When traveling this combination works really well because it doesn't have a battery (which means it can go in checked luggage and I don't even take it out of my bag when going through security if I carry it on board). It's very light and I don't need a separate adapter since any USB-C will do. It uses HDMI so I can connect to most hotel TVs to use as a large monitor. From this machine I can SSH to any of the other machines I need access to and so it acts as a terminal.
Between phone, powerbank, headset and cameras I put so much stuff out of the luggage through security[1] that I don't think adding or not a laptop/tablet matters that much.
Also unless you carry 5 meters usb and hdmi cords I don't think that use case is so universal. Power outlets are usually so badly located in hotels.
[1] basically I empty the handbag of everything that is not spare clothes. It is just easier to throw everything on that plastic tray than filtering what needs to be shown or not.
> It's very light and I don't need a separate adapter since any USB-C will do. It uses HDMI so I can connect to most hotel TVs to use as a large monitor. From this machine I can SSH to any of the other machines I need access to and so it acts as a terminal.
To each their own, but I specifically avoid taking a laptop on any pleasure trip where I want to limit the work I can do, not to make it easier to do work.
If it is a work trip (or at least work-interlaced), plugging a custom device into a hotel TV screen sounds tedious - and the screens are probably going to be of poor quality (low resolution, low refresh rate) - so good enough for a hotel room but much worse than a laptop or a monitor.
That said, glad it works for your use cases. If so, it probably will work for at least one other person!
