that and it's powerful enough to handle it all then it probably makes sense to also have an iron that works with it and it's all interchangeable. On the other hand we already have a standard power thing, it's called an outlet. And in practice you need to charge/use things in parallel so you'd need to carry around like four of these.
- ewoodrich 2y agoI charge any combination of my Macbook Pro, Thinkpad, Chromebook, phone, tablet etc at the same time almost exclusively with high wattage GaN multiport chargers. I keep one in my backpack with 2 or 3 100W cables so charging in parallel is never a problem away from home from a single outlet/charger.