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How To Charge Your iPhone and MacBook At Once

This morning, I wrote about how I love objects with multiple uses. Here’s another prime example: it’s called the PlugBug ($35), a wall charger that fits onto your standard MacBook computer charger so that you can charge both your computer and your phone/iPad simultaneously.

But wait, combining two adaptors into one outlet must mean my gadgets won’t charge as fast, right? Wrong. The PlugBug was built with a 10 watt charger that’s used solely for the iPad/iPhone outlet - that means that your iPhone or iPad will actually charge even faster than it would using the power adaptor from Apple. (Your MacBook will still charge at the same speed.) One of the biggest sellers for me is the fact that I no longer have to keep up with so many cords. In fact, I’m thinking of buying two of these: one for travel and one for home.

To be honest, I’m not sure why Apple didn’t build this. It’s brilliant, minimal, and makes living a whole lot easier.

Because you could just charge the ipad through the laptop and not buy an extra thing?

True, but it takes much longer to do so. The benefit of the PlugBug is a separate 10 watt charger that charges much quicker than a standard iPhone/iPad charger.

(Source: brit)