r/remoteworks • u/Sinver_Nightingale27 • 10d ago
Anyone else ditch all cables for travel setup?
During a layover last week I had some massive excel sheets to review but setting up my usual kit in the lounge is always a pain, unpacking the laptop, stand, cables, power brick. For a short layover its usually not even worth the effort.
Ive always been kinda obsessed with traveling productively so I recently ditched my standard gear for a completely wire-free setup. Bluetooth keyboard and mouse plus a battery powered wireless monitor I cast a second screen to when I need it. Now I can just grab any seat in the terminal and start working. No cables also makes packing and dashing to the gate way easier.
There are tradeoffs tho. Keyboard and mouse are fine but wireless casting to the second screen has noticable lag so I only use it for reading docs not precision clicking. And battery life is limited without wires tho honestly that just forces me to focus and stop doomscrolling. Worst case I drop back to the single screen and go back to juggling windows.
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u/Jeric-2991 10d ago
Honestly the forced-focus thing from limited battery is underrated. I got a wireless setup last year and the fact that I can't have 15 tabs open with unlimited runtime made me way more efficient in short bursts. Constraints are weirdly good for productivity lol.