The order: Apple-compatible 3-in-1 quick charging station for 19.34 euros
Where Apple is written on it, there are also quite different prices on the agenda! Even at Temu. And that brings us to my most expensive purchase. It is already practical to be able to charge the iPhone, the Apple Watch and the AirPods at the same time. Because for the 20 euros, you only get a single 20-watt plug-in power supply without a cable from Apple. And without a multiple station, you would need three of them.
Unpacking and testing
The twin costs 33 Euros on Amazon, and currently only 28 Euros in the offer and with 1-day delivery. That is definitely not much more expensive, you at least have warranty and a real contact for complaints and claims. If then but Temu, then it should already be damn good. I’m curious.
The stand is simply folded out in the back and the device is ready for use. The USB-C is used for power supply. And of course there is an LED ring that can be switched on. that has to be.
The manufacturer makes a compelling point to only use QI-enabled fast-charging power adapters with a maximum of 18 watts or less. Stop a minute, the Apple power supply has at least 20 watts, so is that already too much then? After all, it’s already time-consuming to charge your smartphone, Watch and Pods with only up to 20 watts each. But to want to charge everything at the same time with this limit seems very optimistic to me. But I like to be positively overhyped.
In idle mode without LED and devices it is already about 0.6 watts, if you turn on the LED, peak values of up to 1.14 watts are measurable. That is already lost as “background noise” with the up to 18 watts. But you shouldn’t forget that the charging current is pulsed and never a constant current flows. That makes hope.
I then made the charging test with iPhone and Apple Watch and please do not be surprised. My wife’s iPhone is NOT connected to my Watch, but that doesn’t matter for the exemplary symbol picture. I needed my phone for the photo.
And how does it work with the charging? First of all, a bit slower than with the individual chargers. However, if you have a nice power bank that supports such QI charging cradles, you can charge all the Apple stuff overnight. If the iPhone and Watch are empty, I have charging currents of up to 16 watts in total and none more. If the Watch normally needs about an hour to go from 20% to 100% on the power adapter, it takes about 20 minutes longer on the charging station alone. It still fits, especially since the Ultra does not sit perfectly due to its size and weight. But it does not fall off and charges anyway.
Together with the smartphone (both devices start at around 20%), it is then almost 2 hours for the Watch. The iPhone charges from 20% to 100% on average just under 2 hours on the power adapter (20 watts), in MagSafe mode it even goes a few minutes faster. Together with the watch, I am then again over a bit more than 2 hours. It would certainly be faster with the maximum charging power of 27 watts of the iPhone 13 Pro Max on the 30-watt power supply, but let’s put it this way: it is still possible. And if you charge slower, you’ll save your battery.
Conclusion
I won’t do a material test here, because the conclusion is clear and the function proven. The charging station does what it’s supposed to and it’s even much faster than feared. Nevertheless, you should bring along some time. If you do not have the time, you can use the 30-watt Apple power adapter as a USB-C adapter and connect it directly. The charging station seems to be overwhelmed by this, which the manufacturer explicitly points out. In its defense, it has to be said that the Amazon product cannot do it either. So I saved between 8 and 13 euros – you can do that if you want.
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- 2 - Fried eggs parody with blood instead of ketchup
- 3 - Headphone stand with toxic support
- 4 - Purple arrow in neon look? Why not!
- 5 - Cotton swabs with claustrophobia
- 6 - Falls off like waste: Transparent adhesive tape
- 7 - Art becomes more and more artificial
- 8 - Bright suspenders for gnomes
- 9 - Glass ball with heart and enlightenment
- 10 - Apple prices on Temu? But it works!
- 11 - Lowest level vacuum claner
- 12 - Time expired and a sobering conclusion
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