My next shaver will be USB-C. It’s now a standard for charging whatever you want.
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thantik@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Having experience with electromechanics - I have seen times where this was done on purpose to make sure that people aren’t trying to reuse an incompatible plug for charging purposes. NiCd doesn’t charge the same as LiFePo, Li-ion, etc. Charging voltages, polarities, stability of power output, etc.
moitoi@feddit.de 6 months ago
AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I know a lot of RC brands did this too. They didn’t want people blowing up their Li-On batteries with old chargers, or getting complaints because it takes three days to charge.
UnityDevice@startrek.website 6 months ago
To be fair though, they just need to make everything USB-C anyhow.
Careful what you wish for. Putting advanced electronics into very simple devices will just make them fail a lot faster.
Some old device just needed 12V over a barrel jack to run some motor or light and charge the battery and it lasted a decade - only failed because the battery got old. New one now needs a state of the art power delivery chip to negotiate the right voltage and current, and all over a very fine pitch connector that will fail if you look at it wrong. Not looking good on the durability front at all.uis@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Are you Apple engieneer? Because I have no idea why PD chip is state of art for you
UnityDevice@startrek.website 5 months ago
I don’t work for Apple, but I am an electronics engineer. Just don’t be surprised when your devices start failing.
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Since when is a BMS advanced technology?
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
The only issue I have with USB power solutions is that it’s also capable of data transfer, which is bad. Imagine a dystopian future of being tracked by companies and governments by the places you plugged your shaver in at, of all the stupid things.
thantik@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s capable of data transfer…but to a power brick in the wall?
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Are you going to remove outlets and strip walls every hotel you ever visit to check for data? Because that somehow sounds both sane and also unhinged, good luck with that.
thantik@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why would I need to? 110v outlets aren’t regularly equipped with Data transfer capability.
Tarogar@feddit.de 5 months ago
I mean… If it has a USB socket and I can plug it into my PC… Surely it was intended for that. After all the USB ports on a PC are just as capable of delivering power.
Sure may be an unusual solution to charge a shaver but you could do that.
thantik@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Exactly. It’s going to be the most uncommon thing though. Convenient in an emergency if somehow you have a spare PC for charging and not a USB-C power brick…somehow…
But there’s not enough people doing it to justify what this guy is suggesting.
uis@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Making communication over barrel jack is not hard either.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
I’m discussing how it connects to the wall. You would be the second person to somehow misconstrue that. Wall outlets should not become USB.
uis@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I don’t understand you. Barrel jack is not usb.
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
USB is capable of data transfer but only if there’s compatible hardware in the device. The shave it doesn’t have any capacity to transmit data so what’s it going to do there’s nothing to track all they get is “someone has plugged something that requires some power into this port, but I don’t know what cuz it doesn’t have any brains”
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
It could have something like a unique identifier with some extremely simple and cheap components, and if the wall outlets of the future become USB then the business could have the ability to log it and sell that usage data to advertisers, as well as identify guests beyond just the information given during check-in.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
But they’d actually have to put hardware into a razor to enable that and to what end? It’s not useful info to know when you are shaving, and you already carrying a phone around in your pocket surely that’s the biggest point of data leakage fix that first before you start worrying about all these conspiracy theories.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We should all use public chargers. I heard they’re safe
qaz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think the bluetooth/wifi functionality on most modern electronics is much more worrisome than that.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 months ago
There can be many problematic things independent of each other.
Aux@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No, shavers should not use USB C. Because in developed countries you cannot have USB in the bathroom. We have special shaver sockets and they’re not USB compatible.
thantik@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Then you should refine your laws. Because my shavers all use USB C; and the EU has mandated USBC in specific products, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to expand that.
Aux@lemmy.world 5 months ago
and the EU
Yeah, I live in Europe, lol. Sockets in bathrooms are very specific here.
mp3@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I bought this one from Conair because it is rechargeable with USB-C.
b3an@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And how is it as a device?
mp3@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I like it, the different clip lengths are holding on quite well, and I do like the adjustable one when trimming my beard.
It’s also relatively quiet.
b3an@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I keep buying these oneblades over and over. I’m tempted by 🧲 and steel blades