As of last Monday, all of my daily-driver tech is finally on native USB-C. I cannot express how convenient this is without writing an entire essay. It’s like all of those clunky universal AC adapters from the 90’s but better in every conceivable way.

I just plugged my laptop charger into my phone and my phone charger into my laptop. Both were just like “okey-dokey! 👍 Charging.”

The only negative is that it’s still a little annoying checking specs to be sure the PD chargers support the full 5, 9, 12, 15, and 20 volt options as well as finding reliable vendors of 100W, e-marked cables. Hopefully that improves in the future.

Still, it’s better than carrying around discrete chargers for everything. My travel bag feels at least 5 pounds lighter.

If anyone can recommend any high-wattage 12-24v DC power-delivery adapters that can output 20v, please do (i.e. cigaratte-lighter plug style for a car). The best I’ve found so far is a 45w one that will charge my laptop, but only if it’s asleep or off.

  • Archmage Azor
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    91 year ago

    I hope the future is universal. I think it will be in the EU at least.

    Sorry UK

    • Admiral PatrickOP
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      51 year ago

      Lol, I’m sure the UK will still benefit. I’m from the US, and we’ve benefited from the EU’s mandates for micro- and then USB-C charging standards on mobile phones. That’s mostly because it’s unprofitable to produce physically different models for each market, but hey, I’ll take it.