I travel on business and pleasure quite a few times a year. Long flight
times are an absolute pain in the back side but nothing is worse than having
to carry around the crap that you see pictured below. They make great gadgets
over here in Japan but they don't spend a penny on designing the chargers/adaptors.
Sony is the worst culprit as they make the adaptors extremely large on
purpose so that you are compelled to purchase the smaller adaptors that
they release for the product separately.
Anyway, below is a small sample of the shit that I used to carry around
with me - but no more! Why? Read on!
Below: This is what I made to replace the above! Extremely light weight, small
and can also fit in your left earlobe. large clips cost about 175 yen and small
clips cost about 125 yen - make the rest yourself.
Below: I usually carry my Game boy around with me anyway and have found an extra
use for it - to charge by other batteries!
Below: The Game boy is charged via one of these retractable USB cords - about
700 yen. I usually carry a laptop around with me where ever I go and this cord
is much smaller than the charger that comes with the Game boy
Below: What you have to do is to remove the battery from the Game boy - which
for some reason is only removable by unscrewing the compartment.
Below: Now what on earth do you do when you need to charge the Xacti battery
which has the + and - on the edge of the battery?
Below: You use something similar to these - these came with my computer motherboard
- they are used to hold the motherboard to the PC case - not sure what they are
called though.
Below: And you know what? I can charge my other batteries via my mobile phone
too! The best thing about charging through the phone (and Game boy for that matter)
is that there is an indicator to tell you when the battery if full. So there
you have it - me laughing in the face of manufacturers who produce lame adaptors
- go on try it for yourself!
