There’s more power in this Razer box than just power

As any geek knows, arriving at a coffee shop or hot office is a performance. Everyone else is watching, because they’re bored. You must decant your laptop on to the table with mild disdain, masking your deep love for it. But next you must plug something in to your laptop that has no clear purpose. In this case, it’s a £145, 12,800mAh USB-C powerpack that will extend the life of a USB-C laptop – up to 20V, 2.25A – but also rapidly refuel other devices, with its Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 credentials. But for your onlookers, this nondescript black aluminium box could be anything. It could be some kind of high-level encryption device, they’ll think. Is it making a noise? Who is this guy? Why is my life so dull?

Fraser Macdonald consulting editor

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Fraser used to wear a Psion Series 3 palmtop in a shoulder holster. Perhaps he still does.Either way, his lifelong mission - including fourteen years for Stuff - has been to see whether the consumer electronics industry can ever replicate that kind of cyborgian joy.So far: nope. Despite a plan to combine a action camera and Olympus Eye-Trek goggles to become Man Who Sees The Vision Of A Man Three Inches Taller Than Himself.He also likes mountain bikes, motorbikes, cars, helicopters. Still thinks virtual surround is witchcraft. Dislikes jetskis, despite never having been on one.