11.19.2014

This Hong Kong hardware startup makes charging devices a snap for travelers

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If you travel a lot with a computer, phone, or both, you’ve probably already come to this realization: power can be a pain. Different countries have different kinds of outlets, and carrying around adapter plugs for all of your devices — your computer, phone, tablet, digital camera, iPod, etc. – can be pretty inconvenient, especially if you’re visiting countries with different outlet systems during the same trip. Plus, there are still plenty of hotel rooms in the world that lack enough power outlets to actually plug in all your devices.

Thankfully, the folks at OneAdaptr have a solution. These Hong Kong-based hardware junkies have created some products that are aimed squarely at reducing and simplifying power outlet woes for travelers. Especially travelers with Macs. They’ve just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund their device, so I’ll let them explain how it works:


Altogether, the company offers four separate Twist products but they’re all variations on a theme: an all-in-one universal adapter with four USB outlets in addition to a MacBook connection (except on the baseline Twist, which only has USB connections).

OneAdaptr’s Rene Henriksen sent me a couple of the devices – one Twist Plus World Charging Station and one Twist World Charging Station – for review. While I haven’t had the chance to take them on the road just yet, I’ve been using them to power my gadgets for the past couple of days, and I’m pretty impressed.
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