Powermat Wireless Charging Review

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys jon rettinger from technobuffalo here with a full review for you of the powermat wireless charging system before i get into the nuts and bolts of what this thing does let me show you exactly how it works so it's got a single cord that plugs into a wall outlet and it's got three charging ports on the front now when you say wireless charging the first thing you're going to think of is wireless charging you can take your device and put it right on top but that's not the case you actually have to put something else on top of the device in order to charge your phone or your ipod or whatever it is it might be and there are three ways you can do it when you buy a powermat wireless charging system and it comes in the standard desk charger or a portable charger that folds they both have the same idea you get this charging cube and this cord rolls around and goes in for storage and it's got a ton of different tips at the end and you can swap tips to charge and plug into any device you like so you take this it's got a little circle on the bottom and it matches up with a little circle on the device and you can take your phone your psp whatever it might be and plug it right in so certainly your phone for example won't have any wires into the wall we still have to plug it in with something now for 30 dollars extra you can get if you're talking about an iphone or an ipod touch or an ipod a dock and that goes on one of the three available slots and you can take your phone put it right in and you'll be charging but again it's not completely wireless and the third option again for just around thirty dollars is this case and it's a decent case it's made of sort of a soft touch rubber feel but on the back it's got a relatively large charging mat you put your phone in there and you can place it on there and charge and you can charge three at a time so a little bit of note about each of these first this is not something that i would use on a regular basis especially not leave on the phone and keep in my pocket and just pluck it down on here all the time it's very big and has a lot of weight something that i don't think would be the most conducive for for pocket or general carrying use i'm not sure who this is applying to when you have to use a phone for example you got to open it up slide your phone in plug push it down the top part down and put it back on the charger that's a lot of work as opposed to just plugging a cord in so i'm not so sure that this option would be what i'd recommend so secondary you've got this sort of dock which is quite handy just as you would charge any other phone or ipod in one of the apple's docks you just go ahead and push it down and you'll be charging really works as you'd expect it to the third option this little cord is actually more handy than you'd expect a ton of different tips really make it useful for for a lot of different things and it comes with really a tip that'll fit most phones samsung nokia i really whatever else you have a mini usb micro usb ipod or iphone there are a lot of different choices so what this does it works very well mean it works exactly as advertised they're not claiming that it's completely wireless charging although if you joined by the commercials they don't really see any wires but if you're okay with having to plug your device still in or put it in a dock this does work exactly as you'd expect it charges the device it charges it almost as quickly as it would into a wall and it does save on outlets so i can charge three devices right here without having to plug three cords into a wall so would i recommend this well yes and no if you want to maybe save some space on your outlets or you don't want to mess accords this is sort of a nice option it does have a little bit of a cool effect to it because you are still getting that sort of pseudo wireless charging even though this still does have a wire that plugs in no i wouldn't recommend it in the sense that it's not really true wireless charging you're not getting any advantage other than sort of a cool factor and less cords than just charging three devices and certainly for a hundred dollars which is what this device costs uh it's going to be a hard proposition to justify if it dropped down to around 50 it'd probably be a much easier recommendation but you know the final decision is going to be up to you if you're okay with what this thing does it does do it very well and it works like i said just as advertised but really going to be your decision if you want to spend a hundred dollars on something that's going to actually cost you more if you buy this for 100 bucks all you're going to get is one of these little cubes it's only charged one device so if you want to charge your iphone or another phone i had to plunk down another 20 or 30 bucks for these other uh sort of adapters so this is going to get more expensive if you want to charge three something 100 bucks becomes 160 dollars with the two accessories so the decision is gonna be yours and what you wanna spend your money on if it was me i don't think i could recommend this i certainly don't think i would buy one anyway guys hope you enjoyed uh for exclusive content check me out at twitter twitter.com john4lakers and for all of your tech needs be sure to check out technobuffalo.com i'll