EPICKA 45W Universal Travel Adapter PD&QC, 1AC/3USB-C/2USB-A

Why it's worth it

This all-in-one adapter plugs into sockets in more than 200 countries and charges five USB devices at once, with up to 45W across its three USB-C ports. It's chunkier than the flattest adapters here, but it replaces the tangle of chargers you'd otherwise pack.

This is the one adapter that can replace everything else in your charging pouch. It has a single AC outlet plus five USB ports, three of them USB-C. Your phone, tablet, earbuds, watch, and your partner's phone all charge from one socket. The USB-C side runs up to 45W, which covers a phone and a tablet together, or a thin laptop that charges over USB-C. Most adapters make you pick two devices and wait on the rest.

Five plug types slide out of the body, covering outlets in over 200 countries. A separate lock lets only one plug extend at a time, so you can't leave the UK pins hanging out while you shove the EU pins into a French wall. It's a small thing. It's also the detail that keeps an all-in-one adapter from getting bent sideways in a backpack.

From our review of 7 universal travel adapters

What we like

• +This is the one adapter that can replace everything else in your charging pouch
• +Five plug types slide out of the body, covering outlets in over 200 countries
• +The safety hardware is the boring part that matters most
• +It's a cube, and it takes up more room in the wall than the flat adapters here

What to know

• –There's no surge protection, and EPICKA says so plainly
• –The 10A fuse sets a hard ceiling
• –One AC outlet means one wall-powered device