Minix USB C Chargers

I’ve traditionally used Anker for charging gear and cables where Apple doesn’t provide.

A few years ago CGP Grey recommended the Minix

and since then I’ve bought 5 of them.

One for me for travelling per the link.
One for my wife for travelling with 2 x USB C and 1 x USB A
One each for my daughters to power things while minimising the number of plug sockets used.
One for my personal desk to allow me to reduce the number of sockets I use by one.

One of the best features of this is that while they come ready for the US (without using an adaptor) they also come out of the box with UK and EU adapters. so when we go abroad the only thing we need a standalone plug adapter for is my wife’s hairdryer which (even in this day and age) doesn’t run off USB C.

Recently I picked up a second HomePod mini (second hand) for my Work desk (at home) and setup a stereo pair, but it used the twelfth and final socket at my desk, so I busted out my travel minix to check it would power both HomePods and they’re both happily playing Come Together by the Beatles at a good volume to check they can work fully.

This, of course, means that I have a large number of 20w charging plugs which will likely never be used again.

My question off the back of this, is whether you have any interesting uses for power adaptors

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