I had purchased a different stand for my husband for Christmas from another well-known manufacturer. It was nice, but only the watch charger was magnetic - he had to plug the phone into the stand by the lightning port, which was difficult to do in the dark and he was worried about wearing out or damaging the port. So he'd often have to turn the nightstand light on when I was trying to sleep. And the other stand probably weighed 2 lbs and didn't fold up. And I think it was $79.
So for his birthday I got him this stand - what an improvement! Both the watch charger and phone are magnetic. He doesn't have the iPhone 14 case with the MagSafe area, just a regular phone case. Every time he puts it on the stand it starts charging immediately (none of our other wireless phone chargers work that reliably, we always have to fuss with them.) The watch charger works just as well as the Apple charger that came with his Ultra. The phone and watch are always 100% charged when he wakes up in the morning. The blue LED light is pretty bright if needed but we usually leave it off. The fact that this stand weighs hardly anything and folds flat for travel makes it easily fit in his carry-on bag. We don't own a pair of Air Pods so I can't vouch for that. His only criticism is that he wishes the fold-out section had a deeper groove to set in when you fold it out - it would make it a bit more stable. Overall though, this is one of the most surprisingly good purchases we've made on Amazon this year. He loves it!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superior product, incredible value!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 23, 2023
I had purchased a different stand for my husband for Christmas from another well-known manufacturer. It was nice, but only the watch charger was magnetic - he had to plug the phone into the stand by the lightning port, which was difficult to do in the dark and he was worried about wearing out or damaging the port. So he'd often have to turn the nightstand light on when I was trying to sleep. And the other stand probably weighed 2 lbs and didn't fold up. And I think it was $79.
So for his birthday I got him this stand - what an improvement! Both the watch charger and phone are magnetic. He doesn't have the iPhone 14 case with the MagSafe area, just a regular phone case. Every time he puts it on the stand it starts charging immediately (none of our other wireless phone chargers work that reliably, we always have to fuss with them.) The watch charger works just as well as the Apple charger that came with his Ultra. The phone and watch are always 100% charged when he wakes up in the morning. The blue LED light is pretty bright if needed but we usually leave it off. The fact that this stand weighs hardly anything and folds flat for travel makes it easily fit in his carry-on bag. We don't own a pair of Air Pods so I can't vouch for that. His only criticism is that he wishes the fold-out section had a deeper groove to set in when you fold it out - it would make it a bit more stable. Overall though, this is one of the most surprisingly good purchases we've made on Amazon this year. He loves it!