Ditch excess cables and plugs with this camera charging hack
- jan
- 14
The solution is alarmingly simple...
What you need to know
- Twitter user Sebastiaan de With has revealed a simple hack that could put an end to traveling with countless cables for charging your camera.
- Rather than bringing cables for the camera battery chargers, he simply swaps the plug from a MacBook charger.
- It fits perfectly and is super-compact.
Sebastiaan de With has revealed a camera charging hack so good we couldn't not share it with you.
In a 50 second Twitter video, he touched on how traveling with a camera can be particularly cumbersome, as it often involves bringing battery charging units, their respective cables, and plugs.
His solution? Remove the "duck head" from a MacBook Pro charger, and plug it straight into the camera charger to create a compact and simple camera charging solution. Not sure what we mean? Take a look at the video below!
lil’ travel trick if you carry a lot of camera chargers / cords like me. Leave the cables at home! pic.twitter.com/Nc5cNkMBqj
— Sebastiaan de With (@sdw) January 14, 2020
As you can see this works with both European and US charging plugs, and it means that you should be able to do away with extra/spare cables for your camera charging.
Have you ever seen this before? Let us know, or better, tell us if you plan to try it out!