IFA Day Two Round-Up: Storage Solutions And Roller Boys!

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Time flies, and, believe it or not, IFA 2025 is already on its second day. It's been noticeably busier here too given that everyone off from work this Saturday has more time to walk the many halls of the Messe Berlin exhibition grounds and see the hundreds of tech booths on display.

Some displays showcase shiny products on pretty pedestals, while others allow you to try out video games or immersive VR headsets. Some even have full-size robots sorting laundry or walking out into the crowd waving and shaking hands. There's even a corner of IFA where you can drive around on rideable suitcases. These scooter-luggage hybrids were just one of the many, many, MANY new consumer tech products the SlashGear team checked out today.

That's in addition to all the cool stuff we saw on IFA's opening day (and had advance previews of earlier this week). Even after walking the trade show floor for several hours each day, there's still plenty more we haven't had a chance to visit yet — so make sure you check in tomorrow, as well. Here's a quick recap of some of the more notable things we've seen — including a more detailed look at those electric suitcases.

When it comes to universal travel adapters, Epicka is one of the most trusted and popular brands in the business, recommended by numerous publications and influencers. The adapters, which allow you to use power outlets across much of the world (no matter their design or standard), are lightweight and relatively affordable. Epicka makes multiple different models, including an ultraslim TA-104 Air that is especially travel-friendly.

Considering IFA is in Berlin, SlashGear's American writers need to use adapters if they want to get any work done. In fact, one of the most important pieces of gear we're using at IFA is a handy universal adapter packed with outlets and surge protection. However, it's pretty bulky and heavy and not ideal for lugging around the trade show floor all day. Plus, taking it to the Messe Berlin venue would mean having to unplug everything at our hotel, preventing us from recharging our power banks and other gear.

That's why the Epicka Pulse 45W Universal Travel Adapter has come in clutch — we didn't just get a look at it at IFA, we are using it right now to write and publish this very sentence. The compact, cube-shaped gadget is incredibly light and offers two USB-C and two USB-A ports with 45W charging. The universal adapter has an incredibly user-friendly design, too, with all of the different ports for three distinct standards combined into one, allowing you to plug in devices from the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, the U.K., and Australia. Three sliders on the side allow you to easily extend the male end of any of these standards as well, so you convert power from any combination of these regions.

The Minix Flender isn't the only electric composter you'll see at IFA, but it might be the most impressive. In addition to functionality, Korean-company Minix leans heavy into sleek design so that its gadgets fit with modern kitchen aesthetics. It also focuses on making its products — which also include mini-laundry dryers — compact. Space is especially important for electric composters, because if you're using one, then there is a decent chance you don't have a yard to naturally compost organic food waste.

The Minix Flender uses heat and a slow-grinding method to dehydrate food waste and turn it into a very condensed compost-like material. This material isn't exactly compost because it still needs time to break down into nitrogen-rich soil that makes for a great, environmentally friendly fertilizer. So the composter speeds up the initial process which breaks down the material, but it needs time to develop into something you would put in your garden.

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Alternatively, you can use it as fish food among other things. At the very least, it makes your kitchen trash significantly lighter. The Flender booth at IFA showed liters of food waste and the resulting compost, which is smaller than a handful. Amazingly, it fully transforms this waste in just five hours, reducing it by up to 90% in mass. You can discard meat and fish, which you definitely don't want to do in your yard unless you want animals tearing it apart. It makes your kitchen smell nicer too, since food isn't rotting in your trash can for days. The Flender doesn't work just lightning-fast but also does so very quietly and with minimal power consumption, making it a great appliance for even smaller apartments.

The Langfang feng fu Technology booth at IFA is one of the most fun to visit, because its attendants allow anyone to ride around the trade show hall on one of their electric suitcases. The innovative product is essentially a typical travel suitcase (21.96 x 14.96 x 9.06 inches) but also an electric scooter, allowing you to sit on top and use its handle to steer, accelerate, brake, and reverse. You might be uncomfortable squatting on such a low-profile vehicle, but you may change your mind if it means getting around the airport faster and doing so without having to carry your luggage.

This is the second-generation model of the electric suitcase. One improvement is better battery life. Langfang feng fu Technology says it's measured the range of its second-gen suitcase to be 10-14 kilometers, though that may be less if the combined weight of your body and your luggage is closer to the maximum 286-pound load capacity. It takes two to three hours to fully charge, so you could feasibly get its power back to 100% if you get to your gate early enough, allowing you to ride atop it in both your departure and arrival gates.

The electric suitcase can travel up to 6.2 mph, allowing you to whizz through the airport. It includes a TSA-approved combination lock for security that won't get flagged by, well, security. It comes in three colors — black, grey, or pink. You could feasibly get one for each member of your family and ride around the airport like a tourist biker gang.

Anker has its fingers in a lot of pies, ranging from charging accessories (Anker/Solix), Smart home (Eufy), to sound and entertainment (Soundcore Nebula), and the latter has a really interesting option. Before we go on, we should mention that this product is not for everyone, because some of us lack the space to properly utilize it.

Soundcore Nebula has a portable-ish home theater system, the Nebula Pro X1, with a 4K triple laser projector, 3,500 ANSI Lumens of brightness, and four satellite speakers that you can remove and place around your room, plus dual eight-inch speakers in the case. It's portable in that it has wheels and a retractable handle, but it's also pretty big. This is not an item you toss into the truck to take just anywhere, but you could roll it out for a movie night if you wanted to. There are even two removable microphones in the top for karaoke.

What's great about this is it's all a single self-contained unit that has everything you need. Instead of trying to build a great system, it's all right there for you, and it's easy to roll it away when you're done with it. Still, that doesn't mean it's the lightest lift.

Belkin has been moving into some interesting spaces of late, many of them centered around creators. Its latest offering is a creator pack that includes two wireless microphones, a receiver, and a tripod with a MagSafe mount on it. All said, this is a really interesting starter kit, especially considering the price point of $149.99. It was initially announced at CES 2025, but it will be shipping soon.

Noting how inexpensive it is, there are some obvious compromises to the creator pack. To start, saying the tripod is "chintzy" would be complementary. It's light, but not terribly sturdy, so be careful with it and anything you mount to it.

The microphones are typical lavalier mics with magnets that attach to your shirt. There are also clips you can use, but those were magnetically attached to the outside of the carrying case, so it's hard to imagine they'll stay there securely. Also, the microphones didn't have any kind of gain control, so if you're interviewing someone who is very loud, or soft spoken, your audio may not be ideal. But this is a nice starter kit at a low cost which will pair nicely with your iPhone, Pixel 10 Pro, or other Android phone with a MagSafe case, and instantly up your audio game. It will be available early next year.

It seems like there's never enough storage on your phone these days. With the iPhone, in particular, and its focus on filmmaking — no pun intended — storage is quick to disappear. Shiftcam has been making a name for itself in the category of iPhone photography with accessories like its camera grip and MagSafe tripod accessories. At IFA, it launched a new project, the Planck, which is a USB-C storage module with capacity of 1TB or 2TB.

The thing is, it's tiny and it weighs around 10 grams. When you plug it into the phone, it doesn't sit flush with the phone, which is okay, because when I plug it into my iPhone with my OhSnap case on it, it sits perfectly flush. Unfortunately, there's no way to do it otherwise and since many people have cases on their phones, ShiftCam made the right call here.

The dongle also comes with an absolutely adorable silicon carrying case which protects the USB-C port, which is an added bonus. The Planck will launch next year at $125/$199 for 1/2TB versions.