Everything the laptop needs once it leaves the desk
Away from home, a laptop needs three things: power, protection and a bit of privacy. A trip goes wrong when the charger is left in the office, the battery runs out on the train, the bag lets in the rain, or a stranger reads your screen over your shoulder. This page brings together the ranges that deal with each of those, plus a second screen for working in a hotel room.
What is on this page
This page is put together from whole ranges, not product by product. Every product in the ranges named here is on it, so when a range gains something new, it appears here too. Each product also stays in its own department, and some are on more than one of the pages for different people as well as travellers.
- Power: USB-C laptop chargers with a UK plug, many of them small GaN chargers with several ports, car laptop chargers, universal chargers and laptop power banks that can charge a laptop over USB-C.
- Carrying: waterproof laptop bags, backpacks and sleeves, and tech pouches that keep chargers, cables and adapters in one place.
- Security and privacy: laptop cable locks with a key or a combination, and laptop privacy filters, magnetic or film, that darken the screen to anyone at the side.
- A second screen: portable monitors, from small screens to full laptop size and larger.
Power banks and flying
The Civil Aviation Authority's rules are worth knowing before you pack. Power banks go in your cabin bag, never in the hold, and no more than two per person. They must not be recharged on the plane. A power bank over 100Wh needs the airline's approval, one over 160Wh is not allowed at all, and the airline may have its own rules too. Power banks are usually labelled in mAh, not Wh: multiply the mAh by the voltage of the cells, about 3.7, and divide by 1,000, so a 20,000mAh power bank is about 74Wh. The guide to charging a laptop on the move has the rest.
Questions people ask about laptop accessories for travel
How many watts of charger do I need?
At least as many as the charger that came with your laptop; the figure is printed on it, followed by W. More is fine: the laptop only takes what it needs. The shop by charging power pages sort chargers and power banks by watts.
Does a cable lock stop theft?
It stops the quick grab when you step away from a table, not someone with tools and time. Check your laptop has a lock slot, or use a lock made for its type of slot.
How long does delivery take?
Delivery is included in every price and tracked to your door. Each product page says when it usually arrives.
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