A battery pack is an alternative, but they seem to be similar in size to phones and don’t allow the charging swap tactic
That’s because you haven’t used enough dakka. In addition to carrying an extra battery, you also leave an identical battery plugged in at each of the spots where you have a charger. You charge your phone by connecting it to the battery (with both in your inventory); you charge the battery by swapping the one in your inventory with the one that lives at the charger. This has the additional benefit that, in addition to solving the battery problem for yourself, if you find yourself with a group, you can solve the phone-battery problem for other people by lending or gifting them a charged battery.
Aren’t phone batteries like unique snowflakes that only work with their specific phone?
(Note, one way to deal with this if indeed the battery thing is true for friends is to make sure to get long chargers that have multiple types of connections, I’ve used these ones from Amazon)
If the phone has a removable main battery, and you’re swapping that, then yes. If it’s a standalone power bank with a USB port, then it’s the cable that varies rather than the battery, and you only need a few varieties for complete coverage (micro-USB, USB-C and Lightning will charge pretty much any device you can find these days).
That’s because you haven’t used enough dakka. In addition to carrying an extra battery, you also leave an identical battery plugged in at each of the spots where you have a charger. You charge your phone by connecting it to the battery (with both in your inventory); you charge the battery by swapping the one in your inventory with the one that lives at the charger. This has the additional benefit that, in addition to solving the battery problem for yourself, if you find yourself with a group, you can solve the phone-battery problem for other people by lending or gifting them a charged battery.
My lord, that’s genius. I’m not sure it’s necessary given I would want to dual wield anyway for other reasons, but if not, seems obviously correct.
Aren’t phone batteries like unique snowflakes that only work with their specific phone?
(Note, one way to deal with this if indeed the battery thing is true for friends is to make sure to get long chargers that have multiple types of connections, I’ve used these ones from Amazon)
If the phone has a removable main battery, and you’re swapping that, then yes. If it’s a standalone power bank with a USB port, then it’s the cable that varies rather than the battery, and you only need a few varieties for complete coverage (micro-USB, USB-C and Lightning will charge pretty much any device you can find these days).
That’s a great point, thx, will order second batter pack and charger today.