--- title: I'm a USB-C Maximalist | daily.dev description: A personal account of traveling Europe for 7 weeks with a single USB-C multi-port charger. The author lists every device they brought — phone, laptop, eReader,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-a-usb-c-maximalist-lc5p2txfy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I'm a USB-C Maximalist | daily.dev og:description: A personal account of traveling Europe for 7 weeks with a single USB-C multi-port charger. The author lists every device they brought — phone, laptop, eReader,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-a-usb-c-maximalist-lc5p2txfy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lc5p2TXFY.png og:image:alt: I'm a USB-C Maximalist og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I'm a USB-C Maximalist **[Terence Eden](https://daily.dev/sources/shkspr)** · 3 min read · 17 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary A personal account of traveling Europe for 7 weeks with a single USB-C multi-port charger. The author lists every device they brought — phone, laptop, eReader, smartwatch, toothbrush, tracker, battery pack, headphones, and more — all charged via USB-C. The post argues that USB-C standardization makes travel simpler and that there is no reason to buy gadgets with proprietary charging ports. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@thesenate** · 5 upvotes > picking devices by port is a qualitY of life choice that we don't always consider, but it's pretty important for a good experience. i will say the one exception for C is that I sometimes prefer the experience of induction more. like my toothbrush I just throw into a cup and the charger base for the cup is all in one into outlet. the other case is my phone, which induction is hands down the best experience and worth carrying a different cable for imo **@anderspersson** · 1 upvotes > If you can throw away all old stuff, yes this would be great but its is normal not the case at least not for my family > > > So instead we have a strong multicharger with 7 ports and in same bag a bunch of cabel as > > - lightning for old apple stuff > - Usb c for new stuff > - Cabel for garmin watch > - And so on > > But all in a small bag easy to carry **@adampagano** · 0 upvotes > I dig it. For the author's use cases, it makes total sense. If you're a traveler, outlets vary by region and being able to streamline power management saves trouble. > > For me personally, I love the idea, but in practice, I don't care for it. USB standards identification has always been a mess. Figuring out which power adapters conform to which standards and what will play with them has felt like it got muddier over time. As a homebody, it's less hassle just to get another power strip. **@ezee** · 0 upvotes > Same, I'm enjoying the USB-C era as a semi-nomad right now. > > - Mine and my wife's phones, both pixel 7s that can trade charge too (also running graphene :) ) > - Thinkpad and mac that both do power and display through USB-C. > - Power brick > - SSD Enclosure > - Mosquito zapper (a regular preventative one, kills bugs) > - GoPro > - Various other items > - USB-C hub with sdcard reader > > > Don't need: > > - I got rid of my electric toothbrush after a dentist said it was creating scratches, so I'm back to basics there. Slow routine with a $5 brush that you can find in (almost) any country. > - We only use wired... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [4 USB-C features that felt like magic the first time I used them](https://daily.dev/posts/4-usb-c-features-that-felt-like-magic-the-first-time-i-used-them-wtmche9ti) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I tested every charger in my house with a tiny USB tester, and half of them were broken](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tested-every-charger-in-my-house-with-a-tiny-usb-tester-and-half-of-them-were-broken-wsa7xoctu) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [USB-C Charger Juices Up 100 Devices At Once](https://daily.dev/posts/usb-c-charger-juices-up-100-devices-at-once-mbirmxaaa) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Innovation abounds in device charging](https://daily.dev/posts/innovation-abounds-in-device-charging-oi4kdg99h) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-a-usb-c-maximalist-lc5p2txfy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I'm a USB-C Maximalist","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-a-usb-c-maximalist-lc5p2txfy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-a-usb-c-maximalist-lc5p2txfy"},"datePublished":"2026-07-14T11:35:50.311Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:49:47.488Z","description":"A personal account of traveling Europe for 7 weeks with a single USB-C multi-port charger. 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For the author’s use cases, it makes total sense. If you’re a traveler, outlets vary by region and being able to streamline power management saves trouble.\nFor me personally, I love the idea, but in practice, I don’t care for it. USB standards identification has always been a mess. Figuring out which power adapters conform to which standards and what will play with them has felt like it got muddier over time. As a homebody, it’s less hassle just to get another power strip.","datePublished":"2026-07-15T12:29:07.307Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lc5p2TXFY#c-zliiZeFet","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam Pagano","url":"https://daily.dev/adampagano","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Same, I’m enjoying the USB-C era as a semi-nomad right now.\n\nMine and my wife’s phones, both pixel 7s that can trade charge too (also running graphene :) )\nThinkpad and mac that both do power and display through USB-C.\nPower brick\nSSD Enclosure\nMosquito zapper (a regular preventative one, kills bugs)\nGoPro\nVarious other items\nUSB-C hub with sdcard reader\n\nDon’t need:\n\nI got rid of my electric toothbrush after a dentist said it was creating scratches, so I’m back to basics there. Slow routine with a $5 brush that you can find in (almost) any country.\nWe only use wired headphones so not an issue there either.\nWe found ourselves not actually using our e-reader so we stopped packing it.\nNone of us play games so no devices for that.\n\nJust need to replace my electric razor for a USB-C one, if those exist.\nOne GaN charger for most trips. I see no reason to “get away” with a single port charger, there’s nothing to gain there.\nI do keep a couple adapters for some devices. A temu mp3 player that uses micro-usb, and some just in case ones for A->C, C->A.\nI have a thing that tells me the power output of cables and chargers but I’d be genuinely interested in the Treedix info meter that OP mentions.","datePublished":"2026-07-24T20:35:16.265Z","dateModified":"2026-07-24T20:36:22.505Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lc5p2TXFY#c-iK5CuggA0","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"E","url":"https://daily.dev/ezee","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fCfktlbR--/f_auto/v1767451916/avatars/avatar_93JdfDmXtcEWkGXSGC1ne?_a=BAMAK+ZW0"}}]} ```