(03 Sep 2022, 9:36 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Last time I checked, I think my phone was only charging at 5W with the USB ports in the back of the seats, which is quite frankly pathetic, and pointless.
They need at least 10W to make them worth using, that would probably give about 25-30% on a 30 minute journey.
This is why I still have a preference for 240V sockets on buses, I personally think they're far more useful than a USB port. I carry around a 65W charger with me that I can use with my phone and laptop, so always use that over the USB sockets. And, if I bring the Warp (or whatever they're calling it these days) charger, I can fully charge both my phone and laptop on the journey up to Newcastle
240V are great, but I imagine are a nightmare to maintain in a bus fleet. No matter how many stickers you put on them to say laptops and phones only, you'll inevitably get someone plugging their straighteners or something in and trip the circuit until it's reset again. At least on trains, the train manager generally has the ability to reset it in each coach.