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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by crispyambulance on Monday May 22, 2017 @01:21PM (#14395326)
I have their 6-port USB charger in the mudroom of the house. We plug in our phones, tablets and bike lights upon entry. Excellent performance, and yes, I never have to think about it. It just works (at US and Euro line voltage).

I did find the packaging a bit ostentatious for a USB charger. A plain corrugated cardboard box would have been more appropriate for mail-order, though I can see why they might want to "steve-job" the packaging for retail.

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by komali2 on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:06PM (#14395687)
What's a mudroom?
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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by grzm on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:12PM (#14395728)
> Many suburban American houses have a mud room, a casual, generally secondary entryway intended as an area to remove and store footwear, outerwear, and wet clothing before entering the main house. As well as providing storage space, a mud room serves to increase the cleanliness of a house proper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entryway

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by Spooky23 on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:55PM (#14396031)
A foyer for the back door. Usually you'll have a tile floor and rougher walls.

You do messy stuff there, like take off your winter boots, or leave your bike.

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by creepydata on Monday May 22, 2017 @03:09PM (#14396114)
A (usually back) foyer where you take off/store your muddy shoes.
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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by seanp2k2 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @04:26PM (#14405006)
(It's common in farm houses where it's typical to be out in the muddy fields. Most of America by geographical land area is farm land.)
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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @04:42PM (#14405136)
> Most of America by geographical land area is farm land.

No, total agricultural land is less than 1 billion of a total of 2.3 billion acres.

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