Ask Engadget: How do I protect my electronics from dying when traveling?
Q: I travel soon and plan to bring all the devices I usually use, including my smartphone, tablet and laptop. What should I buy to keep everything charge?
A: If you are traveling internally, one large and one small power bank plus a folding station (in addition to your usual wall cables and wall adapters) should maintain a reliable power supply of your devices. If you are heading to another country, you should also include an output adapter. And if you fly, there are several rules for TSA that you need to know about it, apply to electronics and external batteries.
How to choose a travel power plant
In the last few years I have tested dozens of portable batteries for the Engadget management to The best banks for energy And I brought a bunch of planes, trains and meters of car vehicles. My battery is currently on Anker Power Bank Power BankWhich I rarely use to load my laptop – it is far more universal than can suggest the unchanged name. I also have a few smaller banks to take when I don’t need that much fee.
The three important features you need to look for when choosing a portable charger to take your trips are its capacity, weight and connections.
Capacity
Most portable chargers list their capacity in Milliamp (MAH) hours. Everything less than 5000mAh is quite useless – it won’t even get a smartphone up to fifty percent. I recommend looking for a 10,000mAh electricity bank or higher capacity. One thing to note is that there is no correlation of one to one: the 10,000mAh power bank will not fill the battery of your smartphone 5,000mAh twice. Voltage conversion, heat loss and battery operation, reduced on the amount of charge supplied.
Weight
This is directly related to capacity. Almost every 20,000mAh battery will be heavier than a 10,000mAh battery. If you are really concerned about holding the pounds and ounces in your luggage, you may want to choose the smallest capacity you think you will need. This said that the largest TSA compatible batteries are 27,000mAh models that weigh between two and 2.5 pounds. This may or may not make a huge difference in your packaging scheme.
Ties
The last thing you need to look for is the right relationships. Each power bank I have tested has at least one USB-C port. As you can get a USB-C cable with almost every connector in the other end, this should cover what you need. But if, for example, you have an older Smartwatch charger with a USB Type connector, you will want to make sure your power bank has this slot. You will also want to remember to pack the right cables for each device. I see more banks with built -in cables, which is comfortable, but you will probably still want to bring a few extra cords just in case.
How to Fly With Charging Accessories
Electricity Tsa and Faa The rules say that all spare batteries, including power banks, can only enter your luggage, not your bags checked. They should be estimated at 100 watts or lower, which in most batteries is transferred to approximately 27,000mAh capacity. This capacity range covers the most portable power supply there, as most manufacturers want their banks to fit in with travel recommendations (larger batteries are often available on the market as portable power plants). There is no limit to the number of batteries you can wear, but they must be for your personal use and must be protected from damage.
Elements such as fast charging devices, wall adapters, cables and ordinary alkaline batteries (ie AA and AAA cells) can fly either in your checked or carrying luggage. Of course, as with all TSA provisions, the final determination of what you can and cannot bring with you, lies in the agents themselves, but this advice follows the current guidelines of the Agency.
If you fly internationally, you will want to check the luggage policies of the airline and the airport that you will use for your return flight. A quick verification of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and five most trained airports outside the United States (Delhi., Haneda., Istanbul., Heathrow and Dubai) Shows that similar rules are applied: spare batteries must enter the bags and cannot be checked. Several policies set the upper limit of external battery capacity at 100Wh, but ICAO actually allows banks up to 160Wh.
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