A charging cable is remarkably easy to leave behind, especially when you’re trying to leave the house without a bag. Materik’s 2-in-1 Wristband Charging Cable gives that loose accessory another job, turning it into the strap attached to your phone. Introduced on November 11, 2026, the $39.90 accessory opens into an 11.8-inch USB-C cable when it’s time to find some extra power.

Closed, the flat polyester weave looks closer to a camera strap than the usual rubbery charging cord. Aluminum connector shells meet a zinc-alloy buckle, whose rounded face carries a fine, flowing pattern of short lines. Graphite keeps things dark, while Limestone pairs a pale strap with lighter hardware. The complete accessory weighs about 1.2 ounces, including the buckle and circular attachment clip.

Designer: Materik

Getting it onto your phone involves the included clear TPU tab, which sits between the handset and a compatible case. Its small loop pokes through the charging opening, giving the circular clip somewhere to attach. The strap then slips around your wrist while you hold the phone, without needing a case designed with its own strap loops or a separate attachment point.

When the battery gets low, the buckle releases both USB-C ends, leaving its clip attached to the case. That separation is the neat part: the hardware that closes the wrist loop doesn’t have to dangle between your phone and charger. You connect the freed cable to a suitable power source, then return both ends to the buckle when you’re ready to leave.

Materik rates the cable for USB Power Delivery up to 60W, enough to make it useful beyond a phone with suitable equipment. The actual charging rate depends on the device and power source, of course. There’s no battery tucked into the buckle, so the strap can’t rescue an empty phone by itself. You still need a charger, power bank, or another compatible source.

The short reach makes more sense beside a laptop or a power bank than across a hotel room. Set your phone next to the power source and there isn’t much surplus cable to gather up afterward. If the outlet is behind a hotel bed, however, the cable’s length dictates where your phone rests. This is a connection for nearby equipment, not distant sockets.

Back at a desk, the same cable can move photos or documents between compatible devices, with USB 2.0 data transfer rated up to 480 Mbps. That’s a useful extra when you need to copy a few files without digging out another lead. It isn’t the connection you’d choose for frequent, lengthy transfers to a fast external SSD, despite those familiar USB-C plugs.

The tradeoff arrives whenever you plug in, because the cable can’t remain a closed wrist loop while charging. If you already use a phone strap, combining those jobs could save a separate item in your bag. If you don’t, the buckle and clip become extra hardware to carry for a short cable. Its appeal depends on wanting the wrist strap in the first place.

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Wireless earbuds can make a short gaming break depend on whether you remembered to charge their case the night before. Razer’s Hammerhead V3 Chroma takes that worry off the list with a cable that carries audio and power through USB-C. There’s no headphone jack involved in this return to wired listening, and the angled plug has been shaped around the hands holding your phone.

The connector has a 90-degree bend, letting the cable run alongside a compatible device rather than sticking straight into your palm. That matters when you rotate a phone for a game and wrap both hands around its ends. It’s a small adjustment to an unglamorous component, but one that addresses one immediate objection to putting a wire back into a handheld setup.

Designer: Razer

The wire also gives Razer somewhere to put controls that don’t have to share space with an ear tip. An in-line remote handles volume, playback, and active noise cancellation (ANC), with raised controls you can locate by touch rather than tapping an earbud. Its omnidirectional microphone supports calls and team chat, keeping the interactions on the cable instead of behind another phone menu.

Of course, subtlety isn’t really the point of a bright green cable hanging from black earbuds. Circular outer caps carry illuminated Razer logos, with Chroma RGB offering 16.8 million color options. The glossy housings and short stems aren’t particularly dramatic by themselves, but the color makes the whole arrangement unmistakably gaming hardware, even when you’re simply listening to music on the bus.

Inside each earbud, a dynamic driver works alongside a dedicated tweeter, dividing the work between lower and higher frequencies. Razer includes feed-forward ANC, intended to reduce surrounding noise during a commute or a match in a shared room. Noise cancellation brings a familiar wireless-earbud convenience to a wired pair, although neither the driver arrangement nor the connection guarantees great sound on its own.

