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diotav

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10.0.0.1
Received my black Benks this week. The look and feel is very premium.

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diotav

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Aug 9, 2005
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10.0.0.1
As much as I like the Benks, I couldn't deal with the draining battery. I bought this walnut wireless charging stand of Etsy. It's literally perfect! Basically the same principle as the (not yet released) crowdfunded The Max Stand.

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japanime

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Feb 27, 2006
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As much as I like the Benks, I couldn't deal with the draining battery. I bought this walnut wireless charging stand of Etsy. It's literally perfect! Basically the same principle as the (not yet released) crowdfunded The Max Stand.
Nice-looking stand! However, I haven't experienced any battery drain using the Benks stand. Maybe it's because I hang the AirPods Max with the ear cups folded outward on the stand (as can be seen in the picture I posted earlier in this thread)?
 

markhort

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Aug 28, 2010
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I’m still holding out a small chance that the Floating Pixel Stand will eventually turn up.
 
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markhort

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Aug 28, 2010
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been almost a year now...are any of those kickstarter stands finally out yet
The last update on the Floating Pixel stand was a couple of weeks ago, they've only got the molds ready. Can't see it being this year.
 

FreedomPenguin

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As much as I like the Benks, I couldn't deal with the draining battery. I bought this walnut wireless charging stand of Etsy. It's literally perfect! Basically the same principle as the (not yet released) crowdfunded The Max Stand.

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im on the fence to order this, just got my AirPods max's and really considerhig this little guy.

edit, I messaged him on Etsy, very nice. I ordered one. 150 bucks, but whatever. I asked him to make it black as possible, so paid the highest price
 
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FreedomPenguin

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As much as I like the Benks, I couldn't deal with the draining battery. I bought this walnut wireless charging stand of Etsy. It's literally perfect! Basically the same principle as the (not yet released) crowdfunded The Max Stand.

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Question, when you are using them and you put them down on the dock, and you are still using computer, does it say "AirPods are nearby connect to them"? or will it just be asleep, since its off your head. on my laptop just now when I set them on head, it auto connects, and when I set them down, it disconnects and doesnt try. just curious if it will keep popping up messages since docked and such.

hope not.
 

ZeChild

macrumors 6502
May 14, 2012
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Just found the below stand on Amazon had a gift voucher so thought why the hell not, had the Benks stand for a year and love it for style and was tempted towards the new version with the wireless charger in the base but it still didn't get round the only real problem I had which was fiddling about plugging them in for charging.

The stand below gets rid of that issue, there's a small magnetic adapter you plug into the lighting port and when your not using them you just drop them on the charger and away they go, admittedly its no where near as quick as a wired charge but between calls and overnight it works just fine!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JP1F3RY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 

japanime

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Feb 27, 2006
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Just found the below stand on Amazon had a gift voucher so thought why the hell not, had the Benks stand for a year and love it for style and was tempted towards the new version with the wireless charger in the base but it still didn't get round the only real problem I had which was fiddling about plugging them in for charging.

The stand below gets rid of that issue, there's a small magnetic adapter you plug into the lighting port and when your not using them you just drop them on the charger and away they go, admittedly its no where near as quick as a wired charge but between calls and overnight it works just fine!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JP1F3RY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Interesting find. I love my Benks stand, but this one is tempting.

Could you post a picture of how the Max looks with the charger dongle plugged in?

Also, the close-up photograph of the stand looks like it might be made of that rubberized material (and not really "high-quality silicon" as the product description states) to which dust easily sticks. Is that correct?
 

Pug72

macrumors 68000
Mar 18, 2012
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I already had two Banks stands, one black one white depending on where I left them, but liked the idea of the charging base update for my AirPod Pros so got it.

I have a right-angled black cable placed behind the sideboard to charge the APM. Great combo I think.

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UltraInstinct

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Feb 6, 2013
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Just found the below stand on Amazon had a gift voucher so thought why the hell not, had the Benks stand for a year and love it for style and was tempted towards the new version with the wireless charger in the base but it still didn't get round the only real problem I had which was fiddling about plugging them in for charging.

The stand below gets rid of that issue, there's a small magnetic adapter you plug into the lighting port and when your not using them you just drop them on the charger and away they go, admittedly its no where near as quick as a wired charge but between calls and overnight it works just fine!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JP1F3RY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Have you got it yet? I also have the benks stand but it’s annoying plugging them in.
 

Rasha Maricoff

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Oct 28, 2021
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I use the Spigen S380 stand. It’s a great stand but I’m interested in the Benks Grand Pro with magnet modification.
 

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Htsi

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Wish apple sold their stand or included that in the box. I like the ones that don’t put pressure on the headband.
 
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