see you guys in the next video bye-byehey guys jon rettinger from technobuffalo here with a full review for you of the powermat wireless charging system before i get into the nuts and bolts of what this thing does let me show you exactly how it works so it's got a single cord that plugs into a wall outlet and it's got three charging ports on the front now when you say wireless charging the first thing you're going to think of is wireless charging you can take your device and put it right on top but that's not the case you actually have to put something else on top of the device in order to charge your phone or your ipod or whatever it is it might be and there are three ways you can do it when you buy a powermat wireless charging system and it comes in the standard desk charger or a portable charger that folds they both have the same idea you get this charging cube and this cord rolls around and goes in for storage and it's got a ton of different tips at the end and you can swap tips to charge and plug into any device you like so you take this it's got a little circle on the bottom and it matches up with a little circle on the device and you can take your phone your psp whatever it might be and plug it right in so certainly your phone for example won't have any wires into the wall we still have to plug it in with something now for 30 dollars extra you can get if you're talking about an iphone or an ipod touch or an ipod a dock and that goes on one of the three available slots and you can take your phone put it right in and you'll be charging but again it's not completely wireless and the third option again for just around thirty dollars is this case and it's a decent case it's made of sort of a soft touch rubber feel but on the back it's got a relatively large charging mat you put your phone in there and you can place it on there and charge and you can charge three at a time so a little bit of note about each of these first this is not something that i would use on a regular basis especially not leave on the phone and keep in my pocket and just pluck it down on here all the time it's very big and has a lot of weight something that i don't think would be the most conducive for for pocket or general carrying use i'm not sure who this is applying to when you have to use a phone for example you got to open it up slide your phone in plug push it down the top part down and put it back on the charger that's a lot of work as opposed to just plugging a cord in so i'm not so sure that this option would be what i'd recommend so secondary you've got this sort of dock which is quite handy just as you would charge any other phone or ipod in one of the apple's docks you just go ahead and push it down and you'll be charging really works as you'd expect it to the third option this little cord is actually more handy than you'd expect a ton of different tips really make it useful for for a lot of different things and it comes with really a tip that'll fit most phones samsung nokia i really whatever else you have a mini usb micro usb ipod or iphone there are a lot of different choices so what this does it works very well mean it works exactly as advertised they're not claiming that it's completely wireless charging although if you joined by the commercials they don't really see any wires but if you're okay with having to plug your device still in or put it in a dock this does work exactly as you'd expect it charges the device it charges it almost as quickly as it would into a wall and it does save on outlets so i can charge three devices right here without having to plug three cords into a wall so would i recommend this well yes and no if you want to maybe save some space on your outlets or you don't want to mess accords this is sort of a nice option it does have a little bit of a cool effect to it because you are still getting that sort of pseudo wireless charging even though this still does have a wire that plugs in no i wouldn't recommend it in the sense that it's not really true wireless charging you're not getting any advantage other than sort of a cool factor and less cords than just charging three devices and certainly for a hundred dollars which is what this device costs uh it's going to be a hard proposition to justify if it dropped down to around 50 it'd probably be a much easier recommendation but you know the final decision is going to be up to you if you're okay with what this thing does it does do it very well and it works like i said just as advertised but really going to be your decision if you want to spend a hundred dollars on something that's going to actually cost you more if you buy this for 100 bucks all you're going to get is one of these little cubes it's only charged one device so if you want to charge your iphone or another phone i had to plunk down another 20 or 30 bucks for these other uh sort of adapters so this is going to get more expensive if you want to charge three something 100 bucks becomes 160 dollars with the two accessories so the decision is gonna be yours and what you wanna spend your money on if it was me i don't think i could recommend this i certainly don't think i would buy one anyway guys hope you enjoyed uh for exclusive content check me out at twitter twitter.com john4lakers and for all of your tech needs be sure to check out technobuffalo.com i'll see you guys in the next video bye-bye\n"