Nomad’s bringing back the early 2000s with a transparent charging brick
Nomad, famed for its elegant leather and metal accessories, is experimenting with a new material: translucent plastic.
The business has released a limited edition version of their 30W USB-C charger with an icy grey cover that reveals the sophisticated electronics inside.
There’s not much to see here, as there is with a lot of modern technology. Sure, it uses GaN components to accomplish its compact size, but that isn’t immediately apparent. To the untrained eye, it appears to be a tidy collection of capacitors, solder joints, and other components.
Fortunately for Nomad, this results in an extremely cool aesthetic (at least in my opinion), especially for someone like me who can enjoy electrical engineering even if we don’t understand what we’re looking at.
Aside from the case, there’s nothing unusual about this charger; it’s just one of countless tiny, 30W chargers on the market with an MSRP of roughly $30.
That is not to say it appears to be poor; rather, it appears to be competent on a regular basis. According to the manufacturer, it is designed to charge iPhones quickly and can even power a MacBook Air. But still… in that scenario.
According to this tweet, the nostalgia cycle has reached the late 1990s and early 2000s, also known as the golden age of entertaining, see-through devices.
While I can’t fault Nomad’s aesthetics (or those of, say, the Nothing Phone or other recent translucent gadgets), I’d like to see more firms add a splash of color.
Consider a pink iPhone with the battery, MagSafe magnets, and charging coil visible. What about a see-through Switch or Steam Deck? And, while I’m compiling a wish list of things that won’t come true, I hope Sony brings back the PSP and makes it transparent all at once.
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