Baseus’ Enercore CG11 travel adapter is among the best-designed gadgets I’ve tested — though its most impressive feature isn’t obvious at first glance.
I’m currently in the final stages of putting my kit together for a 100km walk across northwestern Spain, and one thing that I’m definitely going to need is a universal charger (I live in the UK, so the sockets are different in Europe). I’ll need something that’ll handle charging my phone, power bank, headlamp, iPad, satellite messenger, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and other bits and pieces.
It needs to be lightweight yet reliable, because I’m going to be carrying it with me to the albergue, cafe, train, bus station, and airport.
Over the past few months, I’ve been testing (then subsequently using) the Baseus EnerCore CG11 6-in-1 universal travel adapter, and it’s turned out to be the best-engineered travel adapter in the medium-sized category I’ve used so far.Baseus Enercore CG11 Travel Adapter
Take this charger with you wherever you travel.
On first blush — and this is what fooled me initially — the EnerCore CG11 looks like any other travel adapter I’ve used. It’s a palm-sized cube measuring 3.3 x 2.2 x 2 inches and weighing around half a pound, with a few levers on the side and a variety of ports. It is compatible with pretty much every power outlet worldwide and every voltage and frequency you’ll encounter. Whether you’re in the US, Europe, Asia, or Australia, this unit has you covered.
The rating, 70W, is emblazoned on the front. That doesn’t sound like a lot in the face of chargers that go to 140W and beyond, but it’s fine for the majority of devices and will charge big devices like MacBook Pros that are normally connected to beefy chargers, albeit at a slower rate.
