An interesting international power adapter if you travel outside of your home space

[thewayne]

I just backed this Kickstarter, ordering two of these puppies. The most common power adapter for international travel is just a plastic block with plugs that slide in and out to give you AC power. It probably adjusts the voltage for whatever country you're from.

This device is quite cool. It does the plug conversion for you, but it also has USB-A and C fast charge outlets! So theoretically when you travel, you can leave all your little adapters at home and just plug in to this device and charge five or six devices at the same time!

It's not hugely expensive at about $65 for one, I'm backing for two and a couple of cables. My thought is to keep one in my backpack and have the other so we'll have two adapters for international travel.

The Kickstarter is open for another two weeks, they're expecting to ship in July.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iblockcube/swift-the-smallest-120w-gan-12-in-1-travel-adapter

Comments

[warriorsavant]

Yes, but is it good on other planets?

[thewayne]

Which planet in particular are you enquiring about?

[warriorsavant]

If it claims to be universal, then all of them. sort of the babble fish of electrical adapters.

[armiphlage]

"Certified by CE, FCC, RoHS" = either a red flag, or their marketing people don't know what they are talking about. Hopefully the latter.

"Certified by TUV Rheinland for CE compliance" or something similar would be the way to phrase that. RoHS is a self declaration, and not certification.

[thewayne]

Thank you for the info!  I shall check into that.

[disneydream06]

Sounds like a good product, but it's only available for two weeks?

[thewayne]

The Kickstarter at a discounted price is only available for two weeks.  We'll get ours first, then they'll start selling retail after.

[felisdemens]

Intriguing! I have sent it to J to see if he is interested.