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Traveling with Too Many Chargers?

Posted by Cliff on from the mitigating-the-proliferation-of-wall-warts dept.

MotorMachineMercenar wonders: "I just took a roadtrip over a long weekend and noticed that I need to lug around too many chargers. I have a charger for my cell phone, Nintendo DS Lite, my two digital cameras and an iPod. Sometimes I will have one for a portable HDD and laptop. In addition I have to carry a plug converter as some of them have been bought overseas. That's up to eight gadgets just to give juice my power-hungry devices, and they take precious space and weight in my bags. Is there any way to limit the number of chargers without gimping my roadwarrior gear? Most devices have more or less fixed batteries, 'smart' chargers and proprietary plugs, but is it possible as DIY, or is there an existing product? I'd like to see a universal charger for which plugs for any current device with the flexibility to add more in the future. What are the limitations and caveats with 240 vs 120, wattage, cutting and connecting cables, and so forth?"

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  1. only this one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the only charger you need

  2. Re:IGo and others (Re:Easy!) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    One assumes you meant "eBay sellers pedal plenty of them."

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  3. Overvoltage by StikyPad · · Score: 2, Funny

    What are the limitations and caveats with 240 vs 120

    Well they're pretty much the same. In both cases you've got about a 9% overvoltage condition.

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  4. Re:IGo and others (Re:Easy!) by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Those phones are pretty gay.

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  5. Re:And people laugh at me for this... by monkeySauce · · Score: 3, Funny

    WTF ... your phone runs on AA/AAA batteries? Is it made by Fisher Price?

  6. Re:And people laugh at me for this... by macdaddy · · Score: 2, Funny
    AA/AAA batteries can't take care of everything you have. I bet you wife has a tool or two that requires at least C batteries... If C batteries were an option I bet it would go something like this:

    bzzzzzzzzzzz bzzzzzzz bzzzzzzzzzzt ...silence... "Honey, can you hand me another rechargeable battery? Thanks, sweetie." Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz
  7. Re:Asking the wrong question by Xenophon+Fenderson, · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh look honey: Someone who gets to travel for pleasure, not business. How quaint.

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