Twelve South Launches PlugBug Slim USB-C Charger

[itti]

Come on. Why not GaN?

 

[Janak Parekh]

FWIW: Nekmit (nekmitusa.com, or look up "Nekmit" on Amazon) has had some really good flat chargers. You can get all sorts of combinations, ranging from 1 port to 4 ports, USB-A, USB-C, up to 90W, etc. The price and quality is IMO very good and is, to me, more compelling than this Twelve South offering.

 

[bpb]

Come on. Why not GaN?

It is.

 

[justperry]

Kind of a bummer EU plugs never had that foldable action. Though ‘our’ 5W charger was extremely slim (just not in the socket).

Might be safety or regulation related.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Who else misread this?

HAH! I saw a guy at an Apple Store asking for the 'Plugplug'. The sales droid walked him to the PlugBug, and the guy said 'NO! The PLUGPLUG!!!' The sales droid lost that one. Weird...

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

It is.

It would seem like it would have to be to be so small.

I like the size. Hauling around the MBP charger block is okay, because it will charge 'everything', but it's 'big'. Small is good... Is there an extension cable for it like for the MBP power blocks? I have an old cable from a much earlier MBP, and since they don't include the cord anymore, I find that of value. It was worth its weight in gold on a cruise. There was only 2 standard US receptacles in the whole room. Having that extra 5 or so feet was genius. I actually took to throwing in a Schuko cord because it saved my butt so many times.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Did people have trouble putting the slightly thicker Apple-supplied power adapter into a bag or purse? 🤨

Of course. I just used to accept it. Carrying chargers for everything. Now I look for cables, which sometimes leads to some spectacularly weird pricing decisions. I once paid nearly 30 bucks for a 4 inch-sh long Belkin cable for my cable kit. If it wasn't so necessary, I'd have told them where to shove it. It took me a few months to recover from that disaster. The is one damn expensive short cable...

 

[Analog Kid]

That's why on the picture their USB-C cable conveniently disappears under the phone.

Yeah, I saw that picture and thought "if they don't trust plugging it into their own phone, I'm sure as heck not plugging it into mine!".

I think it's actually a MagSafe charger though...

 

[Devnul0]

I don’t care about thin but I appreciate narrow, so it doesn’t block surrounding outlets in a power strip. I hope like Apple’s that it’s not a polarized plug so it can go in either outlet without blocking the other.

 

[jazz1]

I think this will be handy for travel. I just wish my AirPods Max used USB-C. Why Apple, why?