Sunday, 17 December 2017

The Elecjet AnyWatt is a great but sketchy USB-C MacBook dongle

Dongles are, as a general rule, terrible. Using them is bad, losing them is bad, from a design perspective they look bad — even the word “dongle” just sounds bad.

But for the past few weeks, I’ve been trying out Elecjet’s AnyWatt dongle — and it might just be good.

What is it?

The AnyWatt was a Kickstarter from earlier this year, but it’s actually shipping now for anyone who missed the campaign. It’s a dongle, designed (like many dongles are) for users who have made the jump to a USB-C device but still want to use their old cables. But the Anywatt isn’t for USB cables — it converts older laptop chargers into a spare charger for your newer devices.

The final version is a little more streamlined than the original, chunkier plastic one...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/12/17/16781504/elecjet-anywatt-usb-c-dongle-charging-macbook-magsafe-adapter-kickstarter-review

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-elecjet-anywatt-is-great-but.html

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