Herman Yung Herman Yung

Is there no better way to keep the new USB-C laptops from Apple charged while on location?

I've searched high and low for a suitable option to charge the 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pros with USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports and so far the only option seems to be this: The Omnicharge Omni 20.

The Omnicharge Omni 20 is a 20,400mAh portable battery capable of delivering up to 100W via the AC outlet. This is the only external battery that can not only power the 87W MBPs (15-inch) but also charge them during use (an important factory when shooting on location). The only downside here is that you would have to carry the full AC charging unit along with this Omnicharge external battery.

This leaves plenty of room in the market for an external battery that could make use of the high-powered USB-C ports for charging without needing to lug around the Apple AC adapter for the computer. If somebody would put this type of battery out with a high enough capacity, I guarantee you at least a good number of sales in the photo industry alone.

 

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Herman Yung Herman Yung

MacBook stand that also serves as a heatsink

A few years ago when I was looking for a laptop stand for my MacBook Pro, I wondered why no company made a stand that also served as a heatsink. There were plenty of stands that had other mechanisms built into them that cooled down a laptop, but I always wondered why no heatsink existed that just elevated the MacBook as a whole.

Well, Bryan Wong made one. It's not for sale (yet), but the prototype here looks amazing and serves the dual function of elevating the laptop and keeping it cool by drawing heat away from the computer's enclosure and into the surrounding space.

Check out some photos of this beautiful thing!

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