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caberham posted:2A or bust. Hopefully USB spec 3.1 C will make this concern a thing of the past Most Android phones from the last 12 months or so also now support "Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0," which will do a great job charging your phone. If your phone supports this then make sure to get a charger that talks that protocol (and there are also a couple battery bricks that support this). It's nice for topping off your phone during a layover, because you'll get a lot more charge out of the 20 minutes or so you're sitting there.
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Some of those mass charging stations don't even supply enough power to use any of those standards anyway. Some places are pretty alright but you can still get crappy charges at the airport or hotel.
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Aug 17, 2015 03:25
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Uncle Jam posted:Some of those mass charging stations don't even supply enough power to use any of those standards anyway. Some places are pretty alright but you can still get crappy charges at the airport or hotel. I wouldn't trust someone else's charger anyway; a few years ago some kids at Georgia Tech doctored an iPhone charger to drop an exploit whenever a phone was plugged into it and I've seen modified USB charge stations (the ones that have every type of plug on them) with a computer on the back end that cheerfully exploits any vulnerable phone plugged into it. You're more secure with your own wall wart or battery pack - charge the battery pack from a suspect power source and then charge your phone from the battery pack if you're worried enough about it. And no, the hotel or airport doesn't care about your phone, but remember that it's not banks who put skimmers on ATMs either.
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Midjack posted:I wouldn't trust someone else's charger anyway; a few years ago some kids at Georgia Tech doctored an iPhone charger to drop an exploit whenever a phone was plugged into it and I've seen modified USB charge stations (the ones that have every type of plug on them) with a computer on the back end that cheerfully exploits any vulnerable phone plugged into it. You're more secure with your own wall wart or battery pack - charge the battery pack from a suspect power source and then charge your phone from the battery pack if you're worried enough about it. You can "protect" yourself with a USB condom which only allows the power pins to connect http://syncstop.com/ But we are in the travel thread, everyone needs to bring a power pack, a phone, and some nice ear buds where ever they go
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For adapters, I swear by Skross. Figure our where you're going, what you need for input/output, and whether you'll plug in anything more power hungry than a laptop charger. Some of their non-multi adapters are good up to something like 2200W, so they'll happily drive a hair dryer or a kettle. The only beef I have with Skross is a dual-USB charger I got from them. When not under load, it whines like crazy.
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Skross looks really nice but too expensive. I just do the ghetto route and bring my own power strip and el cheapo generic travel adapter. With my power strip I can plug whatever home device I want. But it is way bulkier
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Aug 17, 2015 09:52
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I really like the Anker adapters for USB multi charging, and you can probably just replace the power plug cable if you are going overseas and don't need to pack an adapter at all.
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I concur on the Anker multi-USB chargers. I've been using one of these exclusively for the past half year, and it just takes a standard C8 power cord as an input, so I don't see why it wouldn't work with a C8 power cord for whatever country you're going to.
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Just realized I will hit million miler on the last leg of my upcoming trip. Not sure if I should be excited or embarrassed.
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P.D.B. Fishsticks posted:I concur on the Anker multi-USB chargers. I've been using one of these exclusively for the past half year, and it just takes a standard C8 power cord as an input, so I don't see why it wouldn't work with a C8 power cord for whatever country you're going to. C8 is the receptacle, C7 is the plug. That being said, this is an awesome suggestion and something I might look into building for my travel pack for next year. Already got the plugs from before and my last trip scheduled for the year happening next week. Having a kid due in Nov. is cramping my travel for Q4.  Also, Global entry update, took about a week to get my application reviewed, was able to schedule my interview at DFW on the day I wanted, but going to review it now puts appointments well over a month out. So, if you're on the fence go ahead and get it in the system so you can schedule at your convenience since getting a slot seems difficult. That being said, looks like the appointments are only 15 minute slots, so I'm hoping it'll be quick. You guys said I should be able to use it immediately correct? Cause I'm going from appointment to London and back the following week.
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ufsteph posted:Just realized I will hit million miler on the last leg of my upcoming trip. Not sure if I should be excited or embarrassed. Eh, might as well enjoy it though I figure I'll do both. I have heard a guy's 1MM status announced on a segment before, maybe they'll do that for you!
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FunOne posted:C8 is the receptacle, C7 is the plug. That being said, this is an awesome suggestion and something I might look into building for my travel pack for next year. Already got the plugs from before and my last trip scheduled for the year happening next week. Having a kid due in Nov. is cramping my travel for Q4. This was the cheapest one I could find on Amazon, for $5. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IPZC24Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER They don't seem to have many options. And Monoprice doesn't sell them.
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smackfu posted:This was the cheapest one I could find on Amazon, for $5. Found this earlier. http://www.sfcable.com/iec-c7-power-cords.html
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Eh, might as well enjoy it though I figure I'll do both. FCO - CLT...free wine and beer for everyone 
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FunOne posted:Found this earlier. Nice! I was having trouble because no one likes to refer to the ends by the proper name. Instead it will be described as "euro power cord."
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Aug 17, 2015 19:42
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Centurion Lounge at SFO is pretty nice. Could easily get wasted here if I wanted to.
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Planning some travel around the US with a colleague who's flying in from Japan, and he's nixing segments because they're on Airbus planes and not Boeing. what the poo poo
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Eh, might as well enjoy it though I figure I'll do both. A buddy of mine recently took his 500th ERJ-145 flight and the captain made an announcement about it, pretty nifty.
