I travel a lot and "having everything USB C" didn't help.
I had:
- a USB C cord that only supports power but up to 100W
- a USB C cord that supports power up to 60W and data at USB2 speeds. But didn't work with my USB C powered portable display. Because it didn't support video.
- a USB C cord that only supported power up to 60W and data and video.
I'm usually traveling with:
- My MacBook Pro 16 inch (USB C)
- Mouse/Keyboard (lightning)
- iPad Air 3rd Gen (lightning)
- iPhone 12 (lightning)
- AirPods Pro (lightning)
- Beats Flex (they hang around my neck and I don't have to worry about them falling out on the plane if I dose off) USB C
- a four in one wireless charger that I sit by my bed at the hotel. (USB C).
- a Anker battery pack (USB-C)
- portable monitor (USB C)
- Watch - weird Apple proprietary wireless charging.
But now I only travel with these cords for most of my devices:
Female USB A/USB C on one end and USB C/lightning on the other end. They support data up to 480Mbps and power up to 60W. They are $13.00. They are cheap and not too thick.
They are like $35 and are much thicker and a little unwieldy and I don't need them just for charging anything but my computer and connecting my secondary display.
Thanks for the tip on a holy grail cable. I have a few just like that but am always annoyed at their max 60W PD and USB 2.0 speeds. Still, the adapters are configured the same and it's totally worth it to be able to always connect anything to anything.
scarface_74|3 years ago
I had:
- a USB C cord that only supports power but up to 100W
- a USB C cord that supports power up to 60W and data at USB2 speeds. But didn't work with my USB C powered portable display. Because it didn't support video.
- a USB C cord that only supported power up to 60W and data and video.
I'm usually traveling with:
- My MacBook Pro 16 inch (USB C)
- Mouse/Keyboard (lightning)
- iPad Air 3rd Gen (lightning)
- iPhone 12 (lightning)
- AirPods Pro (lightning)
- Beats Flex (they hang around my neck and I don't have to worry about them falling out on the plane if I dose off) USB C
- a four in one wireless charger that I sit by my bed at the hotel. (USB C).
- a Anker battery pack (USB-C)
- portable monitor (USB C)
- Watch - weird Apple proprietary wireless charging.
But now I only travel with these cords for most of my devices:
Female USB A/USB C on one end and USB C/lightning on the other end. They support data up to 480Mbps and power up to 60W. They are $13.00. They are cheap and not too thick.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092ZT8CJ9
But for a truly "universal cable", I have three of these:
- Female USB A/USB C on one end
- lightning, USB C, and Micro USB on the other end
- 10GBps data transfer
- supports video over USB C
- Supports charging up to 100W.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B093YVRHMB
They are like $35 and are much thicker and a little unwieldy and I don't need them just for charging anything but my computer and connecting my secondary display.
BTW, this is my portable USB Monitor
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B095GG31KX/
I can't use my iPad as a second monitor using the native ability in MacOs because of corporate software. I found out later that I could use Duet.
extr|3 years ago