I get the attraction, but I detest it! USB-C male jacks are designed to fail. All of these systems are designed to fail!
Thankfully usb-c's a lot more rugged, lasts a lot longer than previous designs. But there's still limits! Throwing out a whole charger or battery because the cable goes bad like this is so gross. Ideally there'd be a design where the retractable cable could appear built-in, but would at least be replaceble. That would be fine! But this retractable cable trend: it's a forced push towards disposable electronics.
For my laptop, one battery adds at least 80% to my battery time, plus I don't get down-throttled for being in battery power only, giving me about 4 hours at full power and another 5 on regular battery thereafter, plus the batteries are hot-swappable.
You can buy external battery backups specifically intended for electronic devices for significantly more money and they only give you one charge.
EDIT: example link https://www.ryobitools.com/products/46396026651
nullc•4h ago
I keep my chargers and batteries in another building for anything with removable batteries.
femto•4h ago
progbits•4h ago
nullc•4h ago
I've been thinking of finding some kind of fire resistant box for phone charging though, so that's what I was hoping to find at the link. :)
slug•4h ago
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