Do people just yolo out the door to their vacation?
My charger, like everything else, is on my travel checklist.
It’s probably a matter of needing the charger until the last second. Then you’re shortly distracted for whatever reason, take your phone to another room and your fate is sealed.
Though I’ve never left my charger at home, either.
You don’t mark it off the checklist until it’s in the bag, and you check the list before you leave the house.
My travel checklist is usually run through the night before. The charger and toothbrush are getting used right up until the last minute. But I also have no issues with replacing those things at my destination if needed.
Yeah, I have a travel backpack that I keep a charger and spare charger in because so many of my devices run off USB-C. The nice thing is, that includes my phone, and one of the chargers is for the Steam Deck, so I can get a turbocharge pretty much anywhere.
As someone who travels a lot for a living, I have two chargers in my travel pack. Always. When I come home it stays there until I’m out and about again.
Other things that always stay in my carry-on kit:
- Phone stand
- Two pairs of socks
- A t-shirt
- A network cable
- A bunch of USB sticks
- 20000mAh battery bank
- plastic fork (for eating cup noodles. I used to carry a metal one, but airport security somewhere didn’t like it)
- 13mm spanner
20000mAh battery bank
Just 1? I pack 3 of these things.
Between a Steam deck, headphones and phone with some videos I needs the juice!
It’s enough to keep my phone and my bluetooth earbuds charged for two to three days, which is usually enough for me to arrive at my destination. Especially nowadays when you can charge stuff onboard airplanes.
It’s really too bad chargers aren’t sold anywhere. Tiny bodegas, gas stations, grocery stores, clothing stores, office stores, your mom, pretty much any store that’s open right now…
Edit on a serious note: Actually, now that I think of it, it’s a little ridiculous how they’re literally everywhere. I’ve even seen them in a restaurant before. That’s one hell of a huge pile of plastic.
I have a backpack charging set, it’s always in my backpack. It’s a 100 watt quad port charger (2 usb c, 2 usb a) with all the cables I need attached. It brings a lot of peace of mind.
I bought an Anker 737 that can charge my laptop and my cellphone at the same time after I forgot both chargers during a trip
USB-C FTW
still manage to leave without one sometimes though…
Cannot recommend enough having a preconfigured to do list for trip packing that you can quickly make a duplicate of in Google Keep or Apple Notes or wherever you prefer.
Might not always be 100% comprehensive but surely guarantees I have all necessary things such as chargers, documents, and clothing.
As someone who has been living abroad from their home country for over 8 years, it has proved indispensable.
Make a list a week ahead of time.
Check that list 4 days before to make sure you don’t need anymore stuff.
Pack stuff up except what you need the day before.
Check the list.
Pack the last things you need.
Check list.
Walk out the door with your packed bags.
I travel a bunch for work so I have an extra charger always in my bag ready to go