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Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank

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258 points arnon | 1 comments | 21 Sep 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 2.015s | source

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NoiseBert69 ◴[21 Sep 25 12:57 UTC] No.45322318[source]▶
You can learn a lot from the ultra light dudes.

I replaced all my travel electronics to be powerable from USB-C. This saved me from a lot cables and adapters.

Even re-soldered the cable of my electric shaver to use a USB-C PD adapter PCB. As long it's somehow close to the standardized voltages (5/9/12/18/etc.) there will be no problems.

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JohnFen ◴[21 Sep 25 13:11 UTC] No.45322412[source]▶
If you're taking a shaving device of any sort on your backpacking trip, you've missed a core lesson of the ultra light dudes.
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wpm ◴[21 Sep 25 13:41 UTC] No.45322658[source]▶
They never said they were packing for a backpacking trip.
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1. JohnFen ◴[21 Sep 25 13:48 UTC] No.45322714[source]▶
Ah, true. I made an assumption.