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Uncle Jam posted:Planning some travel around the US with a colleague who's flying in from Japan, and he's nixing segments because they're on Airbus planes and not Boeing. what the poo poo If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going.  Really the stupidest argument.
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FunOne posted:C8 is the receptacle, C7 is the plug. That being said, this is an awesome suggestion and something I might look into building for my travel pack for next year. Already got the plugs from before and my last trip scheduled for the year happening next week. Having a kid due in Nov. is cramping my travel for Q4. Yes, you can use it as soon as you get the email. Interview was really fast, although the officer was surprised at how young I was.
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Mackieman posted:took his 500th ERJ-145 flight  Wouldn't wish that upon anyone...
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At least for 50-seat regional jets the ERJ lets you get the seats with no neighbors, versus the CRJ-200 where every seat is terrible. But yeah, I hope they phase out the 50-seaters soon, because ERJ-145 is by far my most flown aircraft and I don't want to end up hitting 500 either.
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Uncle Jam posted:Planning some travel around the US with a colleague who's flying in from Japan, and he's nixing segments because they're on Airbus planes and not Boeing. what the poo poo Are they an employee of a T1 Boeing supplier or something?
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I fly a pretty decent amount on the ERJ-145 (my last 4 segments have been on one) and I rather like it, at least as far as smaller regional jets go. I tend to book far enough in advance and most of the routes I seem to fly on aren't particularly full, so I always manage to get a solo seat. If you check in right on time, at least on United, 2A-4A always seem to be open. Whenever I'm flying regional I never seem to bring a carryon beside my backpack, so it's usually plane door opens, out the door immediately. They're reasonably quiet up in the air but man those things sound like a bucket of bolts on the ground.
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I like the solo seat but it does kind of contort you in to a banana shape and I'm only 5'10. Fine for an hour, or an hour and a half. Significantly less fine for KGSO-KDFW, although a quick Google tells me they've switched that route to Mesa CRJ9s after the merger.
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Yeah, the legroom is a tiny bit paltry (5'10" as well) but it's never really bothered me that much. I think the longest I've ever been on one was about 2h.
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At 6'5" I'm not really comfortable in any plane, but I can generally contort myself well enough in the solo seat as long as the person in front of me doesn't recline. And yeah, most of my ERJ-145 flights are 45-90 minutes, so it's doable, but I did do a ~3 hour DEN-CLE in one once, and that was no fun.
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Mackieman posted:If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going. More like Scarebus. Am I right?  I guess I could see maybe having an issue for a big cross ocean flight given stuff that's happened over the past few years (and that'd be a big stretch) but why would they care for hops over land?
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I'm flying to Toronto for business. I have a Nexus card (no iris scan) and Precheck - how soon before my flight should I get to my home airport / to the Toronto airport for my return flight?
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turing_test posted:I'm flying to Toronto for business. I have a Nexus card (no iris scan) and Precheck - how soon before my flight should I get to my home airport / to the Toronto airport for my return flight? Depends entirely upon what airport you're departing out of and what time your flight is.
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Pearson early in the morning to the US is a shitshow, but you should be in and out pretty quickly with Nexus. You can get to your home airport whenever, since you'll have customs in Toronto. On the way back, you will clear customs at Pearson, so allow a little more time there. Bishop is fine in my experience, except the ferry fucks with at times.
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Mackieman posted:Depends entirely upon what airport you're departing out of and what time your flight is. Totally forgot there were two airports - I'm flying out of Logan and into Bishop.
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Pissingintowind posted:Centurion Lounge at SFO is pretty nice. Could easily get wasted here if I wanted to. Anyone been to the one in LGA? I'll be passing through there next week and I wonder if it's worth hitting the Centurion room over the Sky Club. Flying Delta so I'd have to take the terminal bus after I'm done drinking. turing_test posted:I'm flying to Toronto for business. I have a Nexus card (no iris scan) and Precheck - how soon before my flight should I get to my home airport / to the Toronto airport for my return flight? Unless they changed it, I thought you can't use the airport crossings with Nexus unless you've enrolled an iris scan?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Are they an employee of a T1 Boeing supplier or something? Nope, they are an airfan or whatever the hell you call people that take millions of photos of airplanes.
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kitten smoothie posted:Unless they changed it, I thought you can't use the airport crossings with Nexus unless you've enrolled an iris scan? It seems like you either need to present your NEXUS card or get your iris scanned, but not both.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Bishop is fine in my experience, except the ferry fucks with at times. The pedestrian tunnel to the island finally opened about 2 weeks ago so you don't have to bother with the ferry anymore.
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turing_test posted:It seems like you either need to present your NEXUS card or get your iris scanned, but not both. I don't think it's your choice though. I don't like guessing, but last time I knew airports in Canada use the iris scan, everywhere else uses your card. Also, some airports in Canada have dedicated lines and Pre-Check like screening if you show your physical card. While both Toronto airports offer the shorter lines, it appears only Pearson does the Pre-Check like screening.
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Uncle Jam posted:Nope, they are an airfan or whatever the hell you call people that take millions of photos of airplanes. the loving worst
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Uncle Jam posted:Nope, they are an airfan or whatever the hell you call people that take millions of photos of airplanes. Desperately in need of a better hobby
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:the loving worst I enjoy avgeekery too, and have been known to snap photos of interesting aircraft and such, but I try not to be a pretentious douche about it. I do know people, though, who are so goddamn nerdy about that stuff that they start spouting off about Airbus vs. Boeing and other painfully stupid poo poo. Thankfully, there are usually beers around to drown out the stupid.
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