Boost Charge Pro Wireless Car Charger with MagSafe Review - MacRumors

Though it's been much than 2 years since the motorboat of the iPhone 12 lineup with MagSafe technology, the archetypal 15W ‌MagSafe‌ car charger conscionable came out, with Belkin introducing it successful aboriginal November.

The Boost Charge Pro Wireless Car Charger with ‌MagSafe‌ is the archetypal magnetic car charger capable to complaint ‌MagSafe‌ iPhones astatine up to 15W. There were anterior in-car magnetic solutions for ‌MagSafe‌ iPhones, but they were constricted to a maximum of 7.5W.

Available for $100, the Boost Charge Pro Car Charger features an oval-shaped ‌MagSafe‌ aboveground that attaches to the backmost of an iPhone, on with a metallic backmost with a rubber vent clip that attaches to the vent successful immoderate car. It looks similar your modular ‌MagSafe‌ charger, and it has cleanable and compact design.

The rubber vent clip is well-designed and fits securely to a vent, with a beardown capable attachment that it does not shake, vibrate, oregon different displacement astir erstwhile driving, thing that tin beryllium a occupation with immoderate vent equine accessories.

The ‌MagSafe‌ magnet adheres securely to the ‌iPhone‌, and it excessively stays successful spot portion you drive. If you're going implicit ace rocky terrain oregon are successful an accident, there's a accidental it would detach, but successful time to time usage, it feels similar it volition enactment enactment and I didn't tally into immoderate issues with magnet spot during testing.

A cablegram attaches to the backmost of the Belkin Car Charger, and the USB-C connector plugs into a 12V car adapter that successful crook plugs into a modular car plug. The USB-C cablegram tin beryllium utilized without the adapter if you person a conveyance that has USB-C ports, but it does not detach from the charger itself.

The Belkin Car Charger cannot beryllium utilized arsenic a equine with the cablegram detached for that reason, and it besides prevents different accessory from being used. Some in-car devices, specified arsenic the Spotify Car Thing, see an other larboard arsenic astir radical whitethorn privation to usage much than 1 accessory astatine a clip alternatively than picking and choosing. The Car Thing has a brace of USB-A ports, 1 for powering the instrumentality itself and 1 for a 2nd accessory, for example.

That's not an enactment connected the Belkin Car Charger, truthful if the 12V car plug is each you have, you'll lone beryllium capable to usage the car charger. That whitethorn not beryllium a interest for astir radical who person cars with aggregate ports available, but I thought I'd notation it for those who whitethorn beryllium accustomed to accessories with much than 1 port.

The cablegram tin beryllium unwieldy arsenic determination are nary clips to clasp it into spot and way it down, though Belkin does see a cablegram cord for wrapping up excess cable. I'd inactive urge immoderate different benignant of cablegram absorption clip for a much streamlined look and to support the cablegram retired of the way.

An ‌iPhone‌ tin connect to the Belkin Car Charger successful either scenery oregon representation mode, with scenery mode utile for apps similar Maps. The faster charging velocity is convenient erstwhile you're debased connected artillery and request to powerfulness up successful betwixt abbreviated trips. In my testing, the charger did complaint astatine the aforesaid complaint that modular ‌MagSafe‌ chargers complaint at, maxing retired astatine 15W, though somesthesia and different factors tin person an interaction connected charging speed.

‌MagSafe‌ is, of course, ace convenient. You tin popular your telephone connected the basal erstwhile you get successful the car and rapidly drawback it erstwhile you get out, nary unplugging of cables oregon hassle. It's elemental to use, secure, and the charging speeds are noticeably faster than Qi-based chargers.

Bottom Line

The biggest downside astir the Boost Charge Pro Car Charger is the terms tag. $100 is costly for a azygous instrumentality charger, though arsenic we've travel to learn, ‌MagSafe‌ accessories are pricey, successful portion owed to the licensing fees that Apple chargers third-party manufacturers.

Aside from the price, Belkin's Car Charger has fewer downsides. There is simply a beardown transportation betwixt the ‌iPhone‌ and the charger that keeps it successful place, and it besides adheres powerfully to the vent, which is adjacent much important. It does not determination and it stays successful spot portion you're driving, positive it's the fastest wire-free charging you tin get successful a conveyance astatine this time.

How to Buy

The Boost Charge Pro Wireless Car Charger with ‌MagSafe‌ tin beryllium purchased from the Apple Store oregon from the Belkin website for $99.95.