Mixfly ultra-compact Apple Watch charger review: Good enough, and inexpensive - AppleInsider

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There are immoderate Apple Watch accessories connected Amazon that are implicit garbage. Every erstwhile successful a while, thing pops retired of the heap that's worthy it.

We're not truly large fans of brands connected Amazon with excessively galore adjacent consonants. Every erstwhile successful a while, though, we spot thing from 1 of those brands, oregon an adjacent one, that gets our attention.

We cognize it's an adjacent marque due to the fact that the afloat sanction of the merchandise is "Mixfly Upgrade Ultra-Compact iWatch Charger Dock for Apple Watch." We're conscionable going to telephone it the "Mixfly ultra-compact Apple Watch charger."

This small doo-dad got our attention, chiefly due to the fact that we needed thing successful astir a time and didn't privation to instrumentality the clip to shlep to a big-box store and wage afloat price. It's cleanable to flip successful your question bag's wrong pocket, successful the off-chance you forgot your Apple Watch charger oregon dock, oregon the 1 you person doesn't afloat past travel, similar ours didn't.

Pull it out, plug it into a Lightning cable, and you're bully to go.

There's nary peculiar condiment here, nor immoderate peculiar Apple-authorized stamp connected it. Apple Watches since the Series 3 person (theoretically) been capable to usage Qi, and that's what this appears to be, conscionable successful an Apple-friendly case.

If you clasp it conscionable close up against the backmost of a case-less iPhone with wireless charging capabilities, which is conscionable astir everything shipped successful the past 5 years, it adjacent works arsenic a Qi — not MagSafe — wireless charger. Given that it requires a Lightning cable, we're not definite wherefore you wouldn't conscionable plug that into the iPhone alternatively of fumbling and being incredibly precise with it, though.

Charging clip is connected par with Apple's plastic-sided non-fast charger. We've tested it connected an Apple Watch SE archetypal generation, Apple Watch SE 2nd generation, Apple Watch Series 6, and an Apple Watch Series 8 with nary issues, and the magnetic spot is good.

We didn't person immoderate occupation with random carnal disconnects oregon inexplicable charging stops. Well, astatine slightest not immoderate much problems than we usually person with the Apple Watch puck that is.

And, it works connected AirPods charging cases that are compatible with the Apple Watch charging puck too.

So far, successful the 8 weeks since we took a (low-risk) accidental and bought one, it has survived a 1700-mile round-trip travel successful a car, edifice beingness for 11 days, a fewer bid trips, and astir possibly the biggest testament to it, unsmooth handling by children. As acold arsenic durability goes, that's astir arsenic overmuch arsenic you tin inquire from thing similar this.

Sometimes, reviews are abbreviated and sweet. This is 1 of them. Despite weirdly having "iWatch" successful the name, this one-inch metallic and integrative Apple Watch charger does what it says it volition do, does it beauteous well, and does it connected the cheap.

We are successful nary mode definite that it's going to past forever, but for now, it's a decent solution to not having 1 much cablegram successful the question bag. And, if you suffer it, based connected its pricing past and attachable coupons that we've seen for the past month, you're retired astir $9 astir of the time, and possibly lone $6.

Mixfly ultra-compact Apple Watch charger Pros

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Rating: 4 retired of 5

That people is assuming you tin get it for little than $10. Take a half-point disconnected that people if it's astatine the afloat retail terms of $15.

With overmuch much question coming successful its aboriginal successful the adjacent fewer months, we'll spot however agelong it lasts, and travel backmost successful a fewer months.

Where to buy

The Mixfly Upgrade Ultra-Compact iWatch Charger Dock for Apple Watch retails for $14.99. As this is published, there's a click-box to use a 35% disconnected coupon — which is astir ever the case.