The only charging adapter I ever travel with beats competing models with a hidden superpower

Baseus' Enercore CG11 travel adapter is among the best-designed gadgets I've tested - though its most impressive feature isn't obvious at first glance.

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I'm currently in the final stages of putting my kit together for a 100km walk across northwestern Spain, and one thing that I'm definitely going to need is a universal charger (I live in the UK, so the sockets are different in Europe). I'll need something that'll handle charging my phone, power bank, headlamp, iPad, satellite messenger, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and other bits and pieces. 

Also: I replaced my MacBook charger with this compact wall unit - and wish I'd done it sooner

It needs to be lightweight yet reliable, because I'm going to be carrying it with me ...