Almost anybody who spends time in a home office or kitchen these days thinks about gadgets and tech accessories a good deal. Particularly as both of those places now get double duty as offices for kids, finding the right balance of functionality, size and aesthetic distress can feel like a major undertaking. Occasionally though, something comes along that seems to check off all the boxes and easily fits into my world without much effort or thought. This year, that thing for me was a small Belkin charger that changed the way I charged my stuff at home.
I’ve always been drawn to the tech accessories that have the least impact on your life and the most on your productivity, the ones that feel like an improvement for your lifestyle without standing out too much. Chargers are my favourite accessory for doing just that. From the best wireless charger that I’ve found to the fastest cable on the market (and everything in between), I thought I had seen it all. I’m clearly a nerd. Then I got my hands on Belkin’s BoostCharge 3 Port USB-C Wall Charger. It was like getting the perfect addition to my home office setup I didn’t know I needed.
Look at me – just three inches tall!That’s the Belkin charger I’m looking at here. It’s shaped like a vertical stack of bricks, and would fit in the palm of your hand. The three USB-C ports on the crown of this tiny, three-inch-high device put out up to 67 watts of power. That ought to be more than enough to charge any device with truly power-hungry needs, such as the M3 MacBook Pro. The most bulky multi-port chargers often have an awkward profile that makes it difficult to plug in several devices next to each other on your desk. But look at me: I’m hanging out on your desk next to your laptop, your mobile phone and your Wi-Fi router.
It is a humble, mundane item, but this Belkin charger is indispensable to my work life. It supports my devices safely and effortlessly, which is the ideal function of any home gadget. Since I started using it, my phone, tablet, and anything else plugged into it haven’t overheated or trapped me in a momentary technological loss. Its functionality is silent and invisible, like my best home gadgets should be. The way it melts into my environment means that this Belkin charger doesn’t distract me from my work; I don’t even notice it most of the time.
And at a price of $45 in an age of eternal value-sensitivity (and, let’s face it, in an era of post-quantitative-easing asceticism), it’s accessible to almost any budget, and often available at a lower price still. For anyone looking for a cheap yet effective way to uncomplicate the home charging station, a Belkin of its calibre is a no-brainer.
This charger has changed my life. Not just because it looks better than previous strange tangles; but because it’s made my home office better, because it shows that even the smallest electronic devices can make a big difference. I don’t think I’ve ever owned something so suited to purpose — and what a purpose it was. Belkin’s charger is now such an integral part of my home desk that I can’t imagine going back to managing two, or three, other, inefficient charging solutions.
When it comes to homed and office-use chargers, we’re just drowning in options here. Every piece of packaging claims it’s different and that it’s the best option, but sometimes, the simplest do tend to be the best. This Belkin charger is an excellent representation of the ethos. It’s something that’s super easy to use, while also being more than capable of the job, all at a compact size. It’s about more than just a thing for executives and geek enthusiasts who are looking for the best friend for their work-from-home setup.
In our quest for that elusive ‘home’, nothing is too small to go unnoticed. These portable power solutions remind us that keeping our homes comfortable and compliant with our own routines should ideally be synonymous with delight. Gadgets and tools in the home environment should ease our daily tasks — they should make them loved, not feared and loathed. It is no coincidence that it was in the realm of the home that the industrialised world first valued and monetised labor. This Belkin charger captures the spirit of what things should feel like in a domestic setting; things should be unobtrusive, effective and integrated seamlessly with our day-to-day experience. Home is not where the heart is, it is where the power is.
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