WHAT IS IT: 5-port dedicated smartphone/tablet power charger
NEW, FUTURE or RETRO: new and hot
HOW GOOD IT IS: One of the things Anker excels at, as a young new company,
is thinking outside of the box and seeing solutions where no one else has even
seen the challenges yet.
Case in point, this 5 port device charger. I have a place in my house that I have designated my “charging area”. It is a section of countertop that is relatively unused, with an outlet that is rarely used, and in a convenient place to grab whatever is charging and dash out the door in the morning. Even with such ideal conditions I usually end up not charging more than 2 devices at a time. But it seems every day I am acquiring more and more things that need to be regularly charged. Let’s count: smartphone (every night); tablet (every night); pocket camera (several times a week); Bluetooth headset (several times a week); stereo Bluetooth headphones (several times a week); Bluetooth speakerphone (several times a week); and more. And that’s only me, and does not include other members of the household. Each of these devices charges optimally with certain currant parameters, so it is usually safest to use the OEM power-brick that came with the device. That ends up with a rat’s nest of cables and transformers and always forgetting what fits what.
Case in point, this 5 port device charger. I have a place in my house that I have designated my “charging area”. It is a section of countertop that is relatively unused, with an outlet that is rarely used, and in a convenient place to grab whatever is charging and dash out the door in the morning. Even with such ideal conditions I usually end up not charging more than 2 devices at a time. But it seems every day I am acquiring more and more things that need to be regularly charged. Let’s count: smartphone (every night); tablet (every night); pocket camera (several times a week); Bluetooth headset (several times a week); stereo Bluetooth headphones (several times a week); Bluetooth speakerphone (several times a week); and more. And that’s only me, and does not include other members of the household. Each of these devices charges optimally with certain currant parameters, so it is usually safest to use the OEM power-brick that came with the device. That ends up with a rat’s nest of cables and transformers and always forgetting what fits what.
