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Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank

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258 points arnon | 4 comments | 21 Sep 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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1. Ekaros ◴[21 Sep 25 13:52 UTC] No.45322755[source]▶
Wouldn't it be logical that ultra light people have no body hair left? And want to keep it so? After all that is lot of grams...
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2. binary132 ◴[21 Sep 25 15:11 UTC] No.45323453[source]▶
just think of all the excess weight of dead skin cells covering your body!
3. rhinoceraptor ◴[22 Sep 25 01:33 UTC] No.45328278[source]▶
Not to mention all the energy loss from air friction!
4. gitaarik ◴[22 Sep 25 07:03 UTC] No.45329977[source]▶
Well it's only useful if you go on such long hikes that the weight of your hair exceeds the weight of your shaver