There is nothing special about these except they look a lot nicer than a typical power board, and the USB ports are useful. Beware that the USB-A ports are a max of 5 watts each (10W combined as it has 2 ports), the advertising is a little mis-leading on that. Would love to see USB-A ports of 15-30 watts on these. Also a mix of USB-A and USB-C would be good.

Used this extensively for travel. Combines USB chargers and power points into one compact unit. Only need one power adapter in foreign countries

I've got four of these things now, highly recommended. Brought the first 2 a few months ago. The only quirk of the design is that one socket will always be unusable if it's resting on a surface. I can see why the design choice was made though, it allows the power board to be used in a number of different ways. Great space saver.

Bought it as a side table device .. to charge my laptop and iPhone - works as expected :)

I have one of these and bought this and another as gifts. They are very handy as they are small and don't take up any room. When my one gives up the ghost (whenever that will be) hopefully I'll be able to go to PB Tech and find that they're still in stock and being made!