A $150 phone charger may not be the pinnacle of excess tech accessory, but it certainly sits comfortably among the foothills of luxury. A few generic Qi chargers and USB hubs can accomplish pretty much the same goal as Nomad’s Base Station, but they won’t look or sound nearly as good doing it — and that’s what this product is about, at the end of the day, really. on.
The base station doesn’t charge things particularly quickly, it’s not forgiving of where you put your phone, and the version I’m using here comes with a built-in Apple Watch charging stand that’s only compatible with said watch. Although the base station is more than capable of charging any Qi-compatible gadget, the use case it’s designed for is clear: keeping your iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch powered up in one wireless, sleek — dare I say it — device. sexual – eviction. Covered in soft black leather, the Nomad’s Base Station serves as a simple human trash can for chargers. You’re paying a lot of money for it, and you’re doing it because you like the message it sends: one of elegant, premium packaging. It’s an unabashed lifestyle product – but a really good one.
The base station plate has three wireless charging coils, a USB-A and C port (one for each), and the aforementioned Apple Watch charger dedicated to the version Nomad provided me. You could ditch the Apple Watch pad to save $50, but I’m honestly not sure why you would do that — the whole point of it is universal charging, and there are faster, better, and much cheaper wireless chargers out there. What you need is a simple flat pad. However, the total maximum output of the entire station is just under 45 watts: you can wirelessly charge two phones at 7.5 watts each (10 watts is the max for one phone on the pad), a 5 watt Apple Watch, and a USB port. – C device, up to 18 watts, and USB-A device, up to 7.5 watts. This means that the station can charge up to five Devices simultaneously: iPhone, AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad (via USB-C), and another USB accessory like a pair of over-ear headphones or a camera. this a lot of things.
A $50 Apple Watch charging upgrade is more than worth it in my book — assuming you have one.
The Nomad’s price may seem steep to those in the Android world, but the company’s promise to those in the iOS world is a wireless experience that “just works” that Apple notoriously hasn’t been able to achieve on its own. For someone with a daily lifestyle that relies on three (or more) Apple gadgets, the Base Station makes sense, and doesn’t look like a generic, faceless piece of plastic or anodized aluminum. It will look good on your desk or nightstand, and anyone who sees it is sure to ask where you got it and how much it cost. This is also certainly what Nomad hopes for: the base station has a distinctly Instagrammable or Pinteresty quality; Something that would be perfectly at home beneath your art Edison lamp on your reclaimed wood coffee table. It is a charger as a decoration.
While the base station was a little picky about charging the giant Galaxy S21 Ultra at times, it picked up my Galaxy Buds and Pixel 5 (and iPhone 12 Mini) just fine, and when I woke up the next morning, I had no issues. To think about whether or not you’ve also been charged. The packaging also ensures that my Apple Watch sits upright like a little alarm clock next to my bed, gently waking me up every morning with its sweetness. the breast. The coils, as I said, are not particularly powerful: they can charge two gadgets at 7.5 watts each with your Apple Watch simultaneously. That’s not good enough for any kind of quick fill-up, but it’s more than enough for the overnight refills we all tend to do.
18W USB-C PD output (plus 7.5W USB-A) makes the base station a true charging workhorse
So, yes: there are faster chargers, there are cheaper chargers, and there are chargers that hold a lot more coils. But the Base Station is a bit like my old Miata: small (and big) enough, fast enough, surprisingly versatile, and beautiful enough to be uniquely attractive. You’ll just have to accept that a V6 Camry will take you in a straight line and seat more than twice as many people as it does… and that you’re probably among a small minority of people who would value that purchase of yours in the first place. And yet, I still find myself looking at the base station like I look at that little car: with a quiet appreciation for the thoughtfulness with which it was all designed. In appreciation of the fact that although it wouldn’t be as fast as it seemed, it was a little more than first met the eye.
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