Moving into a dorm room means facing a harsh reality: you get maybe two outlets, your desk is barely big enough for a laptop, and your roommate already claimed the good side of the room. The trick to surviving (and thriving) is smart tech that pulls more than its weight without eating your entire budget. […]
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Travel adapters look very different now compared to 2024. A newer chip material called GaN (short for gallium nitride) lets adapters carry laptop-level power in a much smaller body. At the same time, USB-C Power Delivery (often shortened to USB-C PD) is now the main fast-charging port on most phones, tablets, MacBooks, and many ultrabooks.
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You no longer need a separate charger for every device. OnePlus and Oppo launched new 100W GaN bricks alongside Rolling Square’s Kickstarter, with Ugreen and Xiaomi rounding out a now-mature category that packs enough output for a laptop, phone, and tablet from a single outlet. These bricks are noticeably smaller than old silicon adapters, and
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Magnetic power banks keep getting thinner, and Black Shark just raised the bar again. The new Blade 2+ comes in two sizes that snap onto the back of a phone using N52 magnets. They can push up to 22.5W through a cable and stay thin enough that you might forget one is even there. Prices
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Most power banks look like they were designed by the same three people in the same gray office. You pick one based on milliamp hours and price, toss it in a bag, and forget what it looks like until you need a charge. Trozk doesn’t think that’s good enough, and the Trozk Beeper power bank
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REVIEW – When it comes to portable chargers, you have two main options; wired or wireless. Wired has been my go-to for portable charging as I can charge multiple items on one battery pack. The Mophie Powerstation 10k Power Bank intrigued me quite a bit, as it had the versatility I enjoy, coupled with fast
REVIEW – Have you every wondered how much energy is used around your home? Your monthly bill gives you the overall picture, but if you’re looking for more detailed info you need a different solution. Emporia Energy specializes in products that make usage more transparent like smart plugs, which can give you info on a
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REVIEW – We’ve written about a number of power stations here at The Gadgeteer. The legions of gadget-faithful rely on power to keep the geeky goodness up and running, and in the event of a power outage, these power stations can provide those much-needed electrons for the nerd accouterments. VATID jumped into the market with
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SPONSORED REVIEW – In this review, we’re taking a close look at the Bluetti AC200P 2000Wh portable power station. This is truly one of the most reliable portable power sources that you can get on the market, and that’s because of its enormous power capacity, many options for powering and charging devices, and it also
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REVIEW – We all have them: those surge protectors that either have a mile of extra cord to manage, or that are just short of reaching the outlet you want to plug into. Aracky’s SuperDanny Spin Tower solves both of these problems worth a neat, elegant solution. Let’s dive in! What is it? Vertical power
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REVIEW – We are moving closer and closer to having our entire house controlled by our voices between Amazon’s Alexa and Apple HomeKit. Having previously review the Eve Flare portable light, I was excited to also get a chance to review the Eve Energy Strip, another Apple HomeKit compatible device. What is it? The Eve
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REVIEW – If you live in an older home that doesn’t have a bunch of smart home features built into it, you can find all sorts of products that will help you update your home to be smarter. One way to do it on the cheap is to add smart adapters to your existing wall
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REVIEW – Monitoring electrical usage is useful to reduce energy cost, to understand what electrical devices are being used in real time and historically, and to discover abnormal operation that may indicate current or anticipated problems with electrical devices. Sense Home Energy Monitoring has the potential to achieve all of this. Read on to see what
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REVIEW – Have you ever seen a new product and thought wow, why didn’t someone think of that a long time ago? That’s what I thought of the first time I saw the Stella illuminated laptop charging cord from Ten One Design. What is it? The Ten One Design Stella illuminated laptop charging cord is
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It’s not very often (I think this is the first time) that I get to share news about products from my day job at Cummins Inc. in Columbus, Indiana. Cummins makes diesel engines, so most of you would probably not consider them to be gadget related. But today is exciting because Cummins pulled the wraps (literally)
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So, show of hands. Who doesn’t have at least one power strip active in your home? Anyone? And who doesn’t have at least two USB chargers plugged into those? Again, no hands? OK, I have the right audience. Coocheer has hit the trifecta of geek power needs with their latest device, dubbed the Home Power
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I consider myself an ordinary person and like most ordinary folks I am always looking for ways to save a buck or two. One of my household’s biggest expenses, especially in the summer, is our power bill. I do consider myself fortunate as my power bills do tend to be on the lower side for
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Several companies sell modules that you can plug in between the wall outlet and your device to monitor how much power it uses. That’s great, but you can monitor energy usage by plugging your device directly into the Outlink wall outlet. Outlink replaces your current wall outlet. The bottom socket is standard, and the top
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I just put an Elfa shelving unit in my tiny kitchen with no counter space. I now have a place to work while preparing food, but plugging in my little KitchenAid chopper requires me to crawl under the unit and reach behind the water cooler to plug it in. I was thinking about getting a
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Perhaps, like me, your bedside table has evolved over time into a charging station. I run down the batteries in my devices during the day, and the nightstand is the most convenient place to both recharge the devices while I sleep and keep them nearby for nighttime reading, email or phone calls. I haven’t adapted gracefully
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