Review: ESR's 100W 6-in-1 Charging Station Helps Charge All of Your Apple Devices

[ErikGrim]

No mention of how this looks with Standby? Looks to me like it wouldn't be able to clear the attached AppleWatch making it pretty useless as a nightstand.

 

[davidh2k]

For the life of me I can't figure out why so many "environmentally-conscious" persons think that wireless charging is great.

The losses are huge compared to just plugging in. Heat is a byproduct of power losses - and lots of heat = lots of loss.

But in general/average - wireless charging is only 40-70% efficient compared to cable charging. And that is based on "perfect" placement on the charge mat. So you throw lots of perfectly good electricity out the window.

So wireless charging is no different to heating your house in the winter - with the windows open.

There are wireless charging technologies however, that achieve a similiar efficiency compared to charging by wire.

 

[_Spinn_]

CryoBoost sounds very useful in the car.

 

[makeitrainnaren]

No mention of how this looks with Standby? Looks to me like it wouldn't be able to clear the attached AppleWatch making it pretty useless as a nightstand.

So I just received my product yesterday after using a 30% coupon, does the LED re-activate and stay on after the phone drains a bit of battery to trickle charge it back to 100%, or does the ring constantly flash?