The comments here are (naturally) unfair: it’s less than 10 bucks, shipped, from a reputable company, AND comes with a decent looking extension cable. That’s not bad at all.
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ElevationLab's 'MagBase' Docks Your MagSafe Charger to Your Desk
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But the MagSafe charger should have had something like this on day one. Still happy with the 3-second task of picking up the Lightning plug from the rings of a binder clip that has held it securely for years on the edge of the table, and plugging in.
No, but you can buy it on Amazon. I used to have an Elevation stand that used it, and it works great. It will keep whatever you have it on in place, and doesn’t hurt the finish of what it’s stuck to.
If I already had the charger, I’d get one, but for $49 for the charger & holder I’ll stick to my old reliable Anker stand.
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It's expensive, but if I were using MagSafe I'd go for the Nomad MagSafe Mount. No sticking, no needing to slide the phone off in a certain way.
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Mount - MagSafe | Horizontal | Silver | Bead-blasted
Transform your MagSafe Charger into a stylish, secure base with the MagSafe Mount. Designed for stability and compatibility with iPhone 12 and later mod...
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For ten bucks. Your MagSafe can be turned into a belkin charger.
Does anyone know if the extension cable that comes with this product will conflict with fast charging?
Ever heard of a 50c stick of Blu Tac? Seriously, this product is a rediculous cash grab 😂🤣
Aha-ha-ha, double sided sticky tape was 1st thing I did. Year later it turned into saving $9.95.
I tried MagSafe for one night. All it did was add bulk to the back of the device and produce unwanted heat.
Sure, just popping the charger off in a pinch might be cool but I have never encountered a scenario where I am so frantic to unplug my phone.
Some people feel it is not required, a waste of money, a product to support another product that is not required and a waste of money. They expressed their opinions. But you consider those opinions to be unfair. What a ridiculous viewpoint.
A thing that holds a thing in place that holds another thing in place.
They're so bulky that it kinda defeats the purpose, I'm kinda expecting Apple to/hoping Apple will come out with a "new magsafe 2" when the new laptops come out that's much smaller and works on both their phones and laptops if they're really dedicated to pushing magnetic chargers
so, in general. apple provides a way to charge your phone w/o plugging in the cable. you can even raise the thing and make a phone call while charging. or continue playing the game / using the app while charging.
then we mount the otherwise somewhat mobile (but efficiency-wise still questionable) charging solution to the desk so you can't even raise the dmn thing.
to me this entire idea looks worse than plugging in a lightning cable as that would give me at least some flexibility.
then we mount the otherwise somewhat mobile (but efficiency-wise still questionable) charging solution to the desk so you can't even raise the dmn thing.
to me this entire idea looks worse than plugging in a lightning cable as that would give me at least some flexibility.
Remember the old iPhones with 30 pin connector that cam with a dock? You could just plop the phone in there, it charged, had a tiny footprint and held the phone at a convenient viewing angle. Still looking for a convenient successor to that where you just touch it with the phone and it sticks to it magnetically and charges without having to plug anything in.
Ordered. Great price! Thanks Elevation Lab and thanks MacRumors for bringing this to my attention!
I’m still waiting for this company to deliver their TagVault cases for the AirTag.
They still haven't even sent my AirTag case that was supposed to ship in June. And they don't respond to any messages. I'll pass.
I recently bought this. It's a bit pricey, but I really like it. It has 15W charging unlike most other docks, the build quality/ design is great (very Apple-like) and it can charge your apple watch and airpods (or any other QI device) at the same time. There's also a version without the apple watch.
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Yet another dongle-like thing we need to make an Apple product truly functional.
I've had a Spigen version of this since February. It works well to hold the MagSafe puck to the nightstand but if I travel it's easy to detach the MagSafe and go. This would probably work the same.
The nice thing about this product or the similar Spigen product is that you can easily detach the MagSafe when you need to take it with you and it doesn't leave a sticky piece of tape stuck to your nightstand. It's only 10 bucks for what looks like a polished product rather than some jerry-rigged, duct tape solution.
There are a ton of MagSafe stands for phones that hold the phone in a viewing angle.
this is just the first one that came up in a search
3-in-1 Wireless MagSafe Charger for iPhone 12 | Belkin
This 3-in-1 Wireless Charger features MagSafe magnetic alignment technology, with 15W fast charging for your iPhone 12, Airpods, & Apple Watch. Shop now.
I'd rather have something simple and cheap like this puck that doesn't take up a lot of space.
I was unconvinced for months and continued to use the various Qi chargers we’ve had around the house. But because my wife had a few too many times of not putting her 12 Pro on the Qi charger just right, or worse she would attempt to place her phone on the charger while laying in bed and instead send the phone to the ground. So I bought a MagSafe charger for her, along with one of those inexpensive aluminum stands that hold the charging puck, and it was such a great solution for her, I followed suit shortly after.
I love being able to hide the cable easily and not have to have a 6 foot cord, so we could plug in the phones and still have them be usable. When it’s the middle of the night and I get up to check emails (for international work), it’s super easy to just touch the screen for a quick glance to see what came in, and if I have to grab the phone, it pops back onto the MagSafe charger when I’m done with zero fuss. I think it’s been a brilliant addition to the iPhone and hope more third party products develop other items around the tech.
Bought it. Really like it. It’s barely noticeable. They have increased the price to $12.95 on their website and available on Amazon for the same.
