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As of last Monday, all of my daily-driver tech is finally on native USB-C. I cannot express how convenient this is without writing an entire essay. It's like all of those clunky universal AC adapters from the 90's but better in every conceivable way.

I just plugged my laptop charger into my phone and my phone charger into my laptop. Both were just like "okey-dokey! ๐Ÿ‘ Charging."

The only negative is that it's still a little annoying checking specs to be sure the PD chargers support the full 5, 9, 12, 15, and 20 volt options as well as finding reliable vendors of 100W, e-marked cables. Hopefully that improves in the future.

Still, it's better than carrying around discrete chargers for everything. My travel bag feels at least 5 pounds lighter.

If anyone can recommend any high-wattage 12-24v DC power-delivery adapters that can output 20v, please do (i.e. cigaratte-lighter plug style for a car). The best I've found so far is a 45w one that will charge my laptop, but only if it's asleep or off.

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[โ€“] anonymoose@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Good to know, thanks! I think my Macbook is happy with whatever my regular chargers provide (I don't always use the Mac charger), so yay?