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For the mobile charger I see that tesla offers a NEMA adapter kit that includes 7 adapters. EVSE also offers a kit that has 10 of them included (for a good bit more money).

Have you found a need that the extra adapters and price is worth it? Or will I be pretty much covered with the tesla kit? I have a nema 14-50 outlet for my welder that I am planning on using for now before I install a hard wired home charger.
 
I have taken a pick-and-choose approach and bought separate adapters. I doubt that I'd ever need to use a 5-20, let alone the 5-15 that's included with the car. Same goes for the 6-15 and 6-20 adapters. I did get a TT-30 adapter since my daughter is currently in an RV and toured the country a couple of years ago. I also just got a CS8269 to NEMA 14-50 from evseadapters.com because the motel I stayed at last week provided an outlet for EV charging. I plan on going back there a few more times and it beats having to drive down to the local Fred Meyer and spending an hour at the free CHAdeMO station.

My current list:
Tesla NEMA 5-15
Tesla NEMA 10-30
Tesla NEMA 14-30
Tesla NEMA 6-50
Tesla NEMA 14-50
Tesla CHAdeMO adapter
TT-30 to 14-30R
NEMA 14-30P/14-50P/14-60P to 14-50R Adapter
CS8269 to NEMA 14-50R

edit: I guess I should also say which adapters I've ever used: 5-15 and CHAdeMO. The 5-15 as I needed to verify that my mobile connector worked when I first got my car. The CHAdeMO I use most of the time I charge my car (don't have at-home charging installed). There's a ChargePoint DCFC station about a mile from my house - the rest of the time I go and use a Supercharger. I've also used the CHAdeMO at local EA stations when they have free charging. It came in handy on my trip to Brookings, OR as I used it at the aforemention Fred Meyer and a ChargePoint station at a CA casino a few miles from the stateline. I have bought all of the other adapters just in case I need them; sort of a Boy Scout approach - always be prepared.
 
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For the mobile charger I see that tesla offers a NEMA adapter kit that includes 7 adapters. EVSE also offers a kit that has 10 of them included (for a good bit more money).

Have you found a need that the extra adapters and price is worth it? Or will I be pretty much covered with the tesla kit? I have a nema 14-50 outlet for my welder that I am planning on using for now before I install a hard wired home charger.
Unless you plan on using the other adapters, I think you'd be better off just buying a 14-50 separately instead of the whole kit.
 
I'd suggest just buying the adapters you need as you find a use case for them. E.g., since you just need a 14-50 for home use, definitely get one.

Road trips are another story. The EV charging infrastructure has grown so much over the past couple of years, that just Supercharging and the J1772 adapter which comes with the car may be all you need. After that, it really depends on where you stay overnight, and what is available. I've made good use of the 5-20 adapter on several occasions in hotel/motel parking lots. If into car camping at RV parks, the 14-50 is essential and the evseadapters TT-30 may be handy. If staying at a friend or relatives house and they have a convenient clothes dryer receptacle they'll let you use, a 10-30 (older homes) or 14-30 (newer homes) adapter would be useful.
 
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I went through the same mental gyrations. When most of the Tesla branded adapters were sold out (including the 7-pack), I had some time to think it over and ultimately I did what most folks are suggesting: just think about your actual use cases, travel plans, etc.

Are you unable to find a convenient SuC on the route? Does the destination have L2 chargers? (PlugShare is a great way to determine the latter).

I wound up with two additional (Tesla branded) adapters, both for a 240v source.

Since we have a 40a EVSE on an N6-50 for our primary charging source (two cars), I got the same adapter for the TMC as a backup. I also have an adapter cable so I can plug an N6-50 into a N10-30 (that's an older 30a dryer outlet, so kind of gives me a second option at home).

The other few houses we regularly visit where we want to charge, have an N14-30 dryer outlet (30a), so I got that one as well.

And of course, in a pinch, we have the included slow-and-steady N5-15 :D

Our other main destination is down to Orlando at Universal, and all the onsite resorts have L2 chargers :)

Otherwise it's home or the occasional SuC.