Device Charging Kit

Basics

• While largely a rant by User: Eric this page aims to go over something akin to a First Aid Kit but for helping you keep your devices ( Smartphones , USB Rechargeable Flashlights etc, Radios) all charged up while on the go
• AS OF NOW it is mostly/all COTS Hardware, although DIY/OS Additions can help (as explained later on)

Concepts

User: Eric’s Current Kit

Chargers

• 1x Anker 120v AC to USB “Brick” (for wall charging, just get the best one you can afford, the higher juice ones can even charge laptops etc)
• 1x Scoshe Aux/Bluetooth to FM Adapter/12v Charger
  • Allows me to get calls/nav audio onto older vehicles such as work trucks etc, also has 1x semi-fast USB C port and 1x USB A Port
• Optional Dedicated 12v Charger such as an Anker one
  • Not AS needed with the schoshe but faster and/or more ports (such as if a full Crew Cab full of workers need their phones charged all at once at the end of the work day etc)

Cables

Preface on the Validity of the Need for Lightning Cables

• I personally have a lightning port older iphone (14 i think?) so i still carry lightning.
  • Can’t hurt, but this may be outdated/irrelevant for most
  • ALTHOUGH “rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it”
  • Granted again it depends on what all you need/can afford/can deal with the bulk of carrying around, and i by no means bring pre- Micro-USB Phone Chargers with me so i don’t have EVERYTHING, but Lighning still makes up a decent amount of what’s out there in the wild
  • All in all, for some a USB C to Lighning Adapter for the USB-C Cords would suffice

List

• 1x Long (High Wattage) USB C Cable
• 1x Long Lightning Cable
• 1x Short USB C Cable
• 1x Short Lightning Cable
• 1x Short Micro USB Cable
• A Few USB Data Blockers (if using installed wall outlet style USB Ports such as thost at Hotels/Airports
  • A BIT overkill, but a kit costs ~$10 for and is a foolproof way to remain secure vs USB Ruber

Ducky type stuff etc

Organization

• Most higher end cables come with a Hook and Loop Fastner organizer which helps a bit
• I Recently Got an “Electronics Organization Pouch” which as with my Pocket Organizer thing has helped me loose stuff LESS when jumping between work trucks and whatnot, but it’s not PERFECT
• Either way most are 15-20 USD and decently durable, so outside of Plastic Textile based pollution, not much to complain about