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Anker charger shwoing two USB-C ports and one USB-A port. the ports are lit up in a turquoise color. Ther'es a power button on it that has some indicator lights. There's a flip-out 2-prong power connector on the far side.

Anker 733 2-in-1 Wall Charger — by Marty Sobo

Anker 733 Charger Powerbank Hey all, Marty here. Today we’re going to be talking about the Anker 733 2-in-1 wall charger. On the front, you have one USB-A and two USB-C ports. This also has a 10 mAh battery built right into it. This is awesome because you can plug this thing in, plug your […]

Anker GaNPrime 65 Watt Charger in Dark Grey

You NEED Another Charger — Anker GaNPrime 65W Charging Station

May 27, 2023
by podfeet

Anker 65W GaN Charging Station Just to prove to myself that I can write a review that isn’t 2000 words long, I’m going to explain why you might need yet another charger for your devices. It’s table stakes these days that any charger you buy is made with GaN (Gallium Nitride). Compared to the older […]

Steves New Setup with a 27 inch Studio Display 27 inch 5K LG and Apple Studio

Do You Really Need a Dock With the Mac Studio?

March 28, 2022
by podfeet

This week Steve is getting a Mac Studio with the M1 Max and next week he’s supposed to get his Studio Display. As you can imagine, he’s pretty excited. He’s currently sporting a 27″ iMac quad-core i7 from 2017 along with a 27″ LG 5K display. He added an OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock so he […]

OWC Combo Dual-Disk Enclosure & USB Hub – by Ryan Winkler

May 18, 2021
by podfeet

Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub Today I thought I would give you a review of the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub. Let’s start with the problem to be solved. Problem 1: I just received my new M1 Mac mini and in looking it over I noticed the lack of ports. […]

Plugable Dock showing ports on front and back side

CES 2020: Plugable Thunderbolt 3 Docking Station

Allison Sheridan interviews Bernie Thompson, founder of Plugable Technologies, about their new Thunderbolt 3 docking station. Bernie describes how there is confusion with users regarding the capabilities of USB-C vs. Thunderbolt 3 as well as HDMI vs. Display Port. To resolve that ambiguity, Plugable has designed a dock that supports all of these capabilities. The […]

Traveling Live Show with HyperDrive 8-in-1 USB-C Hub

HyperDrive 8-in-1 Hub Steve and I have been doing quite a bit of traveling lately, which has often caused us to be away from home on a Sunday night when I need to (actually want to) record the live NosillaCast. It really complicates things to do the live show on the road. but Steve and […]

GOSPACE Supercharger — A Battery and Charger in One

GOSPACE Supercharger Wall Charger/Battery I’m going to do something I don’t think I’ve done before, and that’s review a piece of hardware that I don’t own. On Friday night my buddy Ron brought over something I got to play with and I was really intrigued. He bought the GOSPACE Supercharger from getgospace.com. The GOSPACE […]

Thunderbolt 3 Docks – How Does the OWC Offering Stack Up?

OWC, CalDigit, Belkin & Accell Thunderbolt 3 Docks Compared Every once in a while I find myself descending into madness when I work on a review. Remember when I got curious about exactly what the government regulations were about banks and using SMS for two-factor authentication? That was our fun trip into NIST Special Publication […]