Wireless/Portable Charging Mats

[Lucid_Chaotic]

I’m in the market for one… anyone have any suggestions from personal experiences?
primary use will be for two cell phones, a bluetooth car visor device, and an mp3 player.

[TofiBaba]

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Good for you LC. I’m in the market for a new house.

[TLK]

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dont you have to have a special skin for all those devices so their battery can be charged using the mat?

[maroush]

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I don’t see the point of a power mat…as far as i am aware, for most items, you have to purchase a separate “sleeve” for the electrical item…or are there mats available now where you just simply place the item onto it??

Nice idea, but i don’t think i’ll be purchasing one till manufacturers agree on a “target hotspot” standard. I’ll stick to wires for now

Oh, and to answer your question… i know of one person who uses the “powermat”…

[TLK]

@TLK

dont you have to have a special skin for all those devices so their battery can be charged using the mat?

@maroush

I don’t see the point of a power mat…as far as i am aware, for most items, you have to purchase a separate “sleeve” for the electrical item…or are there mats available now where you just simply place the item onto it??
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that is what I said

[Lucid_Chaotic]

@TofiBaba

Good for you LC. I’m in the market for a new house.

show-off - thread derailer… (good luck with house hunting).

TLK/Maroush… I know the sleeves are a hassle and that’s what’s currently keeping me from investing in a mat. I was just hoping someone who’s used it might convince me otherwise, or offer an alternative suggestion.

[TLK]

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It looks like that the company is releasing battery packs for cellphones so no jacket required .

Powermat helped consumers cut some power cords last year by selling mats that charge gadgets wirelessly. They weren’t seamless solutions, though, because they required add-ons like special cell phone cases. Now, the company is trying to streamline wireless charging with a special battery that replaces the one that comes in your cell phone. Called the Powerpack, it lets users charge phones by just plopping them down on one of the company’s mats.
Powermat was announcing the Powerpack on Tuesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It is expected to cost $40 when it becomes available in May.
Powermat says it will show about a dozen different Powerpacks at CES that will work with more than 50 cell phones.

[maroush]

@TLK

that is what I said

I clicked the reply button when LC’s original post was the only one in the thread…i wrote my reply…walked off…came back…clicked the post button, and yours and Tofi’s post appeared above mine.

Wait, why am i justifying myself!!

@Lucid_Chaotic

TLK/Maroush… I know the sleeves are a hassle and that’s what’s currently keeping me from investing in a mat. I was just hoping someone who’s used it might convince me otherwise, or offer an alternative suggestion.

I just did a quick search for the Powermat - it costs £70 JUST for the mat. I have an iPhone…so i’d have to purchase a compatibility sleeve for it - that’s another £35.

So i’d be paying over 100 smackeroonies…when a wired iPhone charger can be purchased for as little as £2.

This product has the potential to be something awesome, but at the moment, it’s just not worth it. I’d put the money to use for something else…

[Lucid_Chaotic]

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^ yep after some research, I’m reaching the same conclusion… for now I’ll make my own mat - not wireless but then from the looks of it none of these so-called portable mats are truely wireless anyways.

May be buy a surge extension bar, a nice mat and cut some aperture holes and to run wires through the mat to the extension bar and place it somewhere where the wires will be hidden - voila - I guess I’m doing what I did for wire management for my home entertainment units.

[TofiBaba]

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That’s the conclusion I reached too. Considering that you have to spend on all the attachments and then get more work done. Only to find that its not a good neighborhood.

I’m staying in my current house!!

[maroush]

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LC, DIY eh… let us know how it goes…and post a pic of the end product if you can…i may attempt it as well…