Four presets cover Gaming, Music, Movies, and Call, alongside a custom equalizer profile for anyone who prefers adjusting the balance themselves. Moving to a PC adds THX Surround Sound 7.1 through Razer Synapse 4. That’s a software-dependent extra, not something the earbuds automatically deliver on every phone, so the same connection doesn’t mean an identical feature set everywhere you plug them in.

The IPX4 rating allows for splashes and sweat, which makes sense for earbuds that might move from a desk to a drizzly commute. It doesn’t turn them into waterproof gear. The cable needs managing: it can catch on clothing or pull against the phone when you reach too far. A bent connector changes its direction, not the distance you’re able to move.

Launched on November 5, 2026, the Hammerhead V3 Chroma costs $79.99 in the US. The trade is straightforward: fewer batteries to remember, but a cable and an occupied USB-C port in return. If that’s your phone’s only charging connection, you’ll need another way to top it up while listening. The earbuds need no charging, but your phone doesn’t get the same night off.

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Most of us have two or more gadgets that need constant charging, plus several chargers and cables to keep them all juiced up. That’s probably fine if you have an entire outlet strip at home or in the office, but when you’re working with a small space, or you’re traveling and on the go, it can be a real challenge to charge multiple devices at once. You end up with a tangle of cords and charging heads, or sometimes you even have to take turns charging your gadgets.

If you mostly own Apple devices or other USB-C-powered gear, the TESSAN 3-in-1 USB-C Charger may actually solve that problem for you. It’s a compact wall charger with a USB-C port, a USB-A port, and a built-in magnetic Apple Watch dock, so you only need one outlet to power up three devices at the same time.

Designer: TESSAN

This 3-in-1 charger is especially handy when you only have one outlet available but need to power up three different devices. A few years ago, this wouldn’t have been much of an issue, since most of us only had one phone to worry about. But now that owning multiple devices is the norm, charging has become an everyday hassle. What do you do when you’ve got a phone, a pair of AirPods, and a smartwatch that all need power at the same time?

TESSAN’s charger features fast charging through its 20W USB-C port, so you can get a device like the iPhone 15 up to 55 percent battery in just 30 minutes. At the same time, its 18W USB-A port can juice up an accessory simultaneously while your main device charges. It also offers broad compatibility, working with everything from the latest iPhone models to AirPods and other USB-powered devices. The real star of the show, though, is the built-in magnetic charger for your Apple Watch. There’s no separate puck or cable needed here. Instead, you get a self-aligning dock, so you won’t have to fuss with positioning your watch every time you need to charge it.

The charger comes in four finishes (white, black, pink, and blue) and is clearly designed to double as a small desk-aesthetic item, though it will likely still read as “just a charger” to most people, especially in the white colorway. Where it really shines is portability: it’s a travel-friendly device you can toss in a bag without a second thought, instead of hauling around three separate chargers that eat up space and weight in your carry-on.

How does it stack up against the competition? The most obvious comparison is Belkin, whose 3-in-1 MagSafe charging stands are the gold standard in this category. Belkin’s BoostCharge Pro and UltraCharge Pro docks charge an iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods wirelessly and look considerably more premium sitting on a nightstand, but they also run anywhere from $95 to $150 and require more desk real estate. TESSAN’s charger, at $20.99, skips the wireless charging bells and whistles in favor of a compact, plug-in design that’s built more for function and travel than for a styled bedside setup. If you want a showpiece charging stand for your living room, Belkin is still hard to beat. But if you want something inexpensive, pocketable, and fast enough to get you out the door in the morning, TESSAN makes a compelling case for itself as the budget-friendly, travel-first alternative.

At the end of the day, this isn’t a charger trying to be a lifestyle centerpiece. It’s a charger trying to solve a genuinely annoying, everyday problem: too many devices, not enough outlets, and not enough patience to wait in line for your turn at the power strip. For $20.99, the TESSAN 3-in-1 USB-C Charger delivers fast charging, broad compatibility, and a clever built-in Apple Watch dock in a package small enough to disappear into a laptop bag or a nightstand drawer. It won’t turn heads the way a sleek charging stand might, but it will quietly keep your phone, watch, and earbuds powered up without the usual cord chaos. For anyone juggling multiple Apple devices on a daily basis, or packing for a trip and dreading the tangle of cables, this little charger earns its spot on the “actually useful” list